The film's Los Angeles premiere was held on December 11 at the Wilshire Theater in Beverly Hills. Similar to the releases of older Hollywood musicals such as "The Sound of Music", "My Fair Lady", and "West Side Story", "Dreamgirls" debuted with three special ten-day roadshow engagements beginning on December 15, 2006 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, and the AMC Metreon 15 in San Francisco. Tickets for the reserved seats were $25 each; the premium price included a forty-eight page full-color program and a limited-print lithograph. This release made "Dreamgirls" the first American feature film to have a roadshow release since "Man of La Mancha" in 1972. "Dreamgirls" earned a total of $851,664 from the roadshow engagements, playing to sold-out houses on the weekends. The film's national release, at regular prices, began on December 25. Outside of the U.S., "Dreamgirls" opened in Australia on January 18, and in the United Kingdom on February 2. Releases in other countries began on various dates between January and early March. "Dreamgirls" eventually grossed $103 million in North America, and almost $155 million worldwide. DreamWorks Home Entertainment released "Dreamgirls" to home video on May 1, 2007 in DVD, HD DVD, and Blu-ray formats. The DVD version was issued in two editions: a one-disc standard version and a two-disc "Showstopper Edition". The two-disc version also included a feature-length production documentary, production featurettes, screen tests, animatics, and other previsualization materials and artwork. Both DVD versions featured alternative and extended versions of the musical numbers from the film as extras, including the "Effie, Sing My Song" scene deleted during previews. Both the Blu-ray and HD DVD versions were issued in two-disc formats. "Dreamgirls" was the first DreamWorks film to be issued in a high definition home entertainment format. , total domestic video sales to date are at $95.1 million. A "Director's Extended Edition" of "Dreamgirls" was released on Blu-ray and Digital HD on October 10, 2017 by Paramount Home Media Distribution. This version, based on edits done for preview screenings before the film's release, runs ten minutes longer than the theatrical version and features longer musical numbers (including songs and verses cut during previews) and additional scenes.