Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video and MCA Home Video) is the home video distribution division of American film studio Universal Pictures, owned by the NBCUniversal Film and Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast.
== Logo History ==
=== Print Logos ===
File:MCA Home Video 1983 print logo.png|MCA Home Video print logo (1983-1990)
File:MCA Universal Home Video 1990 print logo.png|MCA/Universal Home Video print logo (1990-1998)
File:Universal Pictures 1997 print logo.png|Universal Studios Home Entertainment print logo (1997-2005, North America) (1997-2012, International)
File:Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2005 print logo.png|Universal Studios Home Entertainment print logo (2005-2012, North America)
File:Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2012 print logo.png|Universal Studios Home Entertainment print logo (2012-2016, North America)
File:Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016 print logo.png|Universal Pictures Home Entertainment print logo (2016-present)
=== On-Screen Logos ===
File:MCA Home Video 1983 logo.png|MCA Home Video on-screen logo (1983-1991)
File:Universal Studios Home Entertainment 1997 logo.png|Universal Studios Home Video on-screen logo (1997-1998)
File:Universal Studios DVD 1998 logo.png|Universal Studios DVD on-screen logo (1998-2002)
File:Universal Pictures Special Editions 1998 logo.png|Universal Studios Home Video Special Editions on-screen logo (1998-1999)
File:Universal Pictures Widescreen Edition 1998 logo.png|Universal Studios Home Video Widescreen Edition on-screen logo (1998)
File:Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary 2012 logo.png|Universal Studios Home Entertainment on-screen logo (2012-2013)
File:Universal Pictures 2012 logo.png|Universal Studios Home Entertainment/Universal Pictures Home Entertainment on-screen logo (2013-present)
==Company History==
The company was founded in 1980 as MCA Home Video, with the release of films on Beta and VHS, including Jaws, Jaws 2 and 1941. Prior to 1980, Castle Films (known as Universal 8 after 1977) had served as Universal's home film distribution unit. In 1990, with the 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video, alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997. The company later went by various company names, including Universal Studios Home Video (1997-2005) and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005-2014).
In 1980, they released two '50s 3-D motion pictures, Creature from the Black Lagoon and It Came from Outer Space, in anaglyphic format on Beta and VHS.
After the founding of NBCUniversal in 2004, Universal started releasing DVDs of shows from the newly-established NBCUniversal Television Distribution.
Universal 1440 Entertainment was formed in 2005 as the production arm of Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
The company was the video distributor for DreamWorks titles until DreamWorks was sold to Paramount Pictures' parent company, Viacom, in 2006, at which point Paramount took over distribution. After Viacom spun off DreamWorks in 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through. The company was also the distributor for Summit Entertainment releases until they were bought by Lionsgate. Until they formed their home video division, their releases were distributed by UPHE with the exception of Dogma, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
In addition to DVDs, Universal was a major supporter of the HD DVD format until Toshiba discontinued the format. Since July 22, 2008, UPHE released Blu-Rays and it was the last major Hollywood movie studio to do so. The very first three Blu-Ray releases to come out in the U.S. were The Mummy, its sequel and The Scorpion King. Since August 9, 2016, UPHE started releasing Ultra HD Blu-Rays.
UPHE is the U.S. home video distributor for the Universal Pictures film library, the Focus Features film library, and shows from NBCUniversal Television Distribution (NBC, E!, Syfy, USA Network, Universal Kids, and Oxygen). The division also currently has distribution deals with Bleecker Street Media, Mattel Creations, Aviron Pictures, STX Entertainment, Open Road Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (select new releases only, most of them are handled by Warner Bros Home Entertainment), Pure Flix Entertainment, Picturehouse Films, DreamWorks Pictures, GKIDS, Blumhouse Tilt, DreamWorks Classics (via DreamWorks Animation), Big Idea Entertainment, Neon, Entertainment One, and Amazon Studios (starting with Brad's Status) releases. On October 10, 2018, it was confirmed that UPHE would become MGM's home video distributor for films released by the United Artists Releasing joint venture, beginning with the Blu-Ray release of Operation Finale on December 4, 2018. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment continued to release MGM's April 1986-August 2018 catalog until June 30, 2020, when their deal expired, as well as Orion Pictures' releases starting with The Belko Experiment. In MGM's 2020 financial report, they named Warner Bros Home Entertainment as their new home media distributor for their catalog titles.
In 2015, two years prior to Sony Pictures Television acquiring a 95% state in Funimation, Funimation formed a multi-year home video distribution deal with UPHE. SPHE soon took over after the UPHE deal expired.
Starting in 2018, Universal re-released all of DreamWorks Animation's film library after their deal with 20th Century Fox ended.
