Independence Day

Theatrical - Wide 1996-07-03

Cast Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch
Directed by Roland Emmerich
Written by Roland Emmerich Dean Devlin

Box Office Gross: $817,400,891

Running Time: 145 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: 20th Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment

Genres: Action Adventure

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Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world’s major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of... See more July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

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