Editing Midnight Express (film) (section)

==Release==
The film screened at the [[1978 Cannes Film Festival]]. It opened at the [[Odeon Haymarket]] in London on Thursday, 10 August 1978 grossing $3,472 in its opening day, a [[Columbia Pictures]] record in the UK.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=London Precedes US|date=16 August 1978|page=4}}</ref> It opened in New York on 6 October 1978 before opening nationwide in the United States on 27 October.<ref name=dates>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Midnight Express (advertisement)|date=25 October 1978|page=11}}</ref>

===Home media===
The film was first released on [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment]] in 1979. It made its DVD debut in 1998. A 30th Anniversary DVD of the film was released in 2008, and a Blu-ray was released in 2009.