A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
| Directing | Tim Burton | Director |
| Sound | Danny Elfman | Original Music Composer |
| Art | John Dexter | Art Direction |
| Production | Tim Burton | Producer |
| Production | Larry J. Franco | Producer |
| Writing | Jonathan Gems | Screenplay |
| Camera | Peter Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Production | Laurie Parker | Producer |
| Editing | Chris Lebenzon | Editor |
| Production | Victoria Thomas | Casting |
| Production | Jeanne McCarthy | Casting |
| Art | Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Colleen Atwood | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ve Neill | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Wynn Thomas | Production Design |
| Production | Matthew Barry | Casting |
| Visual Effects | Roger Huynh | VFX Artist |
| Crew | Guy Williams | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Kyle Balda | Animation |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Art | Jerry Moss | Property Master |
| Sound | Richard Hymns | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dennis Maitland | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Silvers | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Frank E. Eulner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ken Fischer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Shawn Murphy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Steve Boeddeker | Assistant Sound Designer |
| Directing | Janna Stern | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Sandina Bailo-Lape | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Sara Bolder | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Ewa Sztompke | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Crew | Patricia M. Peters | Stunts |
| Crew | Thomas Rosales Jr. | Stunts |
| Crew | Dana Dru Evenson | Stunts |
| Crew | Charlie Picerni | Stunts |
| Crew | Erik Stabenau | Stunts |
| Art | Colin Batty | Sculptor |
| Crew | Darrin Prescott | Stunts |
| Crew | Corey Michael Eubanks | Stunts |
| Crew | Joey Box | Stunts |
| Crew | Jimmy Ortega | Stunts |
