2010: The Year We Make Contact_
"In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars."
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Starring
Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren
Box Office
$40.4M
Updated Feb 16, 2026
WHERE TO WATCH
Apple TV
28 countries
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Google Play
27 countries
Prime Video
23 countries
YouTube
8 countries
Max
2 countries
DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Box office
2010: The Year We Make Contact earned $40.4M worldwide on a $28.0M budget — a 44% return on investment.
Year context
2010: The Year We Make Contact was released 42 years ago in 1984.
2010: The Year We Make Contact is a Thriller, Science Fiction film with a runtime of 1h 56m.
CAST (20)
Roy Scheider
Dr. Heywood Floyd
John Lithgow
Dr. Walter Curnow
Helen Mirren
Tanya Kirbuk
Bob Balaban
Dr. R. Chandra
Keir Dullea
Dr. David Bowman
Douglas Rain
HAL 9000 (voice)
Madolyn Smith Osborne
Caroline Floyd
Savely Kramarov
Dr. Vladimir Rudenko
Taliesin Jaffe
Christopher Floyd
James McEachin
Victor Milson
Mary Jo Deschanel
Betty Fernandez
Ilya Baskin
Maxim Brailovsky
Dana Elcar
Dimitri Moisevitch
Oleg Rudnik
Dr. Vasili Orlov
Natasha Shneider
Irina Yakunina
Vladimir Skomarovsky
Yuri Svetlanov
VS
Victor Steinbach
Nikolaj Ternovsky
Candice Bergen
SAL 9000 (voice)
GM
Gene McGarr
Commercial Announcer
Herta Ware
Jessie Bowman
BOX OFFICE
$28.0M
Budget
$40.4M
Revenue
+44%
ROI
BREAK EVEN
Verdict
DETAILS
Release
Status
Released
Runtime
116 min (1h 56m)
Country
Rating
6.6/10 (1,029 votes)
Budget
$28,000,000
Box Office
$40,400,000
Profit
+$12,400,000
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is 2010: The Year We Make Contact about?
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
How long is 2010: The Year We Make Contact?
2010: The Year We Make Contact has a runtime of 116 minutes (1h 56m).
Who stars in 2010: The Year We Make Contact?
The cast of 2010: The Year We Make Contact includes Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea.
How much did 2010: The Year We Make Contact make at the box office?
2010: The Year We Make Contact earned $40,400,000 worldwide at the box office. The production budget was $28,000,000.
What is the rating of 2010: The Year We Make Contact?
2010: The Year We Make Contact has a rating of 6.6 out of 10 based on 1,029 votes on TMDB.
GENRES (2)
Thriller
Science Fiction