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{{Short description|1998 film by Michael Bay}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Armageddon
| name = Armageddon
| image = Armageddon-poster06.jpg
| image = Armageddon-poster06.jpg
| alt = <!-- See WP:ALT description needed -->
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Michael Bay]]
| director = [[Michael Bay]]
| producer = Michael Bay<br />[[Jerry Bruckheimer]]<br />[[Gale Anne Hurd]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* Michael Bay
| screenplay = [[Jonathan Hensleigh]]<br />[[J. J. Abrams]]
* [[Gale Anne Hurd]]
| adaptation = [[Tony Gilroy]]<br />[[Shane Salerno]]
* [[Jerry Bruckheimer]]
| story = [[Robert Roy Pool]]<br />Jonathan Hensleigh
}}
| narrator = [[Charlton Heston]]
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
| starring = [[Bruce Willis]]<br />[[Billy Bob Thornton]]<br />[[Liv Tyler]]<br />[[Ben Affleck]]<br />[[Will Patton]]<br />[[Keith David]]<br />[[Michael Clarke Duncan]]<br />[[Steve Buscemi]]
* [[J. J. Abrams]]
| music = [[Trevor Rabin]] <!-- Rabin is the sole credit as the lead composer, you can credit Gregson-Williams in his WikiPage -->
* [[Jonathan Hensleigh]]
| editing = [[Mark Goldblatt]]<br />[[Chris Lebenzon]]<br />Glen Scantlebury
}}
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| story = {{Plainlist|
* [[Robert Roy Pool]]
* Jonathan Hensleigh
}}
| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Bruce Willis]]
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
* [[Liv Tyler]]
* [[Ben Affleck]]
* [[Will Patton]]
* [[Peter Stormare]]
* [[Keith David]]
* [[Steve Buscemi]]}}
| narrator = <!--Used in documentaries only-->
| music = [[Trevor Rabin]]
| cinematography = [[John Schwartzman]]
| cinematography = [[John Schwartzman]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
| studio = [[Touchstone Pictures]]<br>Jerry Bruckheimer Films<br />Valhalla Motion Pictures<br />[[Rainmaker Digital Effects]]
* [[Mark Goldblatt]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures]]
* [[Chris Lebenzon]]
| released = {{Film date|1998|7|1}}
* [[Glen Scantlebury]]
| runtime = 151 minutes
}}
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* [[Touchstone Pictures]]
* [[Jerry Bruckheimer Films]]
* [[Valhalla Motion Pictures]]
}}
| distributor = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|1998|07|01}}
| runtime = 150 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 150:20--><ref>{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/armageddon-1970-6 | title=''Armageddon'' (12) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=July 7, 1998 | access-date=January 25, 2024 | archive-date=September 4, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904053626/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/armageddon-1970-6 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = English
| budget = $140 million<ref name="bomojo">{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=armageddon.htm |title=Armageddon (1998) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=October 11, 1998}}</ref>
| budget = $140&nbsp;million<ref name="bomojo" /><ref name="Wow!" />
| gross = $553,709,788<ref name="bomojo"/>
| gross = $553.7&nbsp;million<ref name="bomojo"/>
}}
}}
'''''Armageddon''''' is a 1998 American [[science fiction film|science fiction]] [[disaster film|disaster]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Michael Bay]], produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], and released by [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The film follows a group of [[blue-collar worker|blue-collar]] [[drilling rig|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''''' is a 1998 American [[science fiction disaster film]] produced and directed by [[Michael Bay]], produced by [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] and released by [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The film follows a group of [[blue-collar]] [[deep-core drillers]] sent by [[NASA]] to destroy a gigantic [[asteroid]], which is the size of [[Texas]], on a collision course with [[Earth]]. It stars an [[ensemble cast]] including [[Bruce Willis]] with [[Billy Bob Thornton]], [[Liv Tyler]], [[Ben Affleck]], [[Will Patton]], [[Peter Stormare]], [[Keith David]], [[Owen Wilson]], [[William Fichtner]] and [[Steve Buscemi]].


The film was a commercial success, grossing $553.7&nbsp;million worldwide against a $140 million budget and becoming the [[highest-grossing film of 1998]], and the highest-grossing film to be released by [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The film received mixed reviews from critics.
''Armageddon'' opened in theaters only two-and-a-half months after a similar impact-based movie, ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'', which starred [[Robert Duvall]] and [[Morgan Freeman]]. ''Armageddon'' fared better at the box office, while [[astronomers]] described ''Deep Impact'' as being more scientifically accurate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=disaster.htm |title=Disaster Movies |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=2008-03-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/opinionscolumns/opinions/plait_000217.html|publisher=Space.com|title=Hollywood Does the Universe Wrong|author=Plait, Phil|date=February 17, 2000}}</ref> Both films were equally received by film critics. ''Armageddon'' was an international box-office success, despite generally mixed reviews from critics. It became the [[1998 in film|highest-grossing film of 1998]] worldwide surpassing the [[Steven Spielberg]] war [[epic film|epic]], ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.


==Plot==
==Plot==
A massive [[meteor shower]] destroys the orbiting [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] before entering the [[atmosphere]] and bombarding [[Boston]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Moncton]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Newfoundland]] and [[New York City]], the latter being extensively damaged. The meteors were pushed out of the [[asteroid belt]] by a collision from a rogue [[comet]]—which also dislodged a massive [[asteroid]] the size of [[Texas]]—and [[NASA]] learns it will impact [[Earth]] in 18 days, potentially wiping out all life on Earth. NASA devises a plan to drill a deep hole into the asteroid, into which they will insert and detonate a [[nuclear bomb]] to destroy it.
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A massive [[meteor shower]] destroys the [[Space Shuttle Atlantis]] and bombards [[New York City]], America's [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]], and [[Finland]]. [[NASA]] discovers that a rogue [[comet]] the size of Texas passed through the [[asteroid belt]] and pushed forward a large amount of space debris. The core of the comet, now considered an asteroid, will collide with Earth in 18 days, creating another [[extinction event]]. NASA scientists, led by Dan Truman, plan to trigger a nuclear detonation 800&nbsp;ft inside the asteroid that will split the asteroid in two, driving the pieces apart so both will fly safely past the Earth. NASA contacts Harry Stamper, considered the best deep-sea oil driller in the world, for assistance and advice. Harry returns to NASA, along with his teenage daughter Grace, to keep her away from her new boyfriend, one of Harry's young and rambunctious drillers, A. J. Frost. Harry and Grace learn about the asteroid, and Harry explains he will need his team, including A. J., to carry out the mission. Once they have been rounded up and the situation is explained, they agree to help, but only after their list of unusual rewards and demands are met.


