All Applicable Countries ("International" releases):
- 2012 (Destruction Image) - Japan, China, Thailand, Czech, France (same as AU)
- 2012 (Plain Black Cover) - Germany (same as CA/UK)
- The Adventures of Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn - Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Germany, France
- Apocalypse Now - Spain, Italy, Netherlands (ES has "Presenta" above title)
- Avatar - Thailand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden (same as UK, except TH which is clean of rating logos)
- Avatar (Extended Edition) - Thailand, HK, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan (different to UK)
- Batman Begins (White) - Japan, Korea (different from non-white CA)
- Captain America - France 3D, Germany 3D, Netherlands 3D, Czech 3D, Japan 3D, Italy (same as UK 2D)
- Cowboys and Aliens - Czech, Netherlands, Korea (same as UK, different from US/CA)
- The Dark Knight (White) - Japan, Korea (different from non-white DE, DE 2nd, FR, NL, NL stickerbook, CA, CA 2nd)
- Fast & Furious 5 (cast cover) - Netherlands, Hong Kong, Thailand (different from DE car cover with European spine).
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - China, Thailand, Korea
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Finland, Czech, Portugal (same as UK, unconfirmed difference with DE, FR)
- Gladiator - Poland, Thailand, Taiwan (different to UK)
- Hurt Locker - Korea (different from UK, different from IT, different from US/MX G1)
- Inception (building top cover) - China, Japan, Thailand (same as US/CA, different to DE-exclusive cast artwork)
- Inception (Japanese re-release) - Japan, Korea
- Immortals 3D - Netherlands (different from UK 2D, different from FR)
- Iron Man 2 - Korea, HK, Thailand
- Karate Kid - Germany, Thailand
- The Lion King - Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand
- Machete - Germany, Finland (UK)
- Michael Jackson's This Is It - Korea, Germany, Netherlands (same as AU/CA)
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Portugal, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Kazakhstan (same as UK/AU)
- Paul - France, Germany, Japan
- Predators - Sweden, Denmark, Thailand (same as UK, except TH which is clean of rating logos)
- Priest - Germany, France, Hong Kong, Thailand, Finland, Denmark, Sweden (same as UK)
- Resident Evil 4/Afterlife - Italy, China, Japan (different from FR and DE 3D release, same as AU/US/CA)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Finland (same as UK, different from FR)
- Salt - Japan, Thailand, Czech, Denmark, Finland (same as CA)
- Scarface - France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, Mexico, Korea (same as UK, different to US/CA Limited Edition)
- The Smurfs - Germany (same as CA)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Netherlands, Germany
- Super 8 - Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Korea (same as UK)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Germany, Japan, Mexico (same as UK)
- Terminator 4/Salvation - Greece, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, China, Taiwan (localized title in FR/DE releases)
- Total Recall - France, Netherlands, Spain (not sure about Germany)
- Thor - Japan, Korea, HK, Thailand, France 3D, Netherlands 3D (same as UK 2D)
- True Grit - Netherlands (same as CA)
- Transformers 3/Dark of the Moon - Germany 2D 3D, Netherlands 3D, Spain, HK 3D, Taiwan, Korea 3D
- Unstoppable - Thailand, Japan
- World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles - Germany, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand (no "World Invasion" on UK, US, CA releases)
most of these "international" releases are also region-free, so once you open them (if you do) it will feel like a local steelbook release and you won't be able to tell the country of origin. The exceptions are Apocalypse Now (AB), Terminator 2 (UK, DE: B), Avatar extended on 3 disc's (KR/TW: AB/free/free, JP: A). Printed backs and rating logos on Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (UK, FI), Predators (all but TH).
Steelbooks exclusive to a non-English country, but exclusively in English...
Japan:
- A-Team
- Knight & Day
6 of 9 of the March 10 Warner Bros. releases:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Blade Runner
- Gran Torino
- The Matrix
- Seven
- Shawshank Redemption
France:
- Shutter Island - spine follows European standard.
- The Thing - (different from DE).
Germany:
- Complete Matrix Trilogy
- Faster
- Grindhouse
- Hellraiser I-III - small "Parsentiert" on cover above Trilogy Title, the printed back is all in English.
