@Toobzee said:
Question about release dates
I've read every post on here about release dates and am still unclear on how to get the US theatrical release date for movies.
(I don't want any other dates.)
When I search for a movie using region=US and with_release_type=3, I get the wrong release date.
For example, the Ravenous release date on its TMDB page is March 16, 1999.
But when I use the parameters above
(ex: https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/10212?api_key=123123123123123123®ion=US&with_release_type=3)
I get a "release_date": "1999-01-01".

What am I missing here?

Thanks!

I believe you are mixing Discover Request filters
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/discover-movie
with Movie Details Request filters that you already know the ID of.
https://developer.themoviedb.org/reference/movie-details

The release_date for this film, ID 10212, in Canada is 1/1/1999.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/10212-ravenous/releases
It's the oldest.
So it's the worldwide release date, the primary_release_date.

If you want to know the release date in the USA
then use the parameter &append_to_response=release_dates
and you will receive all the release dates in the world.
https://api.themoviedb.org/3/movie/10212?append_to_response=release_dates&language=en-US
Filtering only en-US should be done on your end.

Thanks @ticao2. (Sorry, I thought I replied to this earlier!) Trying this now!