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On December 21, 1987, Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company merged Tri-Star and Columbia to become "Columbia/Tri-Star", of which it owned 80% of its stock. In late 1987, most of Tri-Star's releases were copyrighted under the "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." name until April 13, 1988, when it was reverted back to Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. In January 1988, CPE's stocks somewhat fell, and Coca-Cola decreased its shares in CPE to 49%. On November 8, 1989, [[Sony]] of Japan acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment for $3.4 billion. On August 7, 1991, under [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]], the hyphen was officially removed from the name of TriStar Pictures. | On December 21, 1987, Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company merged Tri-Star and Columbia to become "Columbia/Tri-Star", of which it owned 80% of its stock. In late 1987, most of Tri-Star's releases were copyrighted under the "Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc." name until April 13, 1988, when it was reverted back to Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. In January 1988, CPE's stocks somewhat fell, and Coca-Cola decreased its shares in CPE to 49%. On November 8, 1989, [[Sony]] of Japan acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment for $3.4 billion. On August 7, 1991, under [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]], the hyphen was officially removed from the name of TriStar Pictures. | ||
Early on (with a few exceptions), TriStar's films were released on home video by either [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] (now [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]), [[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/Fox]]/[[Key Video]] (now [[20th Century | Early on (with a few exceptions), TriStar's films were released on home video by either [[RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video]] (now [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]), [[CBS/Fox Video|CBS/Fox]]/[[Key Video]] (now [[20th Century Home Entertainment]]), occasionally [[Vestron Video]]/[[Lightning Video]] (now [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]]), or [[Thorn EMI Video|Thorn-EMI]]/[[HBO/Cannon Video]]/[[HBO Home Entertainment|HBO Video (now HBO Home Entertainment)]], among others. In 1988, following Columbia's buyout of TriStar, home video distribution of its films moved exclusively to RCA/Columbia. From 1985 to 1994, TriStar also distributed films produced by [[Carolco Pictures]] in the US and select international regions, which were released on the [[International Video Entertainment]] and [[Live Entertainment|Live Home Video]] labels (now Lionsgate Home Entertainment), often with TriStar's logo cut. ''Cliffhanger'' is the only Carolco film in which the rights were retained by the original distributor. The [[Taft Entertainment Pictures|Taft Entertainment]] films that TriStar released (such as ''The Monster Squad'' and ''The Running Man'') were acquired by [[Paramount Pictures]] after Taft merged into [[Republic Entertainment|Republic]] and then [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]]. International distribution rights to TriStar's titles were previously handled by Columbia-Warner Distributors (a partnership between Columbia and [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]) until it was absorbed into [[Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International|Columbia Tri-Star Films]] in 1988. | ||
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