My Favorite Martian
“The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.”
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
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Cast
32 people
Christopher Lloyd
Uncle Martin
Known for
Back to the Future
Wednesday
Jeff Daniels
Tim O'Hara
Known for
The Martian
Dumb and Dumber
Elizabeth Hurley
Brace Channing
Known for
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Bedazzled
Daryl Hannah
Lizzie
Known for
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Sense8
Wallace Shawn
Coleye
Known for
Toy Story
Young Sheldon
Christine Ebersole
Mrs. Brown
Known for
The Wolf of Wall Street
Amadeus
T. K. Carter
Lenny
Michael Lerner
Mr. Channing
Known for
Godzilla
Barton Fink
Ray Walston
Armitan
Known for
The Stand
The Apartment
Shelley Malil
Felix
Known for
The 40 Year-Old Virgin
Getting There
Jeremy Hotz
Billy
Known for
Speed 2: Cruise Control
T.K. Carter
Lenny
Known for
The Thing
The Corner
Donald Petrie Director · Sherri Stoner Screenplay Deanna Oliver Screenplay
Worldwide gross $37M · Budget $65M · United States release February 11, 1999
Box office
Budget
$65,000,000
Worldwide gross
$36,850,101
Gross vs. budget
0.6×
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
The Jerry Leider Company
Production
Robert Shapiro Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · February 11, 1999
Theatrical
Czechia
June 10, 1999 · Theatrical
France
August 23, 2000 · Physical · DVD
March 21, 2012 · Digital · VOD
December 12, 2020 · Digital · Disney+
Germany
May 19, 1999 · Theatrical
Japan
May 17, 2000 · Digital
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