They recruit Harry Stamper, a third-generation [[oil driller]] and owner of a oil drilling company. Harry agrees to help but on the condition that he bring in his own team to do the drilling. He picks his best employees for the job: Chick Chapel, his best friend and right-hand man; [[geologists]] Rockhound and Oscar Choice; and drillers Bear Curlene, Freddie Noonan, Max Lennert, and A. J. Frost (who has been dating Harry's daughter Grace despite Harry's objections). Over twelve days, they are trained to become [[astronaut]]s with astronaut Willie Sharp, who will pilot ''Freedom''&mdash;one of the two super shuttles to fly to the asteroid, the other being the ''Independence''. Before leaving, Chick apologizes to his ex-wife for wronging her and sees his son—who is unaware of his parentage—and Grace accepts A.J.'s [[marriage proposal]], much to Harry's reluctant dismay; she later has her father promise to return home safe and with her fiancé.
As NASA puts Harry and his crew through a short and rigorous astronaut training program, Harry and his team re-outfit the mobile drillers, named the "Armadillos", that will be used on the asteroid. When a large fragment from the asteroid wipes out [[Shanghai]], NASA is forced to reveal its plans to the world and launches two military space shuttles, named ''Freedom'' and ''Independence''. Once in orbit, the shuttles dock with the Russian space station [[Mir]], manned by Lev Andropov, to refuel with [[liquid oxygen]]. However, a major fire breaks out during the transfer, and the station is evacuated just before it explodes, with Lev and A. J. making a narrow escape. The shuttles slingshot around the Moon in order to land on the back side of the asteroid. The ''Independence'''s engines are destroyed when they pass through the debris field behind the asteroid, and it appears to crash on the asteroid with all hands lost, while the ''Freedom'' overshoots their target landing zone by 26 miles. Grace, watching from NASA headquarters, is distraught about A. J.'s apparent death. Unknown to the others, A.J. Lev, and "Bear" (another of Harry's crew) survive the impact and head towards the ''Freedom'' in their Armadillo.


Following the destruction of [[Shanghai]] by another [[meteor]] strike, word of the asteroid becomes public to the world. Both shuttles take off without incident and dock with the [[Russian space station]] [[Mir]] to take on fuel, but a leaky pipeline ignites the fuel pod on fire. A.J. and [[Roscosmos]] [[Cosmonaut]] Lev Andropov narrowly manage to board ''Independence'' before the space station is destroyed.
The rock where ''Freedom'' landed is much harder than at the target zone, and drilling falls behind schedule. The military initiates "Secondary Protocol" to remotely detonate the nuclear weapon on the asteroid's surface, despite Truman's assurance it would have no effect. Truman alerts Harry, and he is able to get the shuttle commander's help to disarm the remote trigger. Harry pushes his crew harder, but in the process, they hit a gas pocket, and their Armadillo is blown into space. They consider the mission lost until the arrival of the ''Independence'''s Armadillo. With A. J. at the controls, they quickly reach the required depth for the bomb.


Approaching the asteroid, ''Independence'' is damaged by debris and crashes, killing all on board except Lev, Bear, and A.J. They embark in the shuttle's Armadillo to find the ''Freedom'' crew, which landed 26 miles from its intended landing site. When the drilling goes slower than predicted, Sharp reports to [[Mission Control]] that it is unlikely they will reach the depth necessary to destroy the asteroid before "Zero Barrier", the point after which detonating the rock will not save Earth. The [[President of the United States]] decides to remotely detonate the bomb from Earth immediately, not understanding this will cause total mission failure. Sharp and Harry have a vicious argument, but agree to defuse the bomb and work together after Harry promises Sharp that he will accomplish the mission. They make progress on drilling, but a missed gas pocket causes the Armadillo and Max to be blown into space. Just as Harry, NASA, and the world believe the mission to be a failure, while another meteor destroys [[Paris]], A.J. and the others arrive in the second Armadillo.
The heat from the asteroid's approach to earth damages the triggering device, forcing someone to stay behind manually to detonate the bomb. After all the non-flight crew volunteers, they [[drawing straws|draw straws]], and A. J. is selected. As he and Harry exit the airlock, Harry rips off A. J.'s air hose and shoves him back inside, telling him he is the son Harry never had, and he would be proud to have A.J. marry Grace. Harry prepares to detonate the bomb and contacts Grace to say his last goodbyes. After the ''Freedom'' moves to a safe distance, Harry pushes the button at the last minute (after some difficulty) and his life passes before his eyes as the asteroid is destroyed. It breaks in two and both halves fly past the Earth. ''Freedom'' lands, and the surviving crew are treated as heroes. A. J. and Grace get married, with photos of Harry and the other lost crew members present ''in memoriam''.

A.J. succeeds in drilling the hole to the required depth, but a rock storm kills Gruber and damages the bomb’s remote detonator, forcing someone to stay behind and manually detonate it. They draw straws; A.J. is given the responsibility. Harry takes him down to the asteroid's surface, only to disconnect A.J.'s air hose and force him into the shuttle's air lock, before telling A.J. that he is the son Harry never had, and he would be proud to have him marry Grace. Using the Armadillo, Harry tearfully gives Grace his blessing to marry A.J., and Grace says she is proud to be his daughter.

After some various difficulties, ''Freedom'' takes off, and just before Zero Barrier, Harry manages to detonate the bomb and saves the planet. The astronauts land on Earth safely. A.J. and Grace are reunited, and Chick reconciles with his ex-wife and estranged son. During the credits, A.J. and Grace are married, with the portraits of Harry and the others lost on the mission present ''in memoriam''.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Bruce Willis]] as Harry Stamper, the leader of the ''Freedom'' shuttle drill team.
* [[Bruce Willis]] as Harry S. Stamper
*[[Ben Affleck]] as A. J. Frost, Grace's boyfriend and the leader of the ''Independence'' shuttle drill team.
*[[Billy Bob Thornton]] as Dan Truman
* [[Billy Bob Thornton]] as Dan Truman
* [[Ben Affleck]] as A.J. Frost
*[[Liv Tyler]] as Grace Stamper, Harry Stamper's teenage daughter.
*[[Will Patton]] as Charles "Chick" Chapple
* [[Liv Tyler]] as Grace Stamper
*[[Steve Buscemi]] as "Rockhound"
* [[Will Patton]] as Chick
* [[Steve Buscemi]] as Rockhound
*[[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as J. Otis "Bear" Kurleen Bear
*[[Owen Wilson]] as Oscar Choice
* [[William Fichtner]] as Colonel Willie Sharp
*[[Clark Heathcliffe Brolly]] as Fred Noonan
* [[Owen Wilson]] as Oscar Choice
* [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] as Bear
*[[Peter Stormare]] as Lev Andropov, Russian Space Station crew leader.
*[[William Fichtner]] as Colonel Willie Sharp
* [[Peter Stormare]] as Lev Andropov
*[[Ken Hudson Campbell]] as Max Lennert
* [[Ken Campbell (American actor)|Ken Campbell]] as Max
*[[Keith David]] as General Kimsey
* [[Jessica Steen]] as Jennifer Watts
*[[Jessica Steen]] as Co-Pilot Jennifer Watts
* [[Keith David]] as General Kimsey
*[[Grayson McCouch]] as Gruber
* [[Chris Ellis (actor)|Chris Ellis]] as Clark
*[[Jason Isaacs]] as Dr. Ronald Quincy
* [[Jason Isaacs]] as Ronald Quincy
* [[Grayson McCouch]] as Gruber
*[[Chris Ellis (actor)|Chris Ellis]] as Walter Clark
* Clark Brolly as Noonan
* [[Marshall Teague (actor)|Marshall Teague]] as Colonel Davis
* [[Anthony Guidera]] as Tucker, a co-pilot
* [[Greg Collins (actor)|Greg Collins]] as Halsey
* [[John Mahon (actor)|John Mahon]] as Karl
* [[Grace Zabriskie]] as Dottie
* [[Eddie Griffin]] as a bike messenger
* [[Stanley Anderson]] as President
* [[Charlton Heston]] as the narrator at the beginning of the film.
}}


