- Mortgaged his house to help finance one of his first films First Blood (1982).
- (1984-1995) - Head of his own theatrical distribution company Carolco International Pictures, until its collapse in 1995, this company was a venture through Tri Star Pictures and distributed a number of major motion pictures including "The Terminator", "Terminator 2: Judgement Day", "DeepStar Six", "Basic Instinct", "Stargate" and "Cutthroat Island". Kassar has now returned to work at Columbia/Tri-Star.
- At the height of his success, had an armed-guard at his estate providing security. The only other film personality of that era to go to such lengths was Mogul Lew Wasserman.
- Served nearly 20 years as an executive at both Columbia Pictures and Tri Star Pictures.
- Mario's old production company Carolco Pictures bankrupt after Renny Harlin's Cutthroat Island (1995) because a massive failure because of the loss of money. The film's budget was $92 million however the box office was only $10,017,322.
- An executive at Columbia/Tri-Star Pictures (2003)
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