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Release Dates
| USA | 15 November 1977 | (New York City, New York) (premiere) |
| USA | 18 November 1977 | (Los Angeles, California) |
| Canada | 25 November 1977 | |
| USA | 14 December 1977 | |
| France | 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 | |
| Italy | 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) |
| Portugal | 12 February 1981 | (special edition) |
| Finland | 13 February 1981 | (special edition) |
| Brazil | 2 March 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) |
| Portugal | 3 April 1981 | (Porto) (special edition) |
| Hungary | 9 April 1981 | |
| Netherlands | 16 April 1981 | (special edition) |
| Pakistan | 1 June 1981 | |
| Egypt | December 1982 | (special edition) |
| Israel | 22 January 1983 | |
| East Germany | 4 January 1985 | |
| Turkey | December 1985 | |
| Bangladesh | 13 April 1986 | |
| Netherlands | 22 March 1987 | (The Weekend of Terror) |
| China | 16 September 1990 | |
| Soviet Union | 31 August 1991 | |
| France | 12 September 2001 | (re-release) |
| Canada | 23 September 2001 | (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival) |
| 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) |
| UK | 27 May 2016 | (re-release) |
| Japan | 16 September 2016 | (Mito Short Film Festival) |
| Germany | February 2017 | (Berlin International Film Festival) |
| Italy | 31 August 2017 | (digitally restored version) (Venice Film Festival) |
| USA | 1 September 2017 | (40th Anniversary Re-release) |
| Spain | 28 September 2017 | (Barcelona) (digitally restored version) (subtitled version) (re-release) |
| Croatia | 30 September 2017 | (40th Anniversary Re-release) |
| Netherlands | October 2017 | (Parool Film Fest) |
| Italy | 5 November 2017 | (digitally restored version) (Trieste Science+Fiction Festival) |
| Taiwan | 10 November 2017 | (Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival) |
| Estonia | 13 March 2020 |
Also Known As (AKA)
| (original title) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Argentina | Encuentros cercanos del tercer tipo |
| Australia | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Belgium (Flemish title) | Contact type drie |
| Brazil | Contatos Imediatos de Terceiro Grau |
| Brazil | Contatos Imediatos do Terceiro Grau |
| Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) | Близки срещи от Трети вид |
| Canada (French title) | Rencontres du troisième type |
| Canada (English title) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Croatia | Bliski susreti treće vrste |
| Czech Republic | Blízká setkání třetího druhu |
| Czechoslovakia (Slovak title) | Blízke stretnutie tretieho druhu |
| Czechoslovakia (Czech title) | Blízká setkání tretího druhu |
| Denmark | Nærkontakt af tredie grad |
| East Germany | Die unheimliche Begegnung der 3. Art |
| Estonia | Kolmanda astme lähikontakt |
| Finland (Swedish title) | Närkontakt av tredje graden |
| Finland | Kolmannen asteen yhteys |
| Finland (video box title) | Kolmannen asteen yhteys - emme ole yksin... |
| France | Rencontres du troisième type |
| Germany | Unheimliche Begegnung der dritten Art |
| Greece (transliterated title) | Stenes epafes tritou typou |
| Greece (reissue title) | Stenes epafes tritou typou: Special ekdosi |
| Greece | Στενές επαφές τρίτου τύπου |
| Hungary | Harmadik típusú találkozások |
| India (Gujarati title) | Trija Prakarano Bandha Enka'Untarsa |
| India (Hindi title) | Teesaree Prakaar Kee Muthabhed |
| India (Telugu title) | Thard Kaind Yokka Enkauntarlanu Musiveyandi |
| India (Marathi title) | Tharda Prakaraci Banda |
| India (Tamil title) | Munram Vakaiyana Cantippukalai Mutu |
| India (English title) | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Iran (Persian title) | Barkhord-e nazdik az noe sevom |
| Italy | Incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo |
| Japan | Michi tono sôgû |
| Japan (Japanese title) | 未知との遭遇 |
| Lithuania | Artimi trečiojo 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 |
| Russia | Близкие контакты третьей степени |
| Serbia | Блиски сусрети треће врсте |
| Slovakia | Blízke stretnutie tretieho druhu |
| Slovenia | Bližnja srečanja tretje vrste |
| Soviet Union (Russian title) | Близкие контакты третьей степени |
| Spain (Catalan title) | Encontres a la tercera fase |
| Spain (reissue title) | Encuentros en la tercera fase: Edición especial |
| Spain | Encuentros en la tercera fase |
| Sweden | Närkontakt av tredje graden |
| Taiwan | 第三類接觸 |
| Thailand (Thai title) (dubbed version) | Nay xanpen laea khn tangdaw |
| Turkey (Turkish title) | Üçüncü Türden Yakınlaşmalar |
| Ukraine | Близькі контакти третього ступеня |
| UK | Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| USA (informal short title) | CE3K |
| USA (reissue title) | The Special Edition: Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| USA (working title) | The Close Encounter 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 |
| Yugoslavia (Slovenian title) | Bližnja srečanja tretje vrste |
| Yugoslavia (Serbian title) | Bliski susreti treće vrste |
| Yugoslavia (Croatian title) | Bliski susreti treće vrste |
