Editing Clue (film) (section)

==Release==
The film was released theatrically on December 13, 1985. Each theater received one of the three endings, and some theaters announced which ending the viewer would see.<ref name="ebert"/>

===Novelizations===
The [[novelization]] based on the screenplay is by [[Michael McDowell (author)|Michael McDowell]]. Landis, Lynn, and [[Ann M. Martin|Ann Matthews]] wrote the youth adaptation ''Clue: The Storybook''. Both adaptations were published in 1985, and feature a fourth ending cut from the film:{{sfn|Matthews|Landis|Lynn|1985|pp=57-59}} in a variation on the-butler-did-it trope, Wadsworth explains how he killed Boddy and the other victims, then reveals to the guests that they've all been poisoned, leaving no witnesses to his perfect crime. As Wadsworth proceeds to disable the phones, the police chief (having previously posed as an [[Cluedo characters#The Inspector|evangelist]]) returns with a squad of officers who disarm Wadsworth. He nonetheless manages to escape, and attempts to get away in a [[police car]], only to crash after [[Dobermann]]s attack from the back seat.<ref>{{cite book|last=McDowell|first=Michael|author-link=Michael McDowell (author)|title=Paramount Pictures Presents Clue|year=1985|publisher=[[Fawcett Gold Medal]]|location=New York|isbn=978-0-4491-3049-0|pages=188}}</ref>{{sfn|Matthews|Landis|Lynn|1985|p=61}}

===Home media===
The film was released to home video for both VHS and Betamax videocassette formats in Canada and the United States on August 20, 1986, and to other countries on February 11, 1991.<ref name="Fayetteville Mafia Press"/> It was released on DVD by [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] in June 17, 2000,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clue/?dvd_ver=1#sell_thru_main |title=Clue Movie Reviews, Pictures |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 13, 1985 |access-date=2009-08-07 |archive-date=October 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020135205/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/clue/?dvd_ver=1#sell_thru_main |url-status=live}}</ref> and on [[Blu-ray]] by [[Paramount Home Media Distribution]] on August 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last=Katz |first=Josh |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8058 |title=Paramount Teases Four Upcoming Blu-ray Releases |website=Blu-ray.com |date=2012-01-18 |access-date=2012-07-03 |archive-date=September 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926082424/http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=8058 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On December 12, 2023, Shout! Factory released a 4K UHD Blu-ray collector's edition of ''Clue.'' It includes new interviews with director Jonathan Lynn and production manager Jeffrey Chernov.<ref>{{cite web |title=Clue Collector's Edition |url=https://shoutfactory.com/collections/mystery/products/clue-collectors-edition?variant=40248326291590 |website=Shout! Factory |access-date=21 December 2023}}</ref>

The home video, television broadcasts, and on-demand streaming by services such as [[Netflix]] include all three endings shown sequentially, with the first two characterized as possible endings but the third being the only true one. All Blu-ray and DVD versions offer viewers the option to watch the endings separately (chosen randomly by the player), and the "home entertainment version" ending with all three of them stitched together.<ref>{{cite web|title=Clue Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Clue-Blu-ray/37011/|website=Blu-ray.com|access-date=2017-12-03|archive-date=June 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619171645/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Clue-Blu-ray/37011/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Soundtrack===
La-La Land Records released the John Morris score as a limited-edition CD soundtrack in February 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lalalandrecords.com/Clue.html |title=Clue: The Movie: Limited Edition |publisher=La-La Land Records |access-date=2011-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204060452/http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Clue.html |archive-date=February 4, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> For the film's 30th anniversary in 2015, Mondo issued a limited-edition 180-gram vinyl pressed on six different character-themed color variants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mondoshop.com/products/clue-the-movie-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-lp |title=Clue: The Movie – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP |publisher=[[Mondo (American company)|Mondo]] |access-date=July 17, 2021}}</ref> A vinyl reissue from Enjoy The Ride Records followed in 2022.