Waterworld
Beyond the horizon lies the secret to a new beginning.
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison.They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
- Director
- Kevin Reynolds
- Signature
- Wonder · Action · Craft
- Worldwide
- $264M
Who's in it
Cast
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Movie DNA
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Story overview
What It's About
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In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Waterworld returned 1.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $175M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $264M
- Release date
- Jul 28, 1995
- Runtime
- 2h 15m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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