The Day the Earth Stood Still
From out of space...A warning and an ultimatum.
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
- Director
- Robert Wise
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $2M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Day the Earth Stood Still actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Day the Earth Stood Still appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Space Movies Ranked #25
Placed at #25 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Day the Earth Stood Still returned 1.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $995,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $2M
- Release date
- Sep 18, 1951
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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