A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
When Valerian is in Big Market and a wanted notice is released, the bounty hunter that follows Valerian is at a bar named "Korben's". Korben Dallas is the name of the character Bruce Willis played in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element (1997).
President of the World State Federation:
The Alpha intergalactic space station has reached critical mass in orbit. Its weight and size now poses a serious threat to mother Earth. In its great wisdom, the Central Committee has decided to use all resources necessary to release the space ...
When Valerian breaks through Gate 81, he begins "falling in space". This is not possible, as there is no gravity in space. Even if Alpha was large enough to create gravity, he would not fall.
The subtitle of this film, City of a Thousand Planets, is an amalgam of the titles of the first two Valerian comics, "City of Shifting Waters," and "Empire of a Thousand Planets."
English, French
$177,200,000 (estimated)
$17,007,624 23 July 2017
$41,189,488
$225,973,340