Meet Joe Black
Sooner or later everyone does.
Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power.Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death.In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide.But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
- Director
- Martin Brest
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $143M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
18 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Meet Joe Black 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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Bill Parrish has it all - success, wealth and power. Days before his 65th birthday, he receives a visit from a mysterious stranger, Joe Black, who soon reveals himself as Death. In exchange for extra time, Bill agrees to serve as Joe's earthly guide. But will he regret his choice when Joe unexpectedly falls in love with Bill's beautiful daughter Susan?
Where to watch
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The record
Awards
1 win
Bogey Awards
1 win
- WinnerBogey Awards
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Meet Joe Black returned 1.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $90M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $143M
- Release date
- Nov 12, 1998
- Runtime
- 2h 58m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Dutch
- Country
- United States of America
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