==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
In May 1998, [[The Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney Studio]] chairman [[Joe Roth]] expanded the film's budget by $3 million to include additional special effects scenes. This additional footage, incorporated two months prior to the film's release, was specifically added for the television advertising campaign to differentiate the film from ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' which was released a few months before.<ref>Lichtenfeld, p. 221.</ref>
[[File:Michael Bay & Jerry Bruckheimer - Armageddon (1998 film).jpg|thumb|Director [[Michael Bay]] and producer [[Jerry Bruckheimer]] at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], Spring 1998]]
According to [[Bruce Joel Rubin]], writer of ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'', a production president at Disney took notes on everything the writer said during lunch about his script and initiated ''Armageddon'' as a counter film at Disney.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.talesfromthescript.com/ |title=Tales from the Script: Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories – – Nonfiction Book & Film Project About Screenwriting |publisher=Talesfromthescript.com |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008011648/http://www.talesfromthescript.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Nine writers worked on the script, five of whom are credited. In addition to [[Robert Roy Pool]], [[Jonathan Hensleigh]], [[Tony Gilroy]], [[Shane Salerno]] and [[J. J. Abrams]], the writers involved included [[Paul Attanasio]], [[Ann Biderman]], [[Scott Rosenberg]] and [[Robert Towne]]. Originally, it was Hensleigh's script, based on Pool's original, that had been given the [[green-light]] by [[Touchstone Pictures]]. Then-producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, hired the succession of scribes for rewrites and polishes.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/armageddon-credits-set-1117471616/ |title='Armageddon' credits set |magazine=Variety.com |first=Chris |last=Petrikin |date=June 8, 1998 |access-date=December 9, 2017 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031731/http://variety.com/1998/film/news/armageddon-credits-set-1117471616/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/23/magazine/the-blockbuster-script-factory.html|title=The Blockbuster Script Factory|first=Jaime|last=Wolf|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|date=August 27, 1998|accessdate=June 15, 2022}}</ref>


Bruce Willis was cast in the film as part of a three-picture deal he cut with the studio to compensate them for the dissolution of 1997's ''[[Broadway Brawler]]''.<ref>{{cite web
==Release==
| url =https://www.filmstories.co.uk/features/the-three-films-that-bruce-willis-was-cornered-into-having-to-make/
Prior to ''Armageddon''{{'}}s release, the film was advertised in [[Super Bowl XXXII]] at a cost of $2.6 million.<ref>Lichtenfeld, p. 224.</ref>
| title =The three films that Bruce Willis was cornered into having to make
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| first =Simon
| date =2020-02-24
| website =Film Stories
| publisher =
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}}</ref><ref name="deadline">{{cite web
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| title =Bruce Willis In Drama Deal For Pal Joe Roth
| last =Fleming
| first =Mike Jr.
| date =October 5, 2010
| website =[[Deadline Hollywood]]
| publisher =
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| quote = }}</ref> He received a significant pay cut for the picture as part of the deal.<ref name="gross">{{cite book
| last =Bart
| first =Peter
| author-link =Peter Bart
| title =The Gross: The Hits, the Flops-- the Summer that Ate Hollywood
| publisher =[[St. Martin's Press]]
| date =2000
| pages =85–90
| language =English
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=pKYQ-zlpdqQC
| isbn = 9780312253912
| access-date=2021-09-27}}</ref> [[Sean Connery]] was originally considered for the role of Stamper, but Michael Bay decided to cast a younger actor in the role after meeting oil drillers.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/61-things-we-learned-from-the-armageddon-commentary-426b81c04fbc/ | title=61 Things We Learned from the 'Armageddon' Commentary | date=February 2, 2012 }}</ref> [[Bradley Cooper]] auditioned for the role of A.J. Scott, which eventually went to Ben Affleck.<ref>https://www.npr.org/2013/02/07/171163989/bradley-cooper-finds-silver-linings-everywhere</ref>


===Theatrical run===
===Filming===
[[Principal photography]] for ''Armageddon'' began in August 27, 1997 and ended on January 29, 1998.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-woody-allen-s/132426204/ |title=Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn show signs of bliss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925232907/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-woody-allen-s/132426204/ |date=October 6, 1997 |access-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |page=32 |publisher=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Filming occurred at [[Culver Studios]] in Culver City, California.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mears|first=Hadley|date=November 21, 2019|url=https://la.curbed.com/2019/11/21/20965989/culver-studios-history-amazon-studios|title=Culver Studios before Amazon|publisher=’’LA Curbed’’|accessdate=February 1, 2024}}</ref> In May 1998, [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] chairman [[Joe Roth]] expanded the film's budget by $3&nbsp;million to include additional special effects scenes by [[Dream Quest Images]] showing an asteroid impacting [[Paris]]. This additional footage, incorporated two months prior to the film's release, was specifically added for the television advertising campaign to visually differentiate the film from ''Deep Impact'' which was released a few months before.{{sfn|Lichtenfeld|2007|p=221}} At a budget of $140 million, it was Buena Vista's most expensive film at the time.<ref name="Wow!">{{cite news |last=Caro |first=Mark |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-wow-hype-reaching-new-heigh/132427322/ |title=Wow! Hype reaching new heights in release of summer movies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926182501/https://www.newspapers.com/article/tulsa-world-wow-hype-reaching-new-heigh/132427322/ |date=July 21, 1998 |access-date=September 26, 2023 |archive-date=September 26, 2023 |page=36 |work=Chicago Tribune |publisher=[[Tulsa World]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref>


