Armageddon (movie)

Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster movie produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Touchstone Pictures.

Armageddon
Directed byMichael Bay
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Robert Roy Pool
  • Jonathan Hensleigh
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited by
  • Mark Goldblatt
  • Chris Lebenzon
  • Glen Scantlebury
Music byTrevor Rabin
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates
Running time
150 minutes[1][2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$140 million[3]
Box office$553.7 million[3]

The movie follows a group of blue-collar workers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It stars Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, William Fichtner, Owen Wilson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David and Peter Stormare.

The movie was very successful, making $553.7 million worldwide at the box office against its $140 million movie budget and becoming the highest-grossing movie of 1998 and the highest-grossing movie to be released by Touchstone Pictures. The movie received mixed reviews from movie critics.

Armageddon was released in the same summer as the similarly themed Deep Impact, which was also very successful but earned less than Armageddon at the box office, while astronomers described Deep Impact as being more accurate.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Armageddon (12)". British Board of Film Classification. July 7, 1998. Archived from the original on September 4, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  2. ↑ Ebert, Roger (July 1, 1998). "Armageddon movie review & film summary (1998)". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
  3. 1 2 "Armageddon (1998)". Box Office Mojo. October 11, 1998. Archived from the original on July 14, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Disaster Movies". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on June 12, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  5. ↑ Plait, Phil (February 17, 2000). "Hollywood Does the Universe Wrong". Space.com. TechMedia Network. Archived from the original on October 12, 2010.

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