Armageddon
For love. For honor. For mankind.
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb.This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew.
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $554M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How Armageddon actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Visual Effects
Saturn Awards
1 win
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Armageddon returned 4.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $140M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $554M
- Release date
- Jul 1, 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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