The Omen
It is the greatest mystery of all because no human being will ever solve it.
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife.Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $61M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
How The Omen 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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Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Omen appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Horror Movies Ranked #43
Placed at #43 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Horror Movies Ranked #45
Placed at #45 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Omen returned 21.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $3M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $61M
- Release date
- Jun 25, 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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