Box office
Temple of Doom was released on May 23, 1984, in the United States, accumulating a record-breaking $45.7 million in its first week.[26] The film went on to gross $333.1 million worldwide, with $180 million in North America and $153.1 million in other markets.[31] The film had the highest opening weekend of 1984, and was that year's highest-grossing film (third in North America, behind Beverly Hills Cop and Ghostbusters).[32] It was also the tenth highest-grossing film of all time during its release.[31] It sold an estimated 53,532,800 tickets in the United States.[33]
Promotion
Marvel Comics published a comic book adaptation of the film by writer David Michelinie and artists Jackson Guice, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, and Bob Camp. It was published as Marvel Super Special No. 30[34] and as a three-issue limited series.[35]
LucasArts and Atari Games promoted the film by releasing an arcade game. Hasbro released a toy line based on the film in September 2008.[36]
Home media
The video was released at Christmas 1986 with a retail price of $29.95 and sold a record 1.4 million units.[37] A DVD version of the film was released in 2003 together with the two other films in the then Indiana Jones trilogy series.[38] A Blu-ray version for the film was released in 2012 as part of a box set for the series, which had four films at the time.[39] In 2021, a remastered 4K version of the film was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray, produced using scans of the original negatives. It was released as part of a box set for the then four films in the Indiana Jones film series.[40]
Television
In Japan, the film was aired on Nippon TV (NTV), on October 16, 1987. It became NTV's most-watched film up until then with a 26.9% audience rating, surpassing the 25.3% record previously set by First Blood in 1985. In turn, Temple of Doom was later surpassed by Tsuribaka Nisshi 4 in 1994, but remained NTV's most-watched foreign film up until Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in 2004.[41]
In the United Kingdom, the film's 2005 airing was watched by 5 million viewers on BBC1, becoming the channel's ninth most-watched film during the first half of 2005.[42]