After filming was complete, according to [[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]] actor [[Richard Karn]], he stumbled upon the main asteroid set and suggested to [[Tim Allen]] that they needed to film on it. According to Karn, Allen asked then ABC executive [[Bob Iger]] who then asked Michael Bay for permission. Bay required waiting 6 months after the film was released. The asteroid set was used as a credit roll gag scene to imitate a cave in Wilson's basement.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xumu6nKgyic |title=That Time Home Improvement Borrowed an Armageddon Movie Set |date=2024-08-21 |last=Danny Drives |access-date=2024-08-24 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
''Armageddon'' was released on {{nowrap|July 1}}, 1998 in {{nowrap|3,127 theaters}} in the United States and Canada. It ranked first at the box office with an opening weekend gross of {{nowrap|$36 million}}. It grossed {{nowrap|$201.6 million}} in the United States and Canada and {{nowrap|$352.1 million}} in other territories for a worldwide total of {{nowrap|$553.7 million}}.<ref name="bomojo"/>

===Music===
{{main|Armageddon: The Album}}

==Release==
===Marketing===
Prior to ''Armageddon''{{'}}s release, the film was advertised in [[Super Bowl XXXII]] at a cost of $2.6&nbsp;million.{{sfn|Lichtenfeld|2007|p=224}}


===Home media===
===Home media===
Despite a mixed critical reception, a DVD edition of ''Armageddon'' was released by [[The Criterion Collection]], a specialist film distributor of primarily [[arthouse]] films that markets what it considers to be "important classic and contemporary films" and "cinema at its finest". In an essay supporting the selection of ''Armageddon'', film scholar [[Jeanine Basinger]], who taught Michael Bay at [[Wesleyan University]], states that the film is "a work of art by a cutting-edge artist who is a master of movement, light, color, and shape—and also of chaos, razzle-dazzle, and explosion". She sees it as a celebration of working men: "This film makes these ordinary men noble, lifting their efforts up into an epic event." Further, she states that in the first few moments of the film all the main characters are well established, saying, "If that isn't screenwriting, I don't know what is".<ref>[http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=40&eid=56&section=essay&page=1 The Criterion Collection: Armageddon by Michael Bay]. Criterion.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.</ref> The film was also released on [[Blu-ray disc]] in 2010. However, the Blu-ray is a standard edition from [[Touchstone Pictures]] and has only a few special features.
Despite a mixed critical reception, [[The Criterion Collection]]—a specialist film distributor of primarily [[arthouse]] films that markets what it considers to be "important classic and contemporary films" and "cinema at its finest"—released the 'directors cut' of the film to DVD and Laserdisc. In an essay supporting the selection of ''Armageddon'', film scholar [[Jeanine Basinger]], who taught Michael Bay at [[Wesleyan University]], states that the film is "a work of art by a cutting-edge artist who is a master of movement, light, color, and shape—and also of chaos, razzle-dazzle, and explosion". She sees it as a celebration of working men: "This film makes these ordinary men noble, lifting their efforts up into an epic event." Further, she states that in the first few moments of the film all the main characters are well established, saying, "If that isn't screenwriting, I don't know what is".<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/48-armageddon |title=Armageddon |date=1999-06-21 |last=Basinger |first=Jeanine |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222163211/http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/48 |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |website=[[The Criterion Collection|Criterion.com]] |access-date=2012-05-14}}</ref>


The film was also released on [[VHS]] and DVD by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Touchstone Home Video]] on November 13, 1998, and would surpass ''[[Pretty Woman]]'' to become Buena Vista Home Entertainment's best-selling live-action title.<ref>{{cite report |title=1999 Annual Report |publisher=[[The Walt Disney Company]] |date=2000}}</ref> ''Armageddon'' then premiered on both VHS and DVD formats on February 1, 1999, in the UK. It was the country's best-selling DVD release, selling over 100,000 copies. However, this record would be surpassed by ''[[The Matrix]]'' later that year.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boehm |first=Erich |date=December 13, 1999 |title='Matrix' DVD breaks sales records in U.K. |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/matrix-dvd-breaks-sales-records-in-u-k-1117759936/ |access-date=May 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528163852/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/matrix-dvd-breaks-sales-records-in-u-k-1117759936/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released on a standard edition [[Blu-ray]] in 2010 with only a few special features.<ref>{{Citation|title=Armageddon Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Armageddon-Blu-ray/3/|access-date=2019-06-04|archive-date=June 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604071206/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Armageddon-Blu-ray/3/|url-status=live}}</ref> In late November 2024, it was announced that the film will be released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Blu-ray]].<ref name="JoBlo">{{cite news|last=Tangonan|first=EJ|title=Lethal Weapon, Armageddon, Sean Connery James Bond films and a number of other titles are set to be released on 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.joblo.com/lethal-weapon-armageddon-4k-blu-ray/|date=November 26, 2024|access-date=November 26, 2024}}</ref>
==Critical reception==


===Television airing===
''Armageddon'' received mostly<!--40% is concerted mixed--> mixed reviews from film critics, who mainly took issue with "the furious pace of its editing".<ref name="Lichtenfeld2007">{{cite book|last=Lichtenfeld|first=Eric|title=Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jHhbLBgVLS0C&pg=PA220|year=2007|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|isbn=978-0-8195-6801-4|page=220}}</ref> The film is on the list of [[Roger Ebert]]'s most hated films.<ref>{{cite news| author= Ebert, Roger | title = Ebert's Most Hated | url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050811/COMMENTARY/50808002 | date=August 11, 2005 | accessdate=2011-01-14 | work=Chicago Sun-Times | authorlink= Roger Ebert}}</ref> In his original review, Ebert stated, "The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained".<ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19980701/REVIEWS/807010301/1023 Roger Ebert – Armageddon]. Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-14.</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' also gave the film a negative review, noting Michael Bay's rapid cutting style: "Much of the confusion, as well as the lack of dramatic rhythm or character development, results directly from Bay's cutting style, which resembles a machine gun stuck in the firing position for 2½ hours."<ref>Lichtenfeld, p. 220.</ref> The film has a cumulative 40% "Rotten" rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]],<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/armageddon/ Armageddon – Movie Review – Rotten Tomatoes]</ref> while achieving a 42% aggregate score on ''[[Metacritic]]''.
By April 2002, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] airings of ''Armageddon'' had already received modifications due to the [[September 11 attacks]] that occurred seven months prior. The scene where the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] was hit by meteors and caught on fire was edited out because of its similarity to the attacks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mashberg |first1=Tom |title=After Sept. 11, Twin Towers Onscreen Are a Tribute and a Painful Reminder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/movies/9-11-twin-towers-tv-movies.html |work=The New York Times |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209004312/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/movies/9-11-twin-towers-tv-movies.html |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


