
Short Circuit

Something wonderful has happened... No. 5 is alive.
- 1986
- Rated PG
- 1h 38m
- Science Fiction
- Comedy
- Family
Rating: 6.7 out of 10TMDB(1.7K votes)
Overview
After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.
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Grossed $40.7M worldwide, about 4.1 times its $10M budget
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Details
- Director
- Writer
- Brent MaddockWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 9, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Revenue
- $40.7M
- Countries
- United States of America
- Collection
- Short Circuit Collection
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In the United States
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