On January 14, 2020, Universal and Warner Bros Home Entertainment announced that they would partner on a 10-year joint-venture, merging their physical operations in North America. Universal will distribute Warner Bros.' titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan, while Warner Bros. will distribute Universal's titles in the UK, Italy and Benelux. On April 7, 2020, the European Commission approved the merger. The company was later named Studio Distribution Services.
==International Distribution ==
In the Netherlands, UPHE distributes most DVDs of films released theatrically by Independent Films, although this is now limited to catalog releases, as more recent releases are now released through Warner Bros Home Entertainment and Belga Films.
UPHE also distributes StudioCanal DVDs and Blu-Rays in France, most of the Republic Pictures library in the UK and most of the Carolco Pictures library in Australia, Latin America, and several European countries (along with other StudioCanal properties). In the 1980s until the late 1990s, they also distributed tapes released by Cineplex Odeon in Canada.
UPHE previously distributed its films on video internationally through CIC Video (a division of Cinema International Corporation, later United International Pictures) alongside Paramount Pictures. In Japan, releases from both Universal and Paramount appeared on CIC-Victor Video Ltd. (a joint venture between CIC Video and JVC) for VHS and on Pioneer LDC, Inc. for Laserdisc. Following Universal's acquisition of PolyGram in 1999, PolyGram Video (which had international operations) was dissolved into Universal.
UPHE's international operations are a joint venture with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, a carryover from the PolyGram days, but more often than not, both UPHE and SPHE operate a joint venture in Australia, New Zealand and Scandinavia called Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The venture distributes UPHE and SPHE titles on home media in those countries and also licenses anime series and films from the anime library of NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan, the Japanese division of UPHE's sister company, Universal Pictures International Entertainment, formerly known as Pioneer LDC from 1981 to 2003, Geneon Entertainment from 2003 to 2009 and Geneon Universal Entertainment from 2009 to very late 2013, the year they switched to their current name. The name of the joint venture is Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia. Before that, though, NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan had a marketing and distribution division in North America called Geneon USA, which, like UPHE, also distributed home video. At the time, NBCUEJ was known as Geneon Entertainment. Geneon USA shut down in late 2007, though UPHE continues to distribute home video worldwide.
From 2017 to 2018, Funimation began directly distributing a select number of its titles in Australia and New Zealand through Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia. In September 2018, Funimation transferred distribution to Madman Entertainment, with Madman handling distribution and classification within the region.
In October 2014, Universal established global headquarters for its home video division in Los Angeles.
At the start of 2015, Paramount Home Media Distribution signed a distribution agreement with Universal, whereby the latter will distribute the former's titles overseas, particularly the territories where Paramount holds an office. The deal began on July 1, 2015 in the United Kingdom. Universal will continue distributing Paramount's DVDs and Blu-Rays out of the United States and Canada. However, in 2020, Paramount signed a new distribution deal with Elevation Sales, who will distribute Paramount's home media releases in the UK.
Alongside the announcement of the Universal/Warner Bros NA physical home media joint-venture, Universal announced that they would begin handling home video distribution of Warner Bros titles in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Japan in the third quarter of 2020, while Warner Bros annnounced that they would begin handling home video distribution of Universal titles in the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg in the first quarter of 2021.
==Releases==
===Distributor===
==== Warner Bros Home Entertainment====
#Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (2022) - PG - DVD - 19/12/2022 (UK)
#Jordan Peele 3-Movie Collection (2022) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 14/11/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Nope (2022) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 14/11/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#The Black Phone (2021) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 03/10/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Jurassic World Trilogy (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 26/09/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Jurassic World Ultimate Collection (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 26/09/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Jurassic World: Dominion (2022) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 26/09/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 15/08/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#The Northman (2022) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 18/07/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Licorice Pizza (2021) - 15 - Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack - 06/06/2022 (UK)
#Cyrano (2021) - 12 - DVD - 30/05/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Belfast (2021) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 25/04/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#House of Gucci (2021) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 21/02/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#Halloween Kills (2021) - 18 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 17/01/2022 (UK / Ireland)
