Media1996

Tim Burton's 'Mars Attacks!' released

When: 13 Dec 1996
Sources: 2 public sources

Props from Mars Attacks! on display at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank Chester from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Warner Bros. released Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!, a satirical alien-invasion comedy adapted from a 1962 Topps trading card series. It opened in Los Angeles and New York months after Independence Day revived big-screen saucer invasions.

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PressMars Attacks! (opens in a new tab)Turner Classic Movies
OtherMars Attacks! (1996) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog

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