Howard the Duck
More adventure than humanly possible.
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam.First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet.A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
- Director
- Willard Huyck
- Worldwide
- $38M
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Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Howard the Duck returned 1.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $37M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $38M
- Release date
- Aug 1, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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