Armageddon

Directed by Michael Bay
Produced by Michael Bay, Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd
Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, J. J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno
Story by Robert Roy Pool, Jonathan Hensleigh
Narrated by Charlton Heston
Starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Keith David, Steve Buscemi
Music by Trevor Rabin, Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography John Schwartzman
Editing by Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon, Glen Scantlebury
Studio Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures
Distributed by Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s) July 1, 1998
Running time 151 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $140 million
Box office $553,709,788
Armageddon is a 1998 American disaster film, directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to stop a gigantic asteroid on a collision course with Earth. It features an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Owen Wilson, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, William Fichtner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Keith David and Steve Buscemi.
Armageddon opened in theaters only two-and-a-half months after a similar impact-based movie, Deep Impact, which starred Robert Duvall and Morgan Freeman. Armageddon fared better at the box office; astronomers described Deep Impact as being more scientifically accurate. Both films were equally received by film critics. Armageddon was an international box-office success, despite generally negative reviews from critics. It became the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide surpassing the Steven Spielberg war epic, Saving Private Ryan.