The Day the Earth Stood Still
We thought the Earth was ours. We were wrong.
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet.When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
- Director
- Scott Derrickson
- Worldwide
- $233M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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What It's About
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A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.
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Box Office & Release
The Day the Earth Stood Still returned 2.9× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $80M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $233M
- Release date
- Dec 10, 2008
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- MPAA rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Country
- Canada, United States of America
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