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* On international prints of ''The Wizard'', this logo didn’t actually plaster over the [[Universal Pictures]] logo. Instead the logo would usually play as normal with the music and would then be followed by the film with the Universal logo blacked out.

* There is different lighting animation in the wind tunnel seen on some movies after the laser forms the logo. Appears on films in the 2.35:1 ratio such as ''Rambo III'', ''Narrow Margin'', ''The Doors'', ''Basic Instinct'', ''Universal Soldier'', ''Cliffhanger'', and the 1999 [[Artisan Entertainment]] VHS release of ''First Blood: Rambo Part II'' (the 1988 IVE release, as well as earlier video prints of ''Rambo III'', ''Music Box'', and ''Narrow Margin'', used the standard animation). A shortened version of this was seen on ''Music Box'' (only on current prints; the original video releases had the standard logo). It should be noted that other films in the aforementioned ratio, such as ''DeepStar Six'', ''Air America'', and ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'', use the other animation and appears cropped (as it was mainly for films in the 1.85:1 ratio).

* The logo on their website shows "I TOLD YOU I'D BE BACK!" below the signature logo, in a comedic reference to Arnold Schwarzenegger's line from ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day''.

* On the 2004 DVD release of ''Universal Soldier'', a blue line is seen during the animation of the logo, due to a printing error.

* Carolco went to [[TriStar Pictures]] for 80% of their releases. For most VHS releases, Carolco's logo is kept while TriStar's logo is deleted, except on ''DeepStar Six'', ''Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw'', ''Cliffhanger'' (owned by Sony Pictures), ''Homeboy'' (VUDU and YouTube prints), the British DVD of ''Music Box'', ''Total Recall'' (releases since 2001), ''Hamlet'' (1990) (French SECAM VHS, among possible others), ''Basic Instinct'', ''Red Heat'' (on the IVE screener and all releases since 1999), the 1998/99 widescreen DVD release of ''Mountains of the Moon'', ''Air America'' (from the 2004 DVD release on), ''The Doors'', ''L.A. Story'' (particularly the 15th Anniversary DVD of that film), ''Narrow Margin'' (the German DVD and syndicated prints from [[Worldvision Enterprises|Worldvision]]/[[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]/[[Trifecta Entertainment & Media|Trifecta]]), the 1998 widescreen LaserDisc release of ''Terminator 2: Judgement Day'' (as well as Netflix/VUDU/Crackle prints, an Australian DVD release, the 2005 PSP UMD, and a 2015 Encore broadcast, reportedly), ''They Live'' (non-American media, possibly), ''Chaplin'' (the original Live Entertainment DVD from 1998 has only the Carolco logo), and ''Universal Soldier'' (not on the Live Entertainment DVD release, however).

* Whenever Encore and Telemundo air ''Rambo III'', the current Paramount Pictures logo (the 90th Anniversary version on Telemundo's print, cut off by a few seconds at the beginning) omits the TriStar logo but leaves Carolco's intact (on AMC airings, both logos are plastered by the Paramount logo), while Encore's airing of ''Deepstar Six'' shows the Paramount logo, in addition to the TriStar and Carolco logos.

* On ''Wagons East!'', the last movie to use this logo, it appears after the 1993 TriStar logo (others after the 1984 TriStar logo), both proceeded by the Live Entertainment logo on TV prints (except [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]'s 2013 syndicated print) and on the VHS release.

* It also plasters the 1st logo on the 1988 and 1998 VHS releases of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II''.

* U.S. prints of ''Repossessed'' have the Seven Arts logo instead, though the print logo still appears at the end and the actual logo appears on the 2003 Artisan Entertainment DVD.

* The British DVD of ''Iron Eagle II'' replaces this with the TriStar Pictures logo, while the Artisan DVD retains this logo.

* Don't expect this to appear on ''The Punisher'' (which Carolco distributed in North America), ''Stargate'', ''Last of the Dogmen'', and ''Showgirls''.

* Also appeared on the beginning of the TV movies ''Dangerous Passion'' and ''Two-Fisted Tales''.

* This is seen on trailers for ''Reservoir Dogs'' (foreign prints only) and ''Cutthroat Island'', but the former film would ultimately be released by Miramax Films and didn't use any logos at all, while the latter film would use the next logo below.

* This is also seen on international prints of ''They Live'', ''Shocker'', ''Field of Dreams'', ''Prince of Darkness'', ''Career Opportunities'', ''Opportunity Knocks'', and ''The Wizard'', which Universal Studios released domestically, among others.

* The Carolco International N.V. credit appeared on international prints of films and on some old video releases, but domestic prints would have the TriStar logo and would be seen on later video releases.

* Strangely, the Blu-Ray release of ''Johnny Handsome'' only has a 2004 StudioCanal logo (neither a TriStar nor Carolco logo) but would have the in-credit international logo with the legal information.

* This is seen on VHS releases of ''Lock-Up''; DVD releases and some TV airings have TriStar and White Eagle instead as this is the domestic print.

* It was later seen on their website (before being replaced with the 5th logo), and in the annotation on the right.

* It also appears on the 3D re-release of ''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'', as well as on current prints of Vista Organization films such as ''Maid to Order'', ''Nightflyers'', and ''Trading Hearts'', among others. It is unknown if it appears on the Fox Lorber VHS release of ''Pathfinder''.

* It might have appeared on non-Australian theatrical prints of the Village Roadshow Pictures film ''Bloodmoon''.