Crocodile Dundee Is Getting a 4K Steelbook Edition for Its 40th Anniversary

Crocodile Dundee, the 1986 box office hit, is getting the 4K steelbook treatment. The movie will be available December 1 for $39.99, but it’s available now for preorder at Amazon .

It may be hard to imagine now, in an era when theatrical releases for comedies are few and far between, but there was a period during the 1980s when Crocodile Dundee was king. The character, played by Paul Hogan, was a pop culture icon. That’s because this movie was a mega-hit.

Crocodile Dundee - 4K Steelbook Edition Made for under $10 million, Crocodile Dundee grossed $328 million worldwide, landing it at number two on the list of highest-grossing movies of 1986, behind only Top Gun . That’s a remarkable feat for a movie about an Outback outdoorsman.

Crocodile Dundee works because it’s a mix of tried-and-true ideas: It’s a fish-out-of-water story and a romance between an unlikely couple.

It starts when Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), a New York journalist, travels to the Australian Outback and meets the titular hero, a hunter who feels more at home in the wilderness than he does around other people. Soon Sue invites Croc to come back to NYC with her.

In Gaming, Chris Reed puts this story at the center of the day: Crocodile Dundee, the 1986 box office hit, is getting the 4K steelbook treatment. The movie will be available December 1 for $39.99, but it’s available now for preorder at Amazon . FlexChar is surfacing it because it is driving searches and conversation right now.