Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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CountryDate
USA 15 marraskuu 1977 (New York City, New York) (premiere)
USA 16 marraskuu 1977
France 24 helmikuu 1978
Italy 24 helmikuu 1978
Sweden 24 helmikuu 1978
Japan 25 helmikuu 1978
Brazil 27 helmikuu 1978
Norway 28 helmikuu 1978
Finland 3 maaliskuu 1978
West Germany 6 maaliskuu 1978
Argentina 9 maaliskuu 1978
Hong Kong 9 maaliskuu 1978
Netherlands 13 maaliskuu 1978
UK 13 maaliskuu 1978
Australia 16 maaliskuu 1978
USA 1 elokuu 1980 (special edition)
UK 18 syyskuu 1980 (special edition)
Japan 4 lokakuu 1980 (special edition)
Australia 22 tammikuu 1981 (special edition)
Finland 13 helmikuu 1981 (special edition)
France 4 maaliskuu 1981 (special edition)
Sweden 13 maaliskuu 1981 (special edition)
West Germany 13 maaliskuu 1981 (special edition)
Hungary 9 huhtikuu 1981
Netherlands 16 huhtikuu 1981 (re-release)
France 12 syyskuu 2001 (re-release)
Denmark 25 huhtikuu 2003 (re-release)
Greece 3 joulukuu 2007 (Ultimate Edition DVD)

Also Known As (AKA)
Närkontakt av tredje graden Finland (Swedish title) / Sweden
Rencontres du troisième type Canada (French title) / France
Bliskie spotkania trzeciego stopnia Poland
Blizka setkani tretiho druhu Czechoslovakia (Czech title)
CE3K USA (informal short title)
Contatos Imediatos de Terceiro Grau Brazil
Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau Brazil
Encontres a la tercera fase Spain (Catalan title)
Encontros Imediatos do 3º Grau Portugal
Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo Argentina
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
Nærkontakt af tredie grad Denmark
Stenes epafes tritou typou Greece
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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