Independence Day 1996 Premiere Online

Did you see Independence Day in theaters in 1996? Share your memory of that summer in the comments below.

A story goes that when the fireball rolled over the President’s residence, the audience at the Mann’s Chinese didn’t scream. They roared . For a solid minute, you couldn’t hear David Arnold’s bombastic score over the sound of 1,100 people cheering, laughing, and clapping. independence day 1996 premiere

Independence Day would go on to gross over $817 million worldwide. It made Will Smith the biggest star on the planet. It gave us the greatest Presidential speech never written by a real President. Did you see Independence Day in theaters in 1996

“We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight!” 100 people cheering