Mars Attacks!

1996 106 min Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

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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IMDb 6.4 RT 56 Metacritic 52

budget $70,000,000 earnings $101,371,017 return 1.4x

director Tim Burton

writer Jonathan Gems

cast