album on November 12, 1976. EMI re-released the album on CD and cassette. Frank Stallone's song "Take You Back" is also on the soundtrack, and he also sings the song in the movie with other friends around a trash can fire. Release Theatrical The movie was released on Sunday, November 21, 1976, by United Artists at Cinema II in New York City. Home media 1980 UK video release by Intervision Betamax, VHS (Rental Only) 1982 – CED Videodisc, Betamax and VHS; VHS release is rental only; 20th Century Fox Video release, Warner Home Video has rest of the World rights October 27, 1990 (VHS and LaserDisc) April 16, 1996 (VHS and LaserDisc) March 24, 1997 (DVD) April 24, 2001 (DVD, also packed with the Five-Disc Boxed Set) 2001 (VHS, 25th anniversary edition) December 14, 2004 (DVD, also packed with the Rocky Anthology box set) February 8, 2005 (DVD, also packed with the Rocky Anthology box set) December 5, 2006 (DVD and Blu-ray Disc – 2-Disc Collector's Edition, the DVD was the first version released by Fox and was also packed with the Rocky Anthology box set and the Blu-ray was the first version released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment) December 4, 2007 (DVD box set – Rocky The Complete Saga. This new set contains the new Rocky Balboa, but does not include the recent 2 disc Rocky. There are still no special features for Rocky II through Rocky V, although Rocky Balboas DVD special features are all intact.) November 3, 2009 (Blu-ray box set – Rocky The Undisputed Collection. This release included six films in a box set. Previously, only the first film and Rocky Balboa were available on the format. Those two discs are identical to their individual releases, and the set also contains a disc of bonus material, new and old alike.) May 6, 2014 - Blu-ray re-release with an all new 4K remaster and the previous special features of the old release. October 13, 2015 – Blu-ray box set, Rocky Heavyweight Collection 40th Anniversary Edition. All six films plus over three hours of bonus material, including the 4K remaster of the first film. Reception Box office Rocky grossed $5,488 on its opening day at Cinema II, a house record. When it was released nationally, it grossed $5 million during its first wide weekend and consistently performed well for eight months and eventually reached $117 million at