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Armageddon
1998
· Movie
· 151 min
D
MEANRANK
60/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #4049
- IMDb #2783
- Google retired #2098
- Rotten Tomatoes #3260
- Metacritic #3989
- Letterboxd #3266
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4179
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2289
- Metacritic Critics #4129
- Metacritic Audience #3493
- Criticker #3142
- AlloCiné #1984
Every rating
33–84
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 33, highest is Google on 84. Critics average 42, everyone else 65.
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Details
- Director
- Michael Bay
- Writers
- J.J. Abrams, Jonathan Hensleigh, Robert Roy Pool
- Released
- 1 July 1998
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $140.0M
- Box office
- $553.8M
- Awards
- 15 wins, 41 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 56 →15 wins from 56 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Sound Effects Editing | George Watters II | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Visual Effects | Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Original Song | " I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1998 | Best Sound | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
| Grammy Awards 1998 | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" – Diane Warren | Nominee |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards 1998 | Most Performed Songs from a Motion Picture | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Diane Warren | Winner |
| American Music Awards 1998 | Top Soundtrack | Armageddon: The Album | Nominee |
| Awards Circuit Community Awards 1998 | Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations
| Best Original Song | " I Don't Want to Miss a Thing " Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | George Watters II | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" – Diane Warren | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Michael Bay | Winner |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Winner | |
| Best Actor | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Best Costumes | Michael Kaplan and Magali Guidasci | Nominee |
| Best Music | Trevor Rabin | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor | Ben Affleck | Nominee |
MTV Movie Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Action Sequence | Asteroid Destroys New York City | Winner |
| Best Song from a Movie | Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Winner |
| Best Female Performance | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Best Male Performance | Ben Affleck | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Nominee | |
| Best On-Screen Duo | Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler | Nominee |
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Favorite Actor – Sci-Fi | Bruce Willis | Winner |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Sci-Fi | Ben Affleck | Winner |
| Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Favorite Soundtrack | Armageddon: The Album | Nominee |
| Favorite Supporting Actor – Sci-Fi | Billy Bob Thornton | Nominee |
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Worst Actor | Bruce Willis | Winner |
| Worst On-Screen Couple | Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler | Winner |
| Most Annoying Fake Accent | Bruce Willis | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math | Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams; Story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
Golden Raspberry Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Worst Actor | Bruce Willis (Also for Mercury Rising and The Siege ) | Winner |
| Worst Director | Michael Bay | Nominee |
| Worst Original Song | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Worst Picture | Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, and Michael Bay | Nominee |
| Worst Screen Couple | Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler | Nominee |
| Worst Screenplay | Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams ; Story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh; Adaptation by Tony Gilroy and Shane Salerno | Nominee |
| Worst Supporting Actress | Liv Tyler | Nominee |
Satellite Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Original Song | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier | Nominee |
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Most Performed Songs from a Motion Picture | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Diane Warren | Winner |
BMI Film & TV Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Music | Trevor Rabin | Winner |
Bogey Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Bogey Awards | Winner |
Golden Screen Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Screen Awards | Winner |
MTV Video Music Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Video from a Film | Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" | Winner |
Online Film & Television Association Awards
4 nominations
| Best Adapted Song | " Leaving on a Jet Plane " Music and Lyrics by John Denver | Nominee |
| Best Original Song | "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren | Nominee |
| Best Sound Effects Editing | George Watters II | Nominee |
| Best Visual Effects | Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier | Nominee |
Golden Reel Awards
3 nominations
| Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR | George Watters II, Teri E. Dorman, Juno J. Ellis, Gloria D'Alessandro, Alison Fisher, Carin Rogers, Karen Spangenberg, Mary Andrews, Andrea Horta, Denise Horta, Stephen Janisz, Nicholas Korda, and Denise Whiting | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic) | Bob Badami, Will Kaplan, Shannon Erbe, and Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz | Nominee |
| Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2 nominations
| Best Achievement in Sound | Nominee | |
| Best Visual Effects | Nominee |
American Music Awards
1 nomination
| Top Soundtrack | Armageddon: The Album | Nominee |
Cinema Audio Society Awards
1 nomination
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures | Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester | Nominee |
Golden Trailer Awards
1 nomination
| Golden Fleece | Nominee |
Japan Academy Film Prize
1 nomination
| Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
1 nomination
| Choice Movie Actor | Ben Affleck | Nominee |