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Independence Day Tops Bill Pullman’s Iconic Roles as Holiday Streaming Staple

Holiday viewers are streaming it in record numbers with renewed interest in its near miss for an R rating

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Celebrate the Fourth of July with Independence Day, a classic 1996 film about an alien invasion.
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Unlikely action duo Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum in "Independence Day."(20th Century Studios)

Overview

  • Rotten Tomatoes has ranked Independence Day as Bill Pullman’s most iconic film role
  • The 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster continues to dominate Fourth of July programming on Disney+ and broadcast networks
  • The original film grossed $817.4 million worldwide on a $75 million budget and holds a 68% critics score and 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes
  • Its 2016 sequel, Independence Day: Resurgence, received just a 29% critics score and roughly a 30% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes
  • Late-stage edits removed all F-bombs from Harvey Fierstein’s dialogue to secure a PG-13 rating over a near miss with an R classification