- RockNRolla
- Zombieland
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Warner Bros. "First releases" in Germany are clean:
- Gran Torino - printed FSK logo
- Hangover 2 - "Ein Todo Philips film" in small print on cover above title.
- Inception - "Ein Film von" (A film from Christopher Nolan) on the front above the title
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sucker Punch
The re-releases of these steelbooks have printed FSK logos and printed German back covers.
Bilingual Canada:
Warner Bros. releases are in exclusively in English, but Alliance steelbooks have bilingual spines with titles in opposite directions.
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Warner releases have English credit text on the back, a link to warnerbros.com and a Canadian rating logo (en Anglais seulement). The Japanese Shawshank Redemption on the otherhand is clean of this logo, but for the OCD fans, the printed URL is to warnerbros.jp compared to warnerbros.com on the Canadian one.
China:
- Let the Bullets Fly - title in original language.
- Rio
Korea:
- War of the Arrows - title in original language.
India:
- Dhobi Ghat/Mumbai Stories - proper nouns in original language.
Steelbooks from the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand obviously need not be listed in this "clean" foreign steelbook listing. This listing applies to the actual steelbooks only, it does not apply to the packaging and many listed do indeed come with foreign/bilingual cardboard slips, covers and/or rating stickers.
"3D" alone signifies there was only a single 2D+3D version of the steelbook, while "2D 3D" signifies a separate 2D release came out (usually earlier) in addition to the 2D+3D version of the steelbook.
Unreleased and unconfirmed:
- Alien Anthology - CZ, PL
- Apollo 13, Casino - NL, CZ
- Back to the Future - B&W JP, colour CZ (horizontal UK)
- Hugo - Hungary, Greece, Thailand
- Jurassic Park - CZ, PL
- Jaws - SV, CZ (UK, FR, DE)
- Men in Black 3 - CZ
- Terminator - blue bannered CZ (clean UK)
- Tron/Tron Legacy - SV
- Underworld Awakening - CA, IT, PL, JP, CZ (CA, FR G1)
- 2012 (Destruction Image) - Japan, China, Thailand, Czech, France (same as AU)
- 2012 (Plain Black Cover) - Germany (same as CA/UK)
- The Adventures of Tin Tin: Secret of the Unicorn - Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Germany, France
- Apocalypse Now - Spain, Italy, Netherlands (ES has "Presenta" above title)
- Avatar - Thailand, Denmark, Finland, Sweden (same as UK, except TH which is clean of rating logos)
- Avatar (Extended Edition) - Thailand, HK, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan (different to UK)
- Batman Begins (White) - Japan, Korea (different from non-white CA)
- Captain America - France 3D, Germany 3D, Netherlands 3D, Czech 3D, Japan 3D, Italy (same as UK 2D)
- Cowboys and Aliens - Czech, Netherlands, Korea (same as UK, different from US/CA)
- The Dark Knight (White) - Japan, Korea (different from non-white DE, DE 2nd, FR, NL, NL stickerbook, CA, CA 2nd)
- Fast & Furious 5 (cast cover) - Netherlands, Hong Kong, Thailand (different from DE car cover with European spine).
- Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children - China, Thailand, Korea
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Finland, Czech, Portugal (same as UK, unconfirmed difference with DE, FR)
- Gladiator - Poland, Thailand, Taiwan (different to UK)
- Hurt Locker - Korea (different from UK, different from IT, different from US/MX G1)
- Inception (building top cover) - China, Japan, Thailand (same as US/CA, different to DE-exclusive cast artwork)
- Inception (Japanese re-release) - Japan, Korea
- Immortals 3D - Netherlands (different from UK 2D, different from FR)
- Iron Man 2 - Korea, HK, Thailand
- Karate Kid - Germany, Thailand
- The Lion King - Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand
- Machete - Germany, Finland (UK)
- Michael Jackson's This Is It - Korea, Germany, Netherlands (same as AU/CA)
- Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - Portugal, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Kazakhstan (same as UK/AU)
- Paul - France, Germany, Japan
- Predators - Sweden, Denmark, Thailand (same as UK, except TH which is clean of rating logos)
- Priest - Germany, France, Hong Kong, Thailand, Finland, Denmark, Sweden (same as UK)
- Resident Evil 4/Afterlife - Italy, China, Japan (different from FR and DE 3D release, same as AU/US/CA)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Finland (same as UK, different from FR)
- Salt - Japan, Thailand, Czech, Denmark, Finland (same as CA)
- Scarface - France, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Finland, Mexico, Korea (same as UK, different to US/CA Limited Edition)
- The Smurfs - Germany (same as CA)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Netherlands, Germany
- Super 8 - Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Korea (same as UK)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Germany, Japan, Mexico (same as UK)
- Terminator 4/Salvation - Greece, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, China, Taiwan (localized title in FR/DE releases)
- Total Recall - France, Netherlands, Spain (not sure about Germany)
- Thor - Japan, Korea, HK, Thailand, France 3D, Netherlands 3D (same as UK 2D)
- True Grit - Netherlands (same as CA)
- Transformers 3/Dark of the Moon - Germany 2D 3D, Netherlands 3D, Spain, HK 3D, Taiwan, Korea 3D
- Unstoppable - Thailand, Japan
- World Invasion: Battle Los Angeles - Germany, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand (no "World Invasion" on UK, US, CA releases)
most of these "international" releases are also region-free, so once you open them (if you do) it will feel like a local steelbook release and you won't be able to tell the country of origin. The exceptions are Apocalypse Now (AB), Terminator 2 (UK, DE: B), Avatar extended on 3 disc's (KR/TW: AB/free/free, JP: A). Printed backs and rating logos on Avatar, Rise of the Planet of the Apes (UK, FI), Predators (all but TH).
Steelbooks exclusive to a non-English country, but exclusively in English...
- A-Team
- Knight & Day
6 of 9 of the March 10 Warner Bros. releases:
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Blade Runner
- Gran Torino
- The Matrix
- Seven
- Shawshank Redemption
- Shutter Island - spine follows European standard.
- The Thing - (different from DE).
- Complete Matrix Trilogy
- Faster
- Grindhouse
- Hellraiser I-III - small "Parsentiert" on cover above Trilogy Title, the printed back is all in English.
- RockNRolla
- Zombieland
-
Warner Bros. "First releases" in Germany are clean:
- Gran Torino - printed FSK logo
- Hangover 2 - "Ein Todo Philips film" in small print on cover above title.
- Inception - "Ein Film von" (A film from Christopher Nolan) on the front above the title
- Sherlock Holmes
- Sucker Punch
The re-releases of these steelbooks have printed FSK logos and printed German back covers.
Warner Bros. releases are in exclusively in English, but Alliance steelbooks have bilingual spines with titles in opposite directions.
-
Warner releases have English credit text on the back, a link to warnerbros.com and a Canadian rating logo (en Anglais seulement). The Japanese Shawshank Redemption on the otherhand is clean of this logo, but for the OCD fans, the printed URL is to warnerbros.jp compared to warnerbros.com on the Canadian one.
- Let the Bullets Fly - title in original language.
- Rio
- War of the Arrows - title in original language.
- Dhobi Ghat/Mumbai Stories - proper nouns in original language.
Steelbooks from the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand obviously need not be listed in this "clean" foreign steelbook listing. This listing applies to the actual steelbooks only, it does not apply to the packaging and many listed do indeed come with foreign/bilingual cardboard slips, covers and/or rating stickers.
"3D" alone signifies there was only a single 2D+3D version of the steelbook, while "2D 3D" signifies a separate 2D release came out (usually earlier) in addition to the 2D+3D version of the steelbook.
Unreleased and unconfirmed:
- Alien Anthology - CZ, PL
- Apollo 13, Casino - NL, CZ
- Back to the Future - B&W JP, colour CZ (horizontal UK)
- Hugo - Hungary, Greece, Thailand
- Jurassic Park - CZ, PL
- Jaws - SV, CZ (UK, FR, DE)
- Men in Black 3 - CZ
- Terminator - blue bannered CZ (clean UK)
- Tron/Tron Legacy - SV
- Underworld Awakening - CA, IT, PL, JP, CZ (CA, FR G1)
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