#The Addams Family 2 (2021) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 10/01/2022 (UK / Ireland)
# No Time to Die (2021) - 12 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 20/12/2021 (UK / Ireland)
#Respect (2021) - 12 - DVD - 13/12/2021 (UK / Ireland)
#Candyman (2021) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 29/11/2021 (UK / Ireland)
#Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021) - U - DVD - 29/11/2021 (UK / Ireland)
#People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan (2021) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 22/11/2021 (UK)
#SAS: Red Notice (2021) - 15 - DVD - 12/07/2021 (UK)
#The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) - 15 - DVD - 07/06/2021 (UK)
#Blithe Spirit (2020) - 12 - DVD - 26/04/2021 (UK)
====Self-Distribution==== 
#The Mauritanian (2021) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray - 11/05/2021 (US)
#Greenland (2020) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 09/02/2021 (US)
#Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 16/11/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 20/10/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Comedy Collection (2020) - 15 - DVD - 19/10/2020 (UK)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Family Collection (2020) - U - DVD - 19/10/2020 (UK)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Sci-Fi Collection (2020) - 15 - DVD - 12/10/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#DreamWorks 10-Movie Collection (2020) - PG - DVD - 05/10/2020 (UK)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Action Collection (2020) - 18 - DVD - 05/10/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#DreamWorks 10-Movie Collection (2020) - G/PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film 1980s Collection (2020) - PG/PG-13/R - DVD - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Action Collection (2020) - PG-13/R - DVD - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Animation Collection (2020) - G/PG - DVD - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Comedy Collection (2020) - PG-13/R - DVD - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Universal Pictures 10-Film Sci-Fi Collection (2020) - PG-13/R - DVD - 29/09/2020 (US)
#Spooky Tales: 3-Movie Collection (2020) - PG - DVD - 07/09/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#Queen & Slim (2019) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 08/06/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#Green Book (2018) - PG-13 - Blu-Ray - 02/06/2020 (US)
#Queen & Slim (2019) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 03/03/2020 (US)
#The Addams Family (2019) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 02/03/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#The Snail and the Whale (2019) - U - DVD - 10/02/2020 (UK / Ireland)
#The Addams Family (2019) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 21/01/2020 (US)
#A Dog's Purpose (2017) - PG - Blu-Ray - 14/01/2020 (US)
#A Million Little Pieces (2018) - R - DVD - 07/01/2020 (US)
#Brian Banks (2018) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 12/11/2019 (US)
#Green Book (2018) - PG-13 - DVD - 29/10/2019 (US)
#Trolls Holiday (2017) - TBA - DVD - 29/10/2019 (Canada / US)
#Trolls Holiday (2017) - TBA - DVD - 15/10/2019 (Canada / US)
#Booksmart (2019) - 15 - DVD - 30/09/2019 (UK / Ireland)
#Wild Rose (2018) - R - DVD - 17/09/2019 (US)
#A Dog's Journey (2019) - PG - DVD - 09/09/2019 (UK / Ireland)
#The Hustle (2019) - 12 - DVD - 02/09/2019 (UK / Ireland)
#A Dog's Journey (2019) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 20/08/2019 (US)
#The Hustle (2019) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 20/08/2019 (Canada / US)
#Little (2019) - 12 - DVD - 19/08/2019 (UK)
#Wild Rose (2018) - 15 - DVD - 19/08/2019 (UK / Ireland)
#Us (2019) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 29/07/2019 (UK / Ireland)
#Little (2019) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 09/07/2019 (US)
#Us (2019) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 18/06/2019 (US)
#A Dog's Purpose (2017) - PG - Blu-Ray - 07/05/2019 (US)
#Green Book (2018) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray / 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray - 12/03/2019 (US)
#Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 16/10/2018 (US)
#Trolls Holiday (2017) - TBA - DVD - 16/10/2018 (Canada / US)
#Beirut (2018) - R - DVD / Blu-Ray - 03/07/2018 (US)
#Spinning Man (2018) - 15 - DVD - 02/07/2018 (UK)
#Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 14/05/2018 (UK / Ireland)
#Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 01/05/2018 (US)
#Trolls Holiday (2017) - TBA - DVD - 28/11/2017 (Canada / US)
#Trolls Holiday (2017) - U - DVD - 20/11/2017 (UK / Ireland)
#A Dog's Purpose (2017) - PG - DVD / Blu-Ray - 02/05/2017 (US)
#Bill (2015) - PG - DVD - 15/02/2016 (UK)
#Pawn Sacrifice (2014) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 22/12/2015 (US)
#Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) - 15 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 12/10/2015 (UK / Ireland)
#Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) - PG-13 - DVD / Blu-Ray - 06/10/2015 (US)
#Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) - 12 - DVD - 01/03/2010 (UK)
#Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) - 12 - DVD - 22/09/2008 (UK)
#Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins (2008) - PG-13 - DVD - 17/06/2008 (US)
#Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004) - R - DVD - 14/06/2005 (US)
#Two Brothers (2004) - U - VHS / DVD - 21/12/2004 (US)
#Shrek: The Story So Far... (2004) - PG - DVD - 05/11/2004 (US)
#The Shrek Collection: The Story So Far... (2004) - U - VHS / DVD - 01/11/2004 (UK / Ireland)
#Wild About Harry (2000) - 15 - DVD - 16/08/2004 (UK / Ireland)
#Wild About Harry (2000) - 15 - VHS / DVD - 05/08/2002 (UK / Ireland)
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