Forbidden Planet
Earthmen on a fabulous, peril-journey into outer space!
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years.They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
- Director
- Fred M. Wilcox
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $3M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
19 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Forbidden Planet actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
Spoiler-free. Read the analysis below for the full argument.
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Forbidden Planet appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Movies Like Interstellar Ranked #19
Placed at #19 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #31
Placed at #31 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Forbidden Planet returned 1.7× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $3M
- Release date
- Mar 23, 1956
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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