Guess Who's Coming to Dinner opened in New York City on December 11, 1967,[22] followed by a wide release in the United States the following day.[23] The film was released on VHS in October 1986[24] and on DVD on May 22, 2001,[25] with a 40th-anniversary DVD release on February 12, 2008.[26] It was released on Blu-ray on February 7, 2017, to commemorate the film's 50th anniversary.[27]
The film was first shown on U.S. television on CBS on September 19, 1971, and was the highest-rated film broadcast that year with a rating of 26.8 and an audience share of 44%.[28]
