Centropolis Entertainment / 20th Century Fox

U.S. box office (inflation-adjusted): $599,175,800

Smart Rating: 82.09
Release year: 1996
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum

In the epic adventure film "Independence Day," strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite and 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 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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