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Armageddon(1998)
Released
1998 · FILM

Armageddon

Oil driller Harry Stamper must lead his hand‑picked crew to bore into an incoming rogue asteroid and detonate a nuclear charge before it slams Earth in 18 days, racing against time and the planet’s imminent annihilation.

“For love. For honor. For mankind.”

Directed by
Michael Bay, Ken Bates Nm0060962
Written by
Jonathan Hensleigh, J J Abrams
Rated
BBFC · 15
Runtime
151 min
ActionAdventureSci-Fi
Streaming on
  • Fubo
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA official Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to lead the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own experienced crew. Among them is the confident A.J., whom Harry thinks...

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 365+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Mark GoldblattShot by John SchwartzmanScored by Trevor RabinDesigned by Michael WhiteSound by Bill W Benton Nm0072904Costumes by Magali GuidasciStunts by Ken Bates Nm0060962

Box Office

1998 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 4.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$553.8M

Budget$140.0M
Worldwide gross$553.8M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $201.6M — 36% of worldwide · International: $352.2M (64%)

Opening weekend: $18.1M — 9% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $18.1M — 9% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,090 theaters

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Versions & cuts

  • director's cut· 153 min

Also known as

  • (Bulgarian, transliterated title)Armagedon
  • Armageddon - Das jüngste Gerichtde
  • Armagedónes
  • Armageddon - Giudizio finaleit
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 30, 1998
  • CanadaJul 1, 1998
  • ColombiaJul 3, 1998
  • South KoreaJul 3, 1998

Companies

ProductionTouchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures

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