Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (VHS)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the VHS release of .
== US release ==
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan was first made available for sale in .
With commercial VHS sales still largely based on the rental market, limiting the ability of motion picture 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 US$39.95, when other studios were still pricing retail editions at US$79.95. Doing so was a gamble, because the release needed to sell triple the volume to earn the same amount of profit for the studio. Responsible for this new strategy was recently appointed head of Paramount Home Video, Mel Harris, who was convinced that a low-pricing strategy would greatly add to Paramount's profits, and it was Harris who selected the Star Trek title as proving ground, which incidentally, also applied for the Betamax counterpart tape. (The Encyclopedia of Television, Cable, and Video, 2012, p. 411, )
Aiming for a total of 60,000 copies sold to meet that goal, over 80,000 copies had been shipped ahead of release date, and ultimately, 120,000 were sold. Proving Harris right, the success of the Wrath of Khan pricing ultimately lead to VHS (and Betamax) prices dropping further and the market shifting towards retail, a format that became known as the market.
In , 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. ( #113, p.68)
The film was re-released, along with the other films, in as part of the 25th anniversary; a Widescreen edition was made available at the same time.
=== Individual releases ===
Release 	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Retail release 	1180 	 	 	
1986 "Special Collector's Series" edition	1180 	 	 	
1991 Pan and scan rerelease 	1180 	 	 	
1991 Widescreen release 	1180 	 	 	
=== Boxset releases ===
Set 	Catalogue Number	Cover	CertificateIn the case of sets, the certificate is over the set as a whole (unless stated otherwise).	Release Date
Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set 	12593 	 	 	
 	15150 	 	 	
Star Trek: The Movie Collection 	15169 	 	 	
Star Trek: The Starfleet Collection 	15171 	 	 	
Star Trek: The Seven Screen VoyagesReleased in widescreen and pan and scan editions.	1539015407 	 	 	
 	155644156868 	 	 	
== UK release ==
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 . The film was released by CIC Video until , 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 that the full-length, uncut version was made available, rated 15. All future releases were the full-length version.
=== Individual releases ===
Release 	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate 	Release Date
Rental release 	VHA 2062 	 	Originally released without a certificate, as it predated entry into force of the .	
Original retail release 	 	 	 	
Uncut retail release 	VHR 2062 	 	 	
25th Anniversary rerelease 	VHR 2062 	 	 	
1998 rereleaseIncludes a trailer for . 	VHR 4861 	 	 	
1998 widescreen releasePresented in a widescreen ratio of 2.35:1.	VHR 4869 	 	 	
=== Boxset releases ===
Set 	Catalogue Number	Cover	Certificate	Release Date
Star Trek: The Movies - 25th Anniversary Collectors Set	VHR 2592 	 	 	
 	VHR 2817 	 	 	
Star Trek - 30th Anniversary Movies Box Set 	VHR 4152 	 	 	
Star Trek - The MoviesFeatured on the same tape as . 	VHR 4554 	 	 	
Star Trek - Movie Collection 	VHR 4896 	 	 	
== Footnotes ==