Bandit (film series) a prequel as it focuses on events that took place prior to the original film. The car featured in these films is a Dodge Stealth while the "Smokey and the Bandit" films featured three generations of the Pontiac Trans Am. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> On October 12, 2010, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment released all four television films on DVD along with the "Smokey and the Bandit" trilogy as part of Smokey and the Bandit: The 7-Movie Outlaw Collection. Bandit (film series) Bandit is a series of four American made-for-television film spin-offs based on the popular "Smokey and the Bandit" film series. The
Smokey and the Bandit on vinyl, cassette and 8-track through MCA Records. "Smokey and the Bandit" was a sleeper hit. The film premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City where it performed badly. It then opened in just the South of the United States over the Memorial Day weekend and grossed $2,689,851 in 386 theatres. By the end of June it had played in major Southern markets including Charlotte, Atlanta, Jacksonville, New Orleans, Memphis, Dallas and Oklahoma City grossing $11.9 million. It opened in other Northern states at the end of July. With an original budget of $5.3 million (cut to