Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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CountryDate
USA 15 November 1977 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA 16 November 1977
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
Netherlands 13 March 1978
UK 13 March 1978 (Royal premiere)
UK 14 March 1978
Australia 16 March 1978
Belgium 16 March 1978 (Gent)
Portugal 17 March 1978
Spain 17 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)

Also Known As (AKA)
Bliski susreti treće vrste Croatia / Serbia
Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo Argentina / Peru
Närkontakt av tredje graden Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden
Rencontres du troisième type Canada (French title) / France
Στενές Επαφές Τρίτου Τύπου Greece
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia Poland
Blizka setkani tretiho druhu Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
CE3K USA (informal short title)
Contact type drie Belgium (imdb display title) (Flemish title)
Contatos Imediatos de Terceiro Grau Brazil
Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau Brazil (imdb display title)
Die unheimliche Begegnung der 3. Art East Germany (imdb display title)
Encontres a la tercera fase Spain (Catalan title)
Encontros Imediatos do 3º Grau Portugal
Encuentros Cercanos del Tercer Tipo Mexico (imdb display title)
Encuentros cercano del tercer tipo Uruguay (imdb display title)
Encuentros en la tercera fase Spain
Encuentros en la tercera fase: Edición especial Spain (reissue title)
Harmadik típusú találkozások Hungary
Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo Italy
Kolmannen asteen yhteys Finland
Michi tono sôgû Japan
Nærkontakt af tredie grad Denmark
Nærkontakt av tredje grad Norway (imdb display title)
Nay xanpen laea khn tangdaw Thailand (dubbed version) (Thai title)
Stenes epafes tritou typou Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
Stenes epafes tritou typou: Special ekdosi Greece (reissue title)
Steven Spielbergs Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art West Germany (complete title)
Tehlikeli iliskiler Turkey (Turkish title)
The Close Encounter of the Third Kind USA (working title)
The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind USA (reissue title)
Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art West Germany
Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art - Die neue Version West Germany (director's cut)
Watch the Skies USA (working title)

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