OVERALL: Draw

Between all the 3-Disc editions for the wealth of extras. Note however that these new editions all drop the DTS soundtrack.
So if you want DTS, then go for either the R1; R2 Dutch, French, Spanish, UK or the R4 release (as they have English DTS, all other single disc version either have a dubbed DTS track or none at all). The DTS releases all seem to be quite identical and "half bitrate" (764 kbps).

Please see the image-comparison from here:
http://whiggles.landofwhimsy.com/writings/dvdimage-panicroom.html

CUTS:

• R1 Special Edition America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (111:50 NTSC)
• R1 SuperBit America- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (111:50 NTSC)
• R1 Special Edition Canada- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (111:50 NTSC)
• R1 SuperBit Canada- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (111:50 NTSC)
• R2 France- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Collector's Edition France- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Germany- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Holland- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Italy- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Deluxe Edition Italy- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Scandinavia- Nordisk Film - No cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Spain- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition Spain- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R2 Special Edition United Kingdom- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)
• R3 SuperBit Hong Kong- Era Home Entertainment - No Cuts (111:50 NTSC)
• R4 Australia- Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment - No Cuts (107:22 PAL)

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Comparison added by David on 12/08/02
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 04/05/20

UPDATE LOG:

04/05/20: Total overhaul.