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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Poster

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Release Dates 

USA 15 November 1977 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA 16 November 1977 (limited)
USA 25 December 1977
Turkey 1978
France 24 February 1978
Italy 24 February 1978
Sweden 24 February 1978
Japan 25 February 1978
Brazil 27 February 1978
Norway 28 February 1978
Denmark 3 March 1978
Finland 3 March 1978
West Germany 6 March 1978
Argentina 9 March 1978
Hong Kong 9 March 1978
Greece 10 March 1978
UK 13 March 1978 (Royal premiere)
Netherlands 13 March 1978
UK 14 March 1978
Australia 16 March 1978
Belgium 16 March 1978 (Gent)
Spain 17 March 1978
Portugal 17 March 1978
Ireland 24 March 1978
Colombia 28 June 1978
Uruguay 29 June 1978
Mexico 30 June 1978
Thailand 30 June 1978
Singapore 1 July 1978
Kuwait 24 August 1978
Malaysia 16 October 1978
United Arab Emirates 15 November 1978
India 10 December 1978
Egypt 25 December 1978
South Korea 25 December 1978
Jamaica 7 January 1979
South Africa 23 March 1979
Poland 30 May 1979
USA 1 August 1980 (special edition)
UK 18 September 1980 (special edition)
Japan 4 October 1980 (special edition)
Australia 22 January 1981 (special edition)
Finland 13 February 1981 (special edition)
France 4 March 1981 (special edition)
Sweden 13 March 1981 (special edition)
West Germany 13 March 1981 (special edition)
Ireland 20 March 1981 (special edition)
Hungary 9 April 1981
Netherlands 16 April 1981 (re-release)
Pakistan 1 June 1981
Egypt December 1982 (special edition)
Israel 22 January 1983
East Germany 4 January 1985
Bangladesh 13 April 1986
China 16 September 1990
Soviet Union 31 August 1991
France 12 September 2001 (re-release)
Denmark 25 April 2003 (re-release)
Ireland 29 October 2007 (Dublin Horrorthon Film Festival)
Greece 3 December 2007 (Ultimate Edition DVD)
Canada 5 February 2010 (Digital Film Festival)
Zimbabwe 24 July 2010
UK 13 November 2011 (Leeds International Film Festival)
Hungary 19 September 2014 (Jameson Cinefest International Film Festival)

Also Known As (AKA) 

Argentina Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo
Belgium (Flemish title) Contact type drie
Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) Близки срещи от Трети вид
Brazil Contatos Imediatos de Terceiro Grau
Brazil Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau
Canada (French title) Rencontres du troisième type
Czechoslovakia (Czech title) Blizka setkani tretiho druhu
East Germany Die unheimliche Begegnung der 3. Art
Germany Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art
Denmark Nærkontakt af tredie grad
Spain (Catalan title) Encontres a la tercera fase
Spain Encuentros en la tercera fase
Spain (reissue title) Encuentros en la tercera fase: Edición especial
Finland Kolmannen asteen yhteys
Finland (Swedish title) Närkontakt av tredje graden
France Rencontres du troisième type
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title) Stenes epafes tritou typou
Greece (reissue title) Stenes epafes tritou typou: Special ekdosi
Greece Στενές επαφές τρίτου τύπου
Croatia Bliski susreti treće vrste
Hungary Harmadik típusú találkozások
Italy Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo
Japan Michi tono sôgû
Lithuania Artimi treciojo laipsnio kontaktai
Mexico Encuentros Cercanos del Tercer Tipo
Norway Nærkontakt av tredje grad
Peru Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo
Poland Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia
Portugal Encontros Imediatos do 3º Grau
Romania Intalnire de gradul trei
Serbia Bliski susreti treće vrste
Sweden Närkontakt av tredje graden
Soviet Union (Russian title) Близкие контакты третьей степени
Thailand (Thai title) (dubbed version) Nay xanpen laea khn tangdaw
Turkey (Turkish title) Ücüncü Türden Yakinlasmalar
USA (informal short title) CE3K
USA (working title) The Close Encounter of the Third Kind
USA (reissue title) The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
USA (working title) Watch the Skies
Uruguay Encuentros cercano del tercer tipo
Vietnam Su Cham Mat Cua Coi Gioi Thu Ba
West Germany (complete title) Steven Spielbergs Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art
West Germany Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art
West Germany (director's cut) Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art - Die neue Version

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