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Armageddon

1998 PG-13 2h 31m Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

For love. For honor. For mankind.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$199M
Final
Opening Weekend
$36.1M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
5.51x
Opening → Total
Budget
$140M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$554M
$355M international
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 3-5 1 $36.1M $54.2M 3,127 $12K 1
Jul 10-12 2 $23.6M -34.7% $99.9M 3,136 $8K 2
Jul 17-19 3 $16.6M -29.6% $129.1M 3,184 $5K 3
Jul 24-26 5 $11.2M -32.7% $149.6M 3,127 $4K 4
Jul 31-Aug 2 8 $7.6M -32.2% $163.1M 2,491 $3K 5
Aug 7-9 9 $5.3M -29.7% $172.8M 2,123 $3K 6
Aug 14-16 10 $4.1M -22.2% $180.0M 1,786 $2K 7
Aug 21-23 13 $2.7M -33.9% $185.0M 1,423 $2K 8
Aug 28-30 12 $2.3M -15.7% $188.5M 1,324 $2K 9
Sep 4-7 11 $2.8M +22.7% $192.1M 1,386 $2K 10
Sep 11-13 9 $1.6M -44.1% $194.1M 1,334 $1K 11
Sep 18-20 9 $1.3M -20.6% $195.8M 1,259 $996 12
Sep 25-27 11 $952K -24.2% $197.1M 1,128 $843 13
Oct 9-11 12 $723K -24.0% $198.8M 806 $897 14

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byMichael Bay
ScreenplayJonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams
Produced byJerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, Michael Bay
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
MusicTrevor Rabin
Prod. DesignMichael White
StarringBruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures