Editing Colossus: The Forbin Project (section)

==Release==
''The Forbin Project'' premiered on April 4, 1970 at Cinema Rendezvous in New York City.<ref name=preem/> The film opened to the public at the same theatre as a test release with no publicity on May 5, 1970. It grossed $7,473 in its opening week.<ref name=open>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 13, 1970|page=9|title='Africanus Sexualis' $27,600 Big; Battle of-TV-Sold Pix on B'way; 'Sex in Denmark' Boff $27,600|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-05-13_258_13/page/8/mode/2up|access-date=March 31, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=AFI>{{AFI film|23505|title=The Forbin Project}}</ref>

Due to its poor box office performance, it was withdrawn and re-released in August 1970 at the Picwood theatre in Los Angeles as ''Colossus: The Forbin Project''.<ref name=AFI/><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 2, 1970|page=8|title='Out-of-Towners' $175,000 L.A. Visit; 'Horse' Fast $140,000; 'Lovers' $28,000; 'Amber' Hefty $20,000; 'Bird' $23,000|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-09-02_260_3/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=April 3, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> It returned to New York in October on a 37 screen showcase release grossing a disappointing $150,000, ranking seventh at the US box office. Its total gross at the time from the theaters tracked by ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' was $308,828.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 7, 1970|page=9|title=This Week's N.Y. Showcases|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-10-07_260_8/page/8/mode/2up?view=theater|access-date=April 3, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><ref name=gross>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-10-14_260_9/page/11|date=October 14, 1970|page=11}}</ref>

===Home media===
The movie was released on [[VHS]] in 1988, originally retailing for $59.99.<ref>{{cite Newspaper|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-08-ca-955-story.html|title=Video: What’s in Store : New Releases|publisher=Los Angeles Times|date=April 8, 1988|access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref> The film was released on [[DVD]] on November 23, 2004, by [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]].<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.amazon.com/Colossus-Forbin-Project-Eric-Braeden/dp/B0003JAOO0/ref=tmm_dvd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=|title=Colossus: The Forbin Project|medium=[[DVD]]|work=[[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]]|publisher=[[NBCUniversal]]|location=[[Universal City, California]]|date=November 23, 2004|access-date=June 4, 2017|asin=B0003JAOO0}}</ref> A remastered high-definition widescreen Blu-ray disc version was released by [[Shout Factory]] on February 27, 2018.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/colossus-the-forbin-project?product_id=6536|title=Colossus: The Forbin Project|medium=[[Blu-ray]]|work=[[Shout Factory]]|publisher=[[Shout Factory]]|location=[[Los Angeles, California]]|date=February 27, 2018|access-date=February 28, 2018|asin=B0776221Y2}}</ref>

The U.K. DVD release is titled ''Colossus: The Forbin Project''. This release does not use the quotation marks around the words "The Forbin" as the U.S. release does.{{refn|In the United States, both the in-movie titles and the theatrical poster list the title as ''Colossus: The Forbin Project''. The 2004 Region 1 DVD release lists the title as ''Colossus: "The Forbin" Project''.|group=Note}}