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  1. Mar 11, 2014 · Carolco continued to expand in the wake of First Blood Part II‘s success, and would soon become known for its high-profile movies led by major Hollywood stars. Those stars came with a price tag ...

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  2. Terminator 2 was the highest-grossing film of the year and the most successful film in Carolco's history. [27] Halfway through the year, Carolco formed a joint venture with New Line Cinema to found Seven Arts, a distribution company which primarily released much of Carolco's low-budget output. [28]

  3. Mar 24, 2015 · Founded by producers Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar in the 1970s, Carolco went from indie outsider to a company with the size and clout of a Hollywood major; the studio became famous – and ...

  4. The name "Carolco" was purchased from a defunct company based in Panama and "has no meaning", according to Kasser. Carolco's first major success was the 1982 movie First Blood, an adaptation of David Morrell's novel of the same name. The film made $120 million worldwide and placed Carolco among Hollywood's major players.

  5. Jun 25, 2007 · The company was founded by two film investors, Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, as Anabasis Investments. Their goal was to make their new studio a major independent production company producing A-movie product. One of the first Anabasis/Carolco films was First Blood (1982), followed by the sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) (released the ...

  6. May 31, 1987 · Carolco has insured Stallone’s life for $37 million and will increase that by an additional $10 million when “Rambo III” starts shooting. The company also has contracted to pay $750,000 a ...

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  8. Carolco Pictures. Creator. Create Subpage. Cue the epic Jerry Goldsmith theme tune. Carolco Pictures is a production company started by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna back in the late 1970's. Beginning in producing a couple of AIP films (such as the 1976 science fiction thriller Futureworld) in addition to a bunch of ITC Entertainment films ...

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