Starship Troopers
A new kind of enemy. A new kind of war.
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry."
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Signature
- Tension · Wonder · Craft
- Worldwide
- $121M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
37 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Starship Troopers actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Starship Troopers appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #26
Placed at #26 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Starship Troopers returned 1.2× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $105M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $121M
- Release date
- Nov 7, 1997
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- MPAA rating
- R
- 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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