
The Arrival

The greatest danger facing our world has been the planet's best kept secret... until now.
- 1996
- Rated PG-13
- 1h 55m
- Science Fiction
- Thriller
- Mystery
Rating: 6.0 out of 10TMDB(894 votes)
Overview
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $14.1M worldwide against a $25M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in California
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Setting
Set in Mexico
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Sequels
Followed by The Second Arrival
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Collection
Part of The Arrival Collection
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Hiro Narita
Details
- Director
- Writer
- David TwohyScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 31, 1996
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $25M
- Revenue
- $14.1M
- Countries
- Mexico, United States of America
- Collection
- The Arrival Collection
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In the United States
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