Following the 2003 [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disaster]], some screen captures from the opening scene where ''Atlantis'' is destroyed were passed off as satellite images of the disaster in a hoax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/shuttlepics.html |title=Photos of the Shuttle Columbia Disaster? |publisher=BreakTheChain.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121093648/http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/shuttlepics.html |archive-date=January 21, 2012 }}</ref> Additionally, the American cable network [[FX (TV network)|FX]], which had intended to broadcast ''Armageddon'' that evening, removed the film from its schedule and aired ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]'' in its place.<ref>{{cite news |author=Chan |first=Sue |date=February 3, 2003 |title=TV Pulls Shuttle Sensitive Material |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tv-pulls-shuttle-sensitive-material/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030218061100/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/03/entertainment/main539194.shtml |archive-date=February 18, 2003}}</ref>
According to Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of ''Deep Impact'', a production president at Disney took notes on everything the writer said during lunch about his script and initiated ''Armageddon'' as a counter film at Disney.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talesfromthescript.com/ |title=Tales from the Script: Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories – – Nonfiction Book & Film Project About Screenwriting |publisher=Talesfromthescript.com |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref>

==Reception==

===Box office===
''Armageddon'' was released on {{nowrap|July 1}}, 1998 in {{nowrap|3,127 theaters}} in the United States and Canada. It ranked first at the box office ahead of ''[[Dr. Dolittle (1998 film)|Dr. Dolittle]]'' with an opening weekend gross of {{nowrap|$36 million}}, combined with {{nowrap|$54.2 million}} from its first five days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-jul-07-ca-1315-story.html|title='Armageddon' Blows by Competition|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=July 7, 1998 }}</ref> Upon opening, the film had the third-highest Fourth of July opening weekend at the time, behind ''[[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]'' and ''[[Independence Day (1996 film)|Independence Day]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent-movies-hype-surroundi/132427458/ |title=Movies: Hype surrounding new releases often more exciting than flick |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925235014/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-crescent-movies-hype-surroundi/132427458/ |date=July 27, 1998 |access-date=September 25, 2023 |archive-date=September 25, 2023 |page=37 |publisher=[[The Post-Crescent]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> It went on to beat ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' to achieve the highest opening weekend for a live-action Disney film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hindes |first=Andrew |date=July 6, 1998 |title=B.O. kicked in the asteroid |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/b-o-kicked-in-the-asteroid-1117478175/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 }}</ref> The film was surpassed by ''[[Lethal Weapon 4]]'' in its second weekend, although it collected a total of $23.5 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bellisle |first=Martha |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-lethal-weapon-4/133515055/ |title='Lethal Weapon 4' outshoots 'Armageddon' at box office
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016003614/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-and-democrat-lethal-weapon-4/133515055/ |date=July 16, 1998 |access-date=October 16, 2023 |archive-date=October 16, 2023 |page=17 |work=Associated Press Writer |publisher=[[The Times and Democrat]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> In late July 1998, it surpassed its rival ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' to become the highest-grossing domestic release of the year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-private-ryan-tops-the/131825064/ |title='Private Ryan' tops the box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916204752/https://www.newspapers.com/article/quad-city-times-private-ryan-tops-the/131825064/ |date=July 28, 1998 |access-date=September 16, 2023 |archive-date=September 16, 2023 |page=28 |publisher=[[Quad-City Times]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The film grossed {{nowrap|$201.6 million}} in the United States and Canada and {{nowrap|$352.1 million}} in other territories for a worldwide total of {{nowrap|$553.7 million}}.<ref name="bomojo">{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=armageddon.htm |title=Armageddon (1998) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=October 11, 1998 |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714112526/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=armageddon.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the [[1998 in film|highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide]] and the second-highest-grossing film of that year in the United States, finishing just behind ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.

