

When Worlds Collide
Planets destroy earth!
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about building a rocket so a few selected individuals can escape to the planet.
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6.4/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $936K
- Box office
- $1.6M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- based on novel or book
- space travel
- meteor
- rocket
- end of the world
- disaster
- armageddon
- doomsday
- flood
- tidal wave
- destruction of earth
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical5 Nov 1951
- TheatricalGRe-release31 Aug 1977
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG14 Sept 1951
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical11 Jan 1952
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Dec 1952
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical76 Jun 1952
FranceFR
- Theatrical20 Jul 1952
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1216 May 1952
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT16 May 1952
NorwayNO
- Theatrical614 Sept 1951
SwedenSE
- Theatrical714 Sept 1951
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When Worlds Collide was released on 14 September 1951.
Audience reviews
2- J5/10
John Chard
7/1/2019
"Suggest we fly to another world" Whilst I wholeheartedly agree with other amateur reviewers on line that stress you have to put yourself back to 1951 to appreciate the film more, it still doesn't take away from the fact that the film is one of the poorer offerings from the disaster/sci-fi genre of years gone by. The methodical build up of characters is fine for adding weight to the final reel, the effects are …
- J6/10
JPV852
9/22/2022
Entertaining enough apocalyptic disaster film from the 1950s has some absolutely adorable miniatures and one awful matte painting at the end. Still, has its moments and the acting at least was passable. **2.75/5**
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