A spaceship shaped like a human lands face first on Liberty Island. The Captain (Eddie Murphy) and its crew (of tiny, intelligent, and unemotional beings) are looking for an orb sent from its planet to extract the oceans' salt, which will ruin Earth. The orb is in the possession of Josh, the fifth-grade son of a single mom whose car strikes the ambulatory alien spaceship and cripples its power supply. The crew has 48 hours to recover the orb, throw it in the Atlantic, and leave Earth. Over the course of two days, the ship's crew experiences chaos and emotion in New York.

Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York Harbor.

Staten Island Ferry, New York Harbour.

Times Square (Broadway, 7th Avenue, West 42nd and 47th Streets) Manhattan.

East 61st street (near Barney's Store) and Madison Avenue, Manhattan.

Pulitzer Fountain, West 58th Street and Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan.

Subway, Broadway and East 23rd Street, Manhattan.

Mac Store, 767 5th Avenue and East 59th Street, Manhattan.

Sheep Meadow, Central Park (btw 66th and 69th Streeta) Manhattan.

Central Park (South East Corner) Manhattan.