The Abyss
When you get there, you will understand.
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks.One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
- Director
- James Cameron
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Wonder
- Worldwide
- $90M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
29 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Abyss actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.
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The record
Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Cinematography
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Abyss returned 2.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $43M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $90M
- Release date
- Aug 9, 1989
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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