The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$105M

Everyone has bad mornings. You wake up late, you stub your toe, you burn the toast, but for a man named Arthur Dent, this goes far beyond a bad day. When he learns that a friend of his is actually an alien with advanced knowledge of Earth's impending destruction, he is transported off the Earth seconds before it is blown up to make way for a new hyperspace motorway. And as if that's not enough, throw in being wanted by the Police, Earth II, an insane electronic encyclopedia, no tea whatsoever, a chronically depressed robot and the search for the meaning of life, and you've got the greatest adventure off Earth.

🏆 1 win & 10 nominations total

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director

Garth Jennings

Cast

Martin Freeman, Yasiin Bey, Sam Rockwell

Released

29 April 2005

Runtime

1h 49m

Certificate

PG

IMDb rating

6.7 / 10

Votes

215,254

Metascore

63

Rotten Tomatoes

61%

Box office

$51,085,416

Budget

$50,000,000

Edition

Base