In South Korea, ''Armageddon'' surpassed ''[[Godzilla (1998 film)|Godzilla]]'' to have the country's highest opening, making {{nowrap|$2.7 million}}.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=July 13, 1998 |title=No disaster at B.O. |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/no-disaster-at-b-o-1117478348/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 }}</ref> It recorded the second-highest opening in Taiwan with {{nowrap|$1 million}}, behind ''[[The Lost World: Jurassic Park]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=July 28, 1998 |title=O'seas B.O. sizzles |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/o-seas-b-o-sizzles-1117478869/ |access-date=October 12, 2024 }}</ref> The film would spend a total of thirteen weeks in Japan's number one spot until it was surpassed by ''[[A Bug's Life]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=March 15, 1999|last=Groves|first=Don|title=O'seas loves the bard; 'Bug's' invades Japan|page=|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/o-seas-loves-the-bard-bug-s-invades-japan-1117492324/|access-date=September 13, 2023|archive-date=October 3, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003161844/https://variety.com/1999/film/news/o-seas-loves-the-bard-bug-s-invades-japan-1117492324/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===
''Armageddon '' received mixed reviews from film critics, many of whom took issue with "the furious pace of its editing".{{sfn|Lichtenfeld|2007|p=220|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jHhbLBgVLS0C&pg=PA220]}} On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a 43% approval rating based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The critical consensus states, "Lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movie's antagonist, ''Armageddon'' slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/armageddon/|title=Armageddon|date=July 1, 1998|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=June 22, 2023|archive-date=March 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304014258/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/armageddon/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gave the film a [[weighted average]] score of 42 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com |access-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-date=January 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film is on the list of [[Roger Ebert]]'s most hated films.<ref>{{cite news | date=August 11, 2005 | last=Ebert |first=Roger | author-link=Roger Ebert | title=Ebert's Most Hated | url=https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/eberts-most-hated | access-date=2011-01-14 | work=Chicago Sun-Times | archive-date=July 10, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710154353/http://www.rogerebert.com/rogers-journal/eberts-most-hated | url-status=live }}</ref> In his original review, Ebert stated, "The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained". On ''[[At the Movies (1986 TV program)|Siskel and Ebert]]'', Ebert gave it a Thumbs Down. However, his co-host [[Gene Siskel]] gave it a Thumbs Up, commenting on the noise and intensity of the film, but also stating that he found the film to be amusing. Ebert went on to name ''Armageddon'' as the worst film of 1998 (though he was originally considering ''[[Spice World (film)|Spice World]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=July 1, 1998 |title=Armageddon movie review & film summary (1998) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/armageddon-1998 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609164707/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/armageddon-1998 |archive-date=June 9, 2021 |access-date=2012-05-14 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref> Todd McCarthy of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' also gave the film a negative review, noting Michael Bay's rapid cutting style: "Much of the confusion, as well as the lack of dramatic rhythm or character development, results directly from Bay's cutting style, which resembles a machine gun stuck in the firing position for 2{{1/2}} hours."{{sfn|Lichtenfeld|2007|p=220|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jHhbLBgVLS0C&pg=PA220]}}
In April 2013, in a ''[[Miami Herald]]'' interview to promote ''[[Pain & Gain]]'', Bay was quoted as having said:<blockquote>…We had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called [[James Cameron]] and asked "What do you do when you're doing all the effects yourself?" But the movie did fine.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rodriguez|first=Rene|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/20/3353317/pain-gain-revisits-a-horrific.html |title='Pain & Gain' revisits a horrific Miami crime |work=[[The Miami Herald]] |date=April 21, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130501131328/https://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/20/3353317/pain-gain-revisits-a-horrific.html |archive-date=May 1, 2013}}</ref></blockquote>Some time after the article was published, Bay changed his stance, claiming that his apology only related to the editing of the film, not the whole film,<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 24, 2013 |title=Michael Bay: No apology for Armageddon |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/24/3362459/michael-bay-no-apology-for-armageddon.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202145558/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/24/3362459/michael-bay-no-apology-for-armageddon.html |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |website=Miami Herald}}</ref> and accused the writer of the article for taking his words out of context. The author of the article, ''Miami Herald'' writer Rene Rodriguez, claimed: "NBC asked me for a response, and I played them the tape. I didn't misquote anyone. All the sites that picked up the story did."<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-04-24 |title=Michael Bay Hits Back At Reporter In 'Armageddon' Apology Flap |url=https://deadline.com/2013/04/michael-bay-armageddon-apology-flap-482150/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021020438/http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/michael-bay-armageddon-apology-flap/ |archive-date=2013-10-21 |access-date= |website=[[Deadline (website)|Deadline]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Scientific accuracy===
{{See also|Asteroid deflection}}
In an interview with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Bay admitted that the film's central premise "that [[NASA]] could actually do something in a situation like this" was unrealistic. Additionally, the largest known [[potentially hazardous asteroid]] (PHA) is [[(53319) 1999 JM8]], which is only {{convert|7|km}} in diameter,<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/Phaethon/Phaethon_planning.2017.html | title=3200 Phaethon | access-date=January 17, 2019 | archive-date=November 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171129031124/https://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/Phaethon/Phaethon_planning.2017.html | url-status=live }}</ref> while the asteroid in the movie is described as being "the size of [[Texas]]". Near the end of the credits, there is a disclaimer stating, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's cooperation and assistance does not reflect an endorsement of the contents of the film or the treatment of the characters depicted therein."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Armageddon {{!}} Touchstone Pictures |url=http://www.movie-page.com/1998/armageddon/credits.txt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908140427/http://www.movie-page.com/1998/armageddon/credits.txt |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |website=movie-page.com}}</ref> Astronomers would subsequently note that ''Deep Impact'' was more scientifically accurate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Disaster Movies |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=disaster.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612210353/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=disaster.htm |archive-date=June 12, 2004 |access-date=2008-03-23 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Plait, Phil |date=February 17, 2000 |title=Hollywood Does the Universe Wrong |url=http://www.space.com/opinionscolumns/opinions/plait_000217.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818065922/http://www.space.com/opinionscolumns/opinions/plait_000217.html |archive-date=August 18, 2000 |access-date=January 26, 2009 |publisher=Space.com}}</ref>


The infeasibility of the [[H-bomb]] approach was published by four postgraduate physics students in 2011<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://physics.le.ac.uk/journals/index.php/pst/article/view/390/243 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226040455/https://physics.le.ac.uk/journals/index.php/pst/article/view/390/243 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-26 |title=Could Bruce Willis Save the World? |vauthors=Back A, Brown G, Hall B, Turner S |journal=Journal of Physics: Special Topics |publisher=[[University of Leicester]] |volume=10 |number=1 |date=2011 }}</ref> and then reported by ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in 2012:
In April 2013, in a ''[[Miami Herald]]'' interview to promote ''[[Pain & Gain]]'', Bay was quoted as having said:


{{blockquote|A mathematical analysis of the situation found that for Willis's approach to be effective, he would need to be in possession of an H-bomb a billion times stronger than the [[Soviet Union]]'s "[[Big Ivan]]", the biggest ever detonated on Earth. Using estimates of the asteroid's size, density, speed and distance from Earth based on information in the film, the postgraduate students from [[Leicester University]] found that to split the asteroid in two, with both pieces clearing Earth, would require 800&nbsp;trillion [[terajoules]] of energy. In contrast, the total energy output of "Big Ivan", which was tested by the Soviet Union in 1961, was only 418,000 terajoules.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hall|first1=Ben|last2=Brown|first2=Gregory|last3=Back|first3=Ashley|last4=Turner|first4=Stuart|title=It's Official: Try-Hard Bruce Willis Could Not Save the World|journal=Astronomy & Geophysics|date=1 October 2012|volume=53|issue=5|page=5.5|doi=10.1111/j.1468-4004.2012.53504_6.x|issn=1366-8781|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Nick |title=Bruce Willis would have needed a bigger bomb to stop asteroid, scientists say |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9458558/Bruce-Willis-would-have-needed-a-bigger-bomb-to-stop-asteroid-scientists-say.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808121722/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9458558/Bruce-Willis-would-have-needed-a-bigger-bomb-to-stop-asteroid-scientists-say.html |archive-date=8 August 2012 |url-status=dead |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=7 August 2012}}</ref>}}
<blockquote>...We had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called [[James Cameron]] and asked ‘What do you do when you’re doing all the effects yourself?’ But the movie did fine.<ref>Rodriguez, Rene. [http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/20/3353317/pain-gain-revisits-a-horrific.html "‘Pain & Gain’ revisits a horrific Miami crime"] ''[[The Miami Herald]]'' (April 21, 2013).</ref></blockquote>


