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.
13th December 1996
27 years ago
1 hour 46 minutes
Finishes at 12:11am
$70,000,000 ($118,783,000 today)
Revenue $101,371,017
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