Roland Emmerich directed the 1996 science fiction film Independence Day. The film stars
Will Smith as Captain Steven Hiller. It also co-stars Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Randy Quaid and Brent Spiner. The screenplay was written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. Independence Day is about an alien
invasion of Earth, which threatens to destroy all of mankind. While many are killed and others evacuate in hopes of survival, the film also revolves around a human effort to take the aliens down by force once and for all. Independence Day earned $306 million in the US and was the top-grossing movie of 1996. It also broke box office records set by
Jurassic Park three years earlier, including earning $104.3 million its first week.