In the commentary track, Ben Affleck says he "asked Michael why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and he told me to shut the fuck up, so that was the end of that talk."<ref>{{cite web |last=Erbland |first=Kate |date=2012-02-02 |title=61 Things We Learned from the 'Armageddon' Commentary |url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/61-things-we-learned-from-the-armageddon-commentary-426b81c04fbc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209163850/https://filmschoolrejects.com/61-things-we-learned-from-the-armageddon-commentary-426b81c04fbc/ |archive-date=February 9, 2018 |access-date=2016-06-17 |website=Film School Rejects}}</ref>
Some time after the article was published, Bay corrected his stance, claiming that his apology only related to the editing of the film, not the whole film,<ref>[http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/24/3362459/michael-bay-no-apology-for-armageddon.html Miami Herald: Michael Bay: No apology for Armageddon (April 24, 2013)]</ref> and accused the writer of the article for taking his words out of context. The author of the article, ''Miami Herald'' writer Rene Rodriguez claimed: "NBC asked me for a response, and I played them the tape. I didn’t misquote anyone. All the sites that picked up the story did."<ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2013/04/michael-bay-armageddon-apology-flap/#more-482150 "Michael Bay Hits Back At Reporter In ‘Armageddon’ Apology Flap."] ''[[Deadline.com]]'' (April 2013).</ref>


[[Neil deGrasse Tyson]] said on the October 2, 2023 episode of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' that, until the release of the 2022 film ''[[Moonfall (film)|Moonfall]]'', ''Armageddon'' was the movie which violated more laws of physics per minute than any other movie ever.<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSn3RV-ziMM | title=What James Cameron Got Wrong in "Titanic" - Neil deGrasse Tyson | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
==Accolades==
The film was nominated for four Oscars at the 1999 [[Academy Awards]]: Best Sound ([[Kevin O'Connell (sound re-recording mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]] and [[Keith A. Wester]]), Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Original Song ("[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" performed by [[Aerosmith]]).<ref name="Oscars1999">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |work=oscars.org}}</ref> The film received the [[Saturn Award]]s for [[Saturn Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]] and [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]] (where it tied with ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]''). It was also nominated for seven [[Razzie Awards]]<ref>{{cite web | title = 1998 Golden Rasberry Award Nominees and Winners | url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=38 | accessdate = April 30, 2006 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20060328185621/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=38| archivedate= March 28, 2006 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> including: Worst Actor (Bruce Willis), Worst Picture, Worst Director, Worst Screenplay, Worst Supporting Actress (Liv Tyler), Worst Screen Couple (Tyler and Ben Affleck) and Worst Original Song. Only one Razzie was awarded: Bruce Willis received the Worst Actor award for ''Armageddon'', in addition to his appearances in ''[[Mercury Rising]]'' and ''[[The Siege]]'', both released in the same year as this film.


