▁vide ot ape ▁re venue . ▁ ▁Param ount ▁released ▁The ▁W r ath ▁of ▁Khan ▁on ▁DVD ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 ; ▁no ▁special ▁features ▁were ▁included ▁on ▁the ▁disc . ▁Mont al b án ▁drew ▁hundreds ▁of ▁fans ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁to ▁Universal ▁City , ▁California ▁where ▁he ▁signed ▁copies ▁of ▁the ▁DVD ▁to ▁comm emor ate ▁its ▁release . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁re - re leased ▁in ▁a ▁highly ▁anticip ated ▁two - dis c ▁" Direct or ' s ▁Edition " ▁format . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁rem aster ed ▁picture ▁quality ▁and ▁ 5 . 1 ▁Dol by ▁surr ound ▁sound , ▁the ▁DVD ▁set ▁included ▁director ▁comment ary , ▁cast ▁inter views , ▁story boards ▁and ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁tra iler . ▁The ▁expanded ▁cut ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁Hollywood ▁premi ere ▁before ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁DVD . ▁Meyer ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁didn ' t ▁believe ▁direct ors ' ▁cut s ▁of ▁films ▁were ▁necessarily ▁better ▁than ▁the ▁original ▁but ▁that ▁the ▁re - release ▁gave ▁him ▁a ▁chance ▁to ▁add ▁elements ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁release ▁by ▁Param ount . ▁The ▁four ▁hours ▁of ▁bonus ▁content ▁and ▁expanded ▁director ' s ▁cut ▁were ▁favor ably ▁received . ▁ ▁The ▁film ' s ▁original ▁the atr ical ▁cut ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁Bl u - ray ▁Disc ▁in ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁to ▁co inci de ▁with ▁the