Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (VHS)

VHS release
Series:	Star Trek films
Run time:	113 minutes
Director:	Nicholas Meyer
Release date:	November 1982
UK release date:	1987
Rating(s):
Subtitles:	English closed-captions
Year:	2285
UK cover

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the VHS release of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

US release Edit

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was first made available for sale in November 1982.

With commercial VHS sales still largely based on the rental market, limiting the ability of movie companies to gain revenue, Paramount elected to take a risk with Wrath of Khan. In September 1982, it announced that it would be selling the release for just $39.95, when other studios were still pricing retail editions at $79.95. [1] Doing so was a gamble, because the release needed to sell triple the volume to earn the same amount of profit for the studio.

Aiming for a total of 60,000 copies sold to meet that goal, over 80,000 copies had been shipped ahead of release date, [2] and ultimately, 120,000 were sold. [3] The success of the Wrath of Khan pricing ultimately lead to VHS prices dropping further and the market shifting towards retail.

In 1986, The Wrath of Khan was re-released with the two other existing Star Trek films as part of the "Special Collector's Series", marking Paramount's 75th anniversary with a collection of twenty films at $19.95. (Starlog #113, p.68)

The film was re-released, along with the other films, in 1991 as part of the 25th anniversary; a widescreen edition was made available at the same time.

Individual releases Edit

Release	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Retail release	1180			November 1982
1986 "Special Collector's Series" edition	1180			11 October 1986
1991 fullscreen rerelease	1180			29 July 1991
1991 widescreen release	1180			29 July 1991

Boxset releases Edit

Set	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate[1]	Release Date
Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set	12593			29 July 1991
Star Trek - The Screen Voyages	15150			26 May 1993
Star Trek: The Movie Collection	15169			26 May 1993
Star Trek: The Starfleet Collection	15171			15 November 1993
Star Trek: The Seven Screen Voyages[2]	15390 15407			20 August 1996
The Ultimate Star Trek Movie Collection[2]	155644 156868			19 October 1999

UK release Edit

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has been released on VHS in the UK several times, both individually and as part of boxed sets, since 1983. The film was released by CIC Video until 1998, and by Paramount Home Entertainment thereafter.

The original release of the film was of the version released in UK cinemas, with a number of cuts made. It was not until 1989 that the full-length, uncut version was made available, rated 15. All future releases would be of the full-length version.

Individual releases Edit

Release	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Rental release	VHA 2062		[3]	October 1983
Original retail release				1987 [4]
Uncut retail release	VHR 2062			1989
25th Anniversary rerelease	VHR 2062			1991
1998 rerelease[4]	VHR 4861			28 December 1998
1998 widescreen release[5][4]	VHR 4869			28 December 1998

Boxset releases Edit

Set	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate[1]	Release Date
Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set	VHR 2592			17 February 1992
Star Trek - The Screen Voyages	VHR 2817			23 November 1993
Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Movies Box Set	VHR 4152			6 November 1995
Star Trek - The Movies[5][6]	VHR 4554			20 October 1997
Star Trek - Movie Collection[5][6]	VHR 4896			1 November 1999

Footnotes Edit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} In the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Released in widescreen and fullscreen editions.
3. ↑ Originally released without a certificate, as it predated entry into force of the Video Recordings Act 1984.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Includes a trailer for Star Trek: Insurrection.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Presented in a widescreen ratio of 2.35:1.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Featured on the same tape as Star Trek: The Motion Picture.