===Awards===
===Accolades===
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| "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by [[Diane Warren]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |title=The 71st Academy Awards (1999) Nominees and Winners |work=oscars.org |access-date=November 19, 2011 |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015021423/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/71st-winners.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] || Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier || {{nom}}
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Kevin O'Connell (sound mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]], and [[Keith A. Wester]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] <small>("[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]")</small> || [[Diane Warren]] || {{nom}}
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Effects Editing]]
| [[George Watters II]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Mixing]] || [[Kevin O'Connell (sound re-recording mixer)|Kevin O'Connell]], [[Greg P. Russell]] and [[Keith A. Wester]] || {{nom}}
| [[Richard R. Hoover]], [[Patrick McClung]], and [[John Frazier]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[American Music Awards of 1999|American Music Awards]]
| [[Japan Academy Prize (film)|Awards of the Japanese Academy]] || [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]] || ''Armageddon'' || {{nom}} ||
| [[American Music Award for Top Soundtrack|Top Soundtrack]]
| ''[[Armageddon: The Album]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite news |date=1999-01-10 |title=American Music |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1999/01/10/american-music/60b4e12e-0cdd-45c8-ab1f-ea4944b854b9/ |access-date=2022-08-12}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers#Annual Awards|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]] || Most Performed Songs from a Motion Picture || Diane Warren || {{won}} || <ref>http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0628-ftv-awards.aspx</ref>
| [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards|ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards]]
| Most Performed Songs from a Motion Picture
| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Diane Warren
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0628-ftv-awards.aspx |title=ASCAP Honors Top Film & TV Music Composers at 27th Annual Awards Celebration |publisher=Ascap.com |date=2012-06-28 |access-date=2014-06-06 |archive-date=October 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029171250/https://www.ascap.com/press/2012/0628-ftv-awards.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| Awards Circuit Community Awards
| rowspan=5|[[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]] || Favorite Actor - Sci-Fi || [[Bruce Willis]] || {{won}} || rowspan=5| <ref>http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx.../blockbuster-entertainment-awards/1999</ref>
| colspan="2"| Best Achievement in Sound
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"|
|-
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Visual Effects
| Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi || Liv Tyler || {{nom}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[Blockbuster Entertainment Awards]]
| rowspan=2|Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi || [[Ben Affleck]] || {{won}}
| Favorite Actor – Sci-Fi
| [[Bruce Willis]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Armageddon - Harry S. Stamper (Bruce Willis) flight suit {{!}} The Golden Closet |url=https://www.thegoldencloset.com/merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A0040 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=www.thegoldencloset.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi
| [[Billy Bob Thornton]] || {{nom}}
| [[Liv Tyler]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan=2| Favorite Supporting Actor – Sci-Fi
| Favorite Soundtrack || [[Trevor Rabin]] and [[Harry Gregson-Williams]] || {{nom}}
| [[Ben Affleck]]
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| [[Billy Bob Thornton]]
| [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI Film & TV Awards]] || Best Music || [[Trevor Rabin]] || {{won}} ||
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Favorite Soundtrack
| Cinema Audio Society Awards || Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film || Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester || {{nom}} || rowspan=27|<ref>{{IMDb title|120591|section=awards|Armageddon}}</ref>
| ''Armageddon: The Album''
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[BMI Film & TV Awards]]
| [[1999 Grammy Awards]] || Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television || Diane Warren || {{nom}}
| Best Music
| [[Trevor Rabin]]
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| colspan="3"| Bogey Awards
| rowspan=7|[[19th Golden Raspberry Awards]] || [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]] || Bruce Willis || {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
|-
| [[Cinema Audio Society Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]] || [[Michael Bay]] || {{nom}}
| [[Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action|Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures]]
| Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[19th Golden Raspberry Awards|Golden Raspberry Awards]]
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]] <small>("[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]")</small> || Diane Warren || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
| [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], [[Gale Anne Hurd]], and [[Michael Bay]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web |title=1998 Golden Raspberry Award Nominees and Winners |url=http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=38 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060328185621/http://razzies.com/asp/content/XcNewsPlus.asp?cmd=view&articleid=38 |archive-date=March 28, 2006 |access-date=April 30, 2006 |website=razzies.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]] || [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], [[Gale Anne Hurd]], Michael Bay || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]
| Michael Bay
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble|Worst Screen Couple]] || Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]]
| Bruce Willis {{small|(Also for ''[[Mercury Rising]]'' and ''[[The Siege]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] || [[Jonathan Hensleigh]] and [[J. J. Abrams]] || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
| Liv Tyler
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]] || Liv Tyler || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
| Screenplay by [[Jonathan Hensleigh]] and [[J. J. Abrams]]; <br> Story by [[Robert Roy Pool]] and Jonathan Hensleigh; <br> Adaptation by [[Tony Gilroy]] and [[Shane Salerno]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble|Worst Screen Couple]]
| rowspan=2|[[Golden Reel Award (Motion Picture Sound Editors)|Golden Reel Award]]s || Best Sound Editing || Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Keith A. Wester || {{nom}}
| Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
| Best Sound Editing - Music || Bob Badami, [[Will Kaplan]], Shannon Erbe, Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz || {{nom}}
| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards|Golden Reel Awards]]
| rowspan=2|[[Golden Satellite Awards 1998|1998 Golden Satellite Awards]] || [[Satellite Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] || [[Aerosmith]] || {{won}}
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Dialogue & ADR]]
| George Watters II, Teri E. Dorman, Juno J. Ellis, <br> Gloria D'Alessandro, Alison Fisher, Carin Rogers, <br> Karen Spangenberg, Mary Andrews, Andrea Horta, <br> Denise Horta, Stephen Janisz, Nicholas Korda, and <br> Denise Whiting
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"|
|-
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]] || Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier || {{nom}}
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects and Foley for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley]]
| Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore|Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic)]]
| [[Golden Trailer Awards]] || Best Trailer || || {{nom}}
| Bob Badami, Will Kaplan, Shannon Erbe, and <br> Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| colspan="3"| [[Goldene Leinwand|Golden Screen Awards]]
| rowspan=6|[[1999 MTV Movie Awards]] || [[MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence|Best Action Sequence]] || ''Armageddon'' || {{won}}
| {{won}}
| align="center"|
|-
|-
| [[Golden Trailer Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance|Best Performance]] - Male || Ben Affleck || {{nom}}
| colspan="2"| Golden Fleece
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Fleece Award |url=http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta1-nominees/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104000017/http://www.goldentrailer.com/gta1-nominees/ |archive-date=2016-11-04 |access-date=2022-08-26 |website=Golden Trailer}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[41st Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Performance|Best Performance]] - Female || Liv Tyler || {{nom}}
| [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media]]
| "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" – Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/41st-annual-grammy-awards |title=41st Annual GRAMMY Awards (1998) |website=[[Grammy Awards]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[Japan Academy Film Prize]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]] || ''Armageddon'' || {{nom}}
| colspan="2"| [[Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film|Outstanding Foreign Language Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|-
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Song from a Movie|Best Movie Song]] || Aerosmith || {{won}}
| rowspan="6"| [[1999 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Movie|Best Movie]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="6"| <ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=MTV Movie Awards: 1999 Highlights |url=https://www.mtv.com/photos/jp42td/mtv-movie-awards-1999-highlights/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203084218/http://www.mtv.com/photos/jp42td/mtv-movie-awards-1999-highlights |archive-date=2020-02-03 |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=MTV}}</ref> <br><ref>{{Cite web |last=Katz |first=Richard |date=1999-04-20 |title='Mary,' 'Armageddon' top MTV pic nom list |url=https://variety.com/1999/film/news/mary-armageddon-top-mtv-pic-nom-list-1117493411/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]] || Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler || {{nom}}
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Male Performance]]
| Ben Affleck
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Saturn Awards]] || [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] || Bruce Willis || {{nom}}
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Actor in a Movie|Best Female Performance]]
| Liv Tyler
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume|Best Costumes]] || [[Michael Kaplan (costume designer)|Michael Kaplan]], Magali Guidasci || {{nom}}
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo|Best On-Screen Duo]]
| Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]] || Michael Bay || {{won}}
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment|Best Song from a Movie]]
| Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]] || [[Trevor Rabin]] || {{nom}}
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Action Sequence|Best Action Sequence]]
| Asteroid Destroys New York City
| {{won}}
|-
|-
| [[1998 MTV Video Music Awards|MTV Video Music Awards]]
| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]] || ''Armageddon'' || {{won}}
| [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Video from a Film|Best Video from a Film]]
| Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=1998-09-11 |title=Winners of 1998 MTV Awards |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1998/09/11/Winners-of-1998-MTV-Awards/4973905486400/ |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="4"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]] || Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung and John Frazier || {{nom}}
| Best Original Song
| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/3rd-annual-film-awards-1998/ |title=3rd Annual Film Awards (1998) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
| Best Adapted Song
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] || rowspan=2|Ben Affleck || {{nom}}
| "[[Leaving on a Jet Plane]]" <br> Music and Lyrics by [[John Denver]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| Best Sound Effects Editing
| [[Teen Choice Awards]] || Film - Choice Actor || {{nom}}
| George Watters II
|}
| {{nom}}

==Scientific accuracy==
{{See also|Asteroid deflection}}
In an interview with ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Michael Bay admitted that the central premise of the film, "that [NASA] could actually do something in a situation like this," was unrealistic. Robert Roy Pool, a contributing screenwriter, stated that his script, in which an [[anti-gravity]] device is used to deflect a comet from a collision course with Earth, was "much more in line with top-secret research."<ref>{{cite web|title=The Hype That Fell To Earth|date=March 27, 1998|author=Daly, Steve|accessdate=December 26, 2009}}</ref> Additionally, near the end of the credits there is a disclaimer stating, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's cooperation and assistance does not reflect an endorsement of the contents of the film or the treatment of the characters depicted therein."<ref>[http://www.movie-page.com/1998/armageddon/credits.txt TOUCHSTONE PICTURES ARMAGEDDON]. movie-page.com.</ref>

In 2012, following a mathematical analysis of the situation, an article titled "Could Bruce Willis Save the World?" was published in the ''Special Physics Topics Journal''. It found that for Willis' approach to be effective, he would need to be in possession of an [[H-bomb]] a billion times stronger than the Soviet Union's "[[Tsar Bomba|Big Ivan]]", the biggest ever detonated on Earth. Using estimates of the asteroid's size, density, speed and distance from Earth based on information in the film, postgraduate students from the [[University of Leicester]] found that to split the asteroid in two with both pieces clearing Earth, would require 800 trillion [[terajoules]] of energy. In contrast the total energy output of "Big Ivan", which was tested by the Soviet Union in 1961, was only 418,000 terajoules.<ref>{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Nick|title=Bruce Willis would have needed a bigger bomb to stop asteroid, scientists say|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9458558/Bruce-Willis-would-have-needed-a-bigger-bomb-to-stop-asteroid-scientists-say.html|newspaper=Telegraph|date=7 Aug 2012}}</ref>

==Soundtracks==

===''Armageddon: The Album''===