*batteries not included

Genre: Fantasy

Worldwide gross$65.1M

A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.

🏆 2 wins & 1 nomination total

Genres

Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director

Matthew Robbins

Cast

Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Frank McRae

Released

18 December 1987

Runtime

1h 47m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

6.6 / 10

Votes

39,811

Metascore

54

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

Box office

$32,945,797

Budget

$25,000,000

Edition

Base