Darkman
They destroyed everything he had, everything he was. Now, crime has a new enemy and justice has a new face.
Dr.Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters.Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Worldwide
- $49M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
Story overview
What It's About
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Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental medical procedure, Westlake becomes known as Darkman, assuming alternate identities in his quest for revenge and a new life with a former love.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Darkman returned 3.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $14M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $49M
- Release date
- Aug 24, 1990
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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