Apocalypto
No one can outrun their destiny.
Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him.
- Director
- Mel Gibson
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Action
- Worldwide
- $121M
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Cast
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What It's About
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Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Apocalypto returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $40M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $121M
- Release date
- Dec 7, 2006
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- —
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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