Contact
“Take a journey to the heart of the universe.”
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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Cast
126 people
Jodie Foster
Ellie Arroway
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
Taxi Driver
Matthew McConaughey
Palmer Joss
Known for
Interstellar
Dallas Buyers Club
James Woods
Michael Kitz
Known for
Once Upon a Time in America
Videodrome
John Hurt
S. R. Hadden
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Tom Skerritt
David Drumlin
Known for
Alien
Top Gun
William Fichtner
Kent
Known for
Prison Break
BEEF
David Morse
Ted Arroway
Known for
The Green Mile
Twelve Monkeys
Angela Bassett
Rachel Constantine
Known for
9-1-1
London Has Fallen
Geoffrey Blake
Fisher
Known for
Cast Away
The Man in the High Castle
Max Martini
Willie
Known for
The Purge
Pacific Rim
Rob Lowe
Richard Rank
Known for
Parks and Recreation
9-1-1: Lone Star
Jake Busey
Joseph
Known for
Stranger Things
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Robert Zemeckis Director · James V. Hart Screenplay Michael Goldenberg Screenplay
Worldwide gross $171M · Budget $90M · United States release July 11, 1997
Box office
Budget
$90,000,000
Worldwide gross
$171,120,329
Gross vs. budget
1.9×
Production
South Side Amusement Company
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · July 1, 1997
Premiere · Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California
United States · July 11, 1997
Theatrical
United States · December 16, 1997
Physical · VHS / Special Edition DVD / Special Edition LaserDisc
United States
June 30, 1998 · Physical · THX Special Edition VHS
February 10, 2004 · Physical · DVD Release
October 6, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
Argentina
September 11, 1997 · Theatrical
Australia
October 16, 1997 · Theatrical
Austria
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Belgium
September 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 19, 1997 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
December 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Canada
July 11, 1997 · Theatrical
Chile
September 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Colombia
September 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Croatia
November 18, 1997 · Theatrical
Czechia
November 13, 1997 · Theatrical
October 8, 1998 · Physical
Denmark
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical
Estonia
December 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Finland
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical
France
September 1, 1997 · Premiere · Deauville Film Festival
September 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Germany
October 9, 1997 · Theatrical
Greece
November 7, 1997 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
October 16, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 26, 1997 · Theatrical
India
November 19, 2013 · Digital
Ireland
September 26, 1997 · Theatrical
Italy
November 26, 1997 · Theatrical
Japan
September 13, 1997 · Theatrical
Kuwait
November 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Lithuania
January 9, 1998 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 26, 1997 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 30, 1997 · Theatrical
September 25, 1998 · Physical · DVD
March 28, 2002 · TV · Yorin
New Zealand
October 23, 1997 · Theatrical
Philippines
September 8, 2009 · Physical · DVD
Poland
November 7, 1997 · Theatrical
Portugal
October 17, 1997 · Theatrical
Singapore
October 2, 1997 · Theatrical
South Africa
October 31, 1997 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 15, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
September 19, 1997 · Theatrical
July 13, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Sweden
November 7, 1997 · Theatrical
April 1, 1998 · Physical · VHS release; The release day in April is not known.
September 25, 1998 · Physical · DVD release
October 21, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray release
Switzerland
September 19, 1997 · Theatrical · French
October 3, 1997 · Theatrical · German
October 10, 1997 · Theatrical · Italian
Taiwan
October 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Thailand
November 22, 1997 · Theatrical
Türkiye
October 31, 1997 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
October 6, 2009 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
September 26, 1997 · Theatrical
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