Lionsgate Entertainment is a Canadian–American entertainment company formed in 1997. They co-distributed Thomas & Friends DVDs with HiT Entertainment in the United States from 2008 until 2014. They took over 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Anchor Bay Entertainment's former roles and re-released many of their titles. Their role was replaced by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment from 2014 to 2020.
Lionsgate also released some DVDs of Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie, along with DVDs of other TV shows like Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Releases
DVD releases
- The Great Discovery
- Railway Friends
- High Speed Adventures
- Team Up With Thomas
- Percy and the Bandstand
- Hero of the Rails
- Holiday Express
- Splish, Splash, Splosh!
- Thomas and the Runaway Kite
- The Greatest Stories
- Creaky Cranky
- Misty Island Rescue
- Merry Winter Wish
- The Lion of Sodor
- Wobbly Wheels and Whistles
- Pop Goes Thomas
- The Birthday Express
- Thomas in Charge!
- Day of the Diesels
- Merry Christmas, Thomas!
- Rescue on the Rails
- Curious Cargo
- Up, Up and Away!
- Engine Friends
- Schoolhouse Delivery
- Blue Mountain Mystery
- A Very Thomas Christmas
- Sticky Situations
- Muddy Matters
- Go Go Thomas!
- Railway Mischief
- Animals Aboard!
- King of the Railway
- Santa's Little Engine
- The Thomas Way
- Spills and Thrills
- Trouble on the Tracks
Blu-Ray Releases
Box Sets
- Whistle Express Collection!
- Fun Pack
- Ultimate Thomas Collection
- On-the-Go Pack
- Sodor Friends Holiday Collection
- Best Tales on the Tracks
- Steam Team Collection
- Adventure Pack
- Holiday Favorites
- Adventure On the Tracks
- The Movie Pack
- Celebrate with Thomas
- Let's Explore with Thomas
- Full Steam Ahead
- 3-Movie Pack
- The Double Features
- Play Date Pack
Trivia
- Almost all current US releases, excluding the specials, (apart from The Great Discovery and Calling All Engines) were rendered to a 4:3 fullscreen aspect ratio. However, the CGI DVD titles from 2010 to 2013 have been released in their original widescreen renders, although these are only available to those who purchase them by digital download, or watch them via Netflix, Vudu, iTunes or Amazon Instant Video. The issue was finally resolved with the widescreen DVD release of Spills and Thrills in March 2014.
- Lionsgate would end up owning Anchor Bay, Thomas & Friends' previous distributor, in 2016 via the Starz merger. Ironically at that point, Lionsgate lost the distribution rights to Thomas & Friends to Universal Pictures in 2014, two years prior to the merger.