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<title>One of Will Smith's Greatest Movies Sees Streaming Success Nearly 30 Years Later</title><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/will-smith-in-a-tank-top-in-independence-day.jpg"/><p>One of the most beloved Will Smith movies ever is enjoying a second wind as it blows past competition on streaming. The Smith-led sci-fi thriller, <em>Independence Day</em>, garners success online nearly three decades after it debuted in theaters.</p> <p>Via Collider, <em>Independence Day</em> has enjoyed a strong resurgence since its release on Tubi earlier this month. Since hitting the free streaming platform on New Year's Day, <em>Independence Day</em> wasted little time making its presence felt on the chart, currently at #3 in its fourth week.</p><embed>[embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=9t1IK_9apWs[/embed]</embed><p>Released in the summer of 1996, <em>Independence Day</em> became one of Smith's first major big-screen hits. The film sees Smith portray Captain Steven Hiller, a Marine F/A-18 pilot squadron leader who leads an effort to stop an alien invasion of Earth by a powerful extraterrestrial race. After disparate groups of people converge on the Nevada desert following a series of alien attacks, Hiller fronts a mission led by U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) which begins on America's Independence Day, Jul. 4. The Roland Emmerich film, which has a 68% critical rating and 75% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, made $817 million worldwide at the box office (the second-highest-ever tally at the time) and won a Best Visual Effects Academy Award. The <em>Independence Day</em> cast also featured Jeff Goldblum, Vivica Fox, Randy Quaid, Judd Hirsch and Mary McDonald.</p><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/will-smith-independence-day.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/SummerBlockbuster7.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Will-Smith-Independence-Day.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/brent-spiner-in-independence-day.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/randy-quaid-independence-day-pic.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/The-White-House-Explodes-In-Independence-Day-1.jpg"/><img class="contentimg" src="https://static1.cbrimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/independence-day-will-smith.jpg"/><p>Smith was initially slated to reprise his role as Hiller in multiple planned <em>Independence Day</em> follow-ups. However, financial disagreements with Fox led to Smith not returning and Hiller being killed off-screen in <em>Resurgence</em>, which ended up being a standalone sequel. Though financially successful, critics and fans panned <em>Resurgence</em>, with Emmerich and Fox believing it was a mistake not to bring the Oscar-winning Smith back.</p><p>Whether Smith will return to the <em>Independence Day</em> franchise remains a mystery. However, Emmerich feels the chances of a reunion are all but dead, claiming that the killing off of Hiller in the last sequel coupled with the franchise's rights situation makes it unlikely. He told The Playlist last summer, “Well, yeah. I’ve been like, ‘[Will’s character] died in number two'. But also, Disney now has the decision to make it, which is even worse, you know, because they never ever did my deal.”</p> <h2>                        Will Smith Will Return to Sci-Fi in Resistor               </h2><p>Smith will return to the sci-fi movie world, leading the upcoming Sony Pictures thriller, <em>Resistor</em>, a feature-length adaptation of the 2014 Daniel Suarez novel, Influx. Smith had also been linked to <em>The Matrix 5</em> thanks to some of his recent social media activity, having previously turned down the main role in the legendary sci-fi franchise that went to Keanu Reeves. However, it was later confirmed that Smith's <em>The Matrix</em> references were to promote his new music video.</p><p><em>Independence Day</em> is now available to stream via Tubi.</p>