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Pitch Black
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2578
- IMDb #2140
- Google retired #2007
- Rotten Tomatoes #2620
- Metacritic #2668
- Letterboxd #2878
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #3424
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1915
- Metacritic Critics #3511
- Metacritic Audience #1038
- Criticker #1709
- Douban #1479
- Kinopoisk #1116
- AlloCiné #2040
- Trakt #1742
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 49, highest is Google on 86. Critics average 54, everyone else 72.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A commercial transport ship crashes on a deserted planet that is normally exposed to three suns. The survivors discover the planet is plunged into darkness every 22 years by an eclipse, awakening deadly, light-sensitive creatures that live underground. Their only hope for survival is a convicted murderer who possesses the unique ability to see in the dark.
Details
- Director
- David Twohy
- Writers
- David Twohy, Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
- Studio
- Interscope Communications
- Released
- 18 February 2000
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $23.0M
- Box office
- $53.2M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 4 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 6 →2 wins from 6 nominations across 5 ceremonies
| Australian Cinematographers Society Award 2001 | Cinematographer of the Year | David Eggby | Winner |
| Australian Cinematographers Society Award 2001 | Golden Tripod | David Eggby | Winner |
| Blockbuster Entertainment Award 2001 | Favorite Actor - Horror | Vin Diesel | Nominee |
| Bram Stoker Award 2001 | Best Screenplay | David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat | Nominee |
| International Horror Guild Award 2001 | Best Movie | Pitch Black | Nominee |
| Saturn Award 2000 | Best Science Fiction Film | Pitch Black | Nominee |
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6 awards — Pitch Black
×| Cinematographer of the Year | David Eggby | Winner |
| Golden Tripod | David Eggby | Winner |
| Favorite Actor - Horror | Vin Diesel | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | David Twohy, Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat | Nominee |
| Best Movie | Pitch Black | Nominee |
| Best Science Fiction Film | Pitch Black | Nominee |