Editing The Karate Kid (section)

===Merchandise===
The film spawned a franchise of related items and memorabilia such as action figures, headbands, posters, T-shirts, and [[The Karate Kid (video game)|a video game]]. A novelization was made by [[B. B. Hiller]] and published in 1984. The novel had a scene that was in the rehearsal when Daniel encounters Johnny during school at lunch. Also at the end, there was a battle between Miyagi and Kreese in the parking lot after the tournament which was the original ending for the film and used as the beginning of ''The Karate Kid Part II''. On May 7, 2019, ''The Karate Kid: The Classic Illustrated Storybook'' was published by [[Quirk Books]] under their Pop Classics series. It retold the events of the first film with art by Kim Smith.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Karate Kid The Classic Illustrated Storybook 2019 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Karate_Kid/8suQEAAAQBAJ?hl=en |website=Google Books |publisher=Google |access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

In 2015, toy company [[Funko]] revived ''The Karate Kid'' action figures. Two versions of LaRusso, a version of Lawrence and a version of Miyagi were part of the line. The toys were spotted at retailers [[Target Corporation|Target]] and [[Amazon.com]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Karate Kid (1984) Action Figures have been Revived by Funko |work=Z.Love's Entertainment Blog |date=October 10, 2015 |url=http://lovezack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-karate-kid-1984-action-figures-have.html|access-date= October 10, 2015|archive-date= December 8, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151208152409/http://lovezack.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-karate-kid-1984-action-figures-have.html|url-status= live}}</ref>