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 $39.95, when other studios were still pricing retail editions at $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

Boxset releases

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 would be of the full-length version.

Individual releases

Boxset releases

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