Armageddon
“For love. For honor. For mankind.”
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho 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 helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
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Cast
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Bruce Willis
Harry S. Stamper
Known for
The Sixth Sense
Die Hard
Billy Bob Thornton
Dan Truman
Known for
Bad Santa
The Man Who Wasn't There
Ben Affleck
A.J. Frost
Known for
Gone Girl
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Liv Tyler
Grace Stamper
Known for
The Incredible Hulk
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Will Patton
Chick
Known for
Falling Skies
Swamp Thing
Steve Buscemi
Rockhound
Known for
Wednesday
Monsters, Inc.
William Fichtner
Willie Sharp
Known for
Prison Break
BEEF
Owen Wilson
Oscar
Known for
Loki
Cars
Michael Clarke Duncan
Bear
Known for
The Green Mile
Daredevil
Peter Stormare
Lev Andropov
Known for
Prison Break
22 Jump Street
Ken Hudson Campbell
Max
Known for
Groundhog Day
Wonder Park
Jessica Steen
Jennifer Watts
Known for
Maid
Mayor of Kingstown
Michael Bay Director · Jonathan Hensleigh Screenplay J.J. Abrams Screenplay
Director
Michael Bay
Screenplay Story
Jonathan Hensleigh
Screenplay
J.J. Abrams
Story
Robert Roy Pool
Composer
Trevor Rabin
Cinematographer
John Schwartzman
Editor
Chris Lebenzon
Editor
Mark Goldblatt
Editor
Glen Scantlebury
Production designer
Michael White
Costume designer
Michael Kaplan
Costume designer
Magali Guidasci
Worldwide gross $554M · Budget $140M · United States release July 1, 1998
Box office
Budget
$140,000,000
Worldwide gross
$553,799,566
Gross vs. budget
4.0×
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production
Jerry Bruckheimer Films
Production
Valhalla Motion Pictures
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Russian
Release dates
United States · June 29, 1998
Premiere · Brevard County, Florida
United States · July 1, 1998
Theatrical
United States · November 13, 1998
Physical · VHS
United States
June 30, 1998 · Premiere · Westwood, California
December 1, 1998 · Physical · LaserDisc
January 5, 1999 · Physical · DVD
January 26, 1999 · Physical · LaserDisc
March 16, 1999 · Physical · Criterion Collection LaserDisc
April 20, 1999 · Physical · Criterion Collection DVD
April 27, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
Australia
July 3, 1998 · Theatrical
Austria
July 15, 1998 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 7, 1998 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 13, 1998 · Theatrical
Denmark
July 10, 1998 · Theatrical
France
August 5, 1998 · Theatrical
May 5, 1999 · Physical · DVD
November 16, 2005 · Physical · UMD
June 9, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
July 31, 2015 · Digital
June 4, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
March 2, 2026 · TV · TMC
May 18, 2026 · TV · W9
Germany
July 16, 1998 · Theatrical
Greece
September 3, 1998 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 7, 1998 · Theatrical
Italy
September 4, 1998 · Theatrical
Japan
December 12, 1998 · Theatrical · 映倫番号S-4129
Mexico
July 31, 1998 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 9, 1998 · Theatrical
May 24, 2002 · TV · SBS 6
November 1, 2006 · Physical · DVD
August 25, 2010 · Physical · Blu-ray
Norway
July 24, 1998 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 10, 1998 · Theatrical
Romania
September 11, 1998 · Theatrical
Slovakia
July 23, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
July 3, 1998 · Theatrical
Spain
July 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Sweden
July 9, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
August 7, 1998 · Theatrical
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