Editing The Toxic Avenger (1984 film) (section)

==Release==
===Theatrical===
[[Troma Entertainment]] released ''The Toxic Avenger'' initially in 1984, receiving an early review from [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] in late December.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Toxic Avenger |url=https://variety.com/1984/film/reviews/the-toxic-avenger-1200426400/|website=Variety|date=31 December 1984 }}</ref> During the next year, the film had a long run as the [[midnight movie]] on the single screen of the [[Bleeker Street Cinema]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-toxic-avenger-a-brief-history-of-tromas-superhero-franchise/ |title=The Toxic Avenger: A Brief History of Troma's Superhero Franchise |last=Knipfel |first=Jim |date=2019-04-11 |website=Den of Geek }}</ref> On April 4, 1986, the film opened on 45 screens and earned $140,000 for its opening weekend.<ref name="afientry">{{cite web |title=Catalog - The Toxic Avenger |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57870-THE-TOXIC-AVENGER?cxt=filmography |website=AFI.com |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>

===Home media===
''The Toxic Avenger'' was released by Troma on [[VHS]] and [[Betamax]] in 1986,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Toxic Avenger [VHS&#93; : Andree Maranda, Mitch Cohen, Jennifer Babtist, Cindy Manion, Robert Prichard, Gary Schneider, Pat Ryan, Mark Torgl, Dick Martinsen, Chris Liano, David Weiss, Dan Snow, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz, Gay Partington Terry, Joe Ritter, Lloyd Kaufman, Stuart Strutin: Movies & TV |date= |asin=6303592570 }}</ref> and for the first time on [[DVD]] on March 25, 1998. It was re-released by Troma on November 20, 2000 and again on September 3, 2002, as part of a 4-disk Toxic Avenger movie pack. The film was picked up for distribution by Prism, who released the film on DVD on February 2, 2004. Troma then released its own 21st Anniversary Edition version of the film on March 29, 2005. On March 7, 2006, the film was released again on DVD by [[Koch Entertainment]]. The film would not receive another home media release until Troma released a "Japanese Cut" of the film on December 11, 2012. Troma released the film for the first time on [[Blu-ray]] on August 12, 2014. On November 18 that year, it was again released on Blu-ray by Import Vendor.<ref name="allmoviedvd">{{cite web |title=The Toxic Avenger (1984) - Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-toxic-avenger-v50627/releases |website=Allmovie.com |publisher=Allmovie |access-date=13 February 2019}}</ref>