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Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

Dec 13, 1996
106 min
ComedyFantasyScience Fiction
6.4/ 10
5,675 votes

Overview

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

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TMDB
6.4/10
5,675 votes
IMDB
6.4/10
255,116 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Tomatometer
Metacritic
M
52/100
Metascore

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Performance & Recognition

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Box Office & Budget

Budget$70,000,000Production cost
Box Office$101,371,017Worldwide gross
Profit$31,371,017Profitable
ROI
+44.8%Return on investment
US Box Office$37,781,197Domestic earnings

Awards & Nominations

3 wins & 19 nominations total

Details

Production information

"Nice planet. We'll take it!"

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$70,000,000

Revenue

$101,371,017

Production Companies

Warner Bros. PicturesTim Burton Productions

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