Watchmen
Justice is coming to all of us. No matter what we do.
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown.But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated.The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
- Director
- Zack Snyder
- Worldwide
- $185M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
39 billed performers
Story overview
What It's About
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In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Saturn Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerSaturn Award for Best Costume
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Watchmen returned 1.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $130M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $185M
- Release date
- Mar 4, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 43m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- 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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