The main production companies behind Independence Day were: 20th Century Fox Flim Corporation and Centrapolis Entertainment. Also in the UK the movie was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Genre:
The sub-genre of this film is alien invasion and we can tell this by what this movie is based around. The narrative is based around an alien invasion where the main character Captain Steven Hiller (played by Will Smith) fights off the aliens where towards the end they blow up the mothership. This is quite a common theme within many sci-fi movies where there is a Good vs Evil. We can also tell this is a science fiction film due to the mise-en-scene. The costumes worn by the soldiers and also the alien costumes tell us straight away that its a science fiction film as you wouldn't find aliens in any other genres apart from sci-fi.
Release Date and Marketing Campaign:
The trailer of the movie shows many scenes of Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith). This will increase the amount of talk going around as there may be many fans of Will Smith and the could be very excited about his new film. This will lead to a lot of people talking about it and then eventually most people will end up watching the movie and increasing the films revenue.
Critical Reception
60%- Rotten Tomatoes
6.9/10- IMDB
59%- Metacritic
"Independence Day - outstanding work of the cinematic art"
"A Great Blockbuster!"
(Source - IMDb Review Section)
Box Office:
Budget: $75 Million
Opening Weekend: $50 million
Total Gross: $306 Million
From this we can see that Independence Day was extremely successful by almost quadrupling their budget resulting in over a $225 million profit.
Cast and Director:
Director: Ronald Emmerich (Director of White House Down)
Main stars: Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum both of which have starred in previous movies.
