| Release Date | 11 July 1997 |
| Budget | $90,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $101,000,000 |
| Tagline | Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history... of history. |
| Genre | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Arecibo Observatory, Arecibo, Puerto Rico |
| Language | English, Spanish, German |
| Sound Mix | DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Psychological Sci-Fi |
| Mood | Other Dimensions |
| Themes | Space Travel, Child Prodigies, Benign Aliens |
| Tones | Deliberate, Reflective, Meditative, Cerebral, Earnest, Talky |
| Tags | Alien [not Human], Journey, Life Choices, Message, Politician, Scientist, Space, Space Exploration, Spacecraft, Theologian |
Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact.