Armageddon

Genre: Action

Worldwide gross$554M

Due to a shuttle's unfortunate demise in outer space, NASA becomes aware of a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. It seems that the only way to knock it off course is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear weapon. But as NASA's under-funded yet resourceful team train the world's best drillers for the job, the social order of the world begins to break down as the information reaches the public and hysteria results. As high-ranking officials play politics with the effort, the drilling team all faces deep personal issues which may jeopardize humanity's last chance...

🏆 Nominated for 4 Oscars. 15 wins & 41 nominations total

Genres

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director

Michael Bay

Cast

Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck

Released

1 July 1998

Runtime

2h 31m

Certificate

PG-13

IMDb rating

6.7 / 10

Votes

476,912

Metascore

42

Rotten Tomatoes

42%

Box office

$201,578,182

Budget

$140,000,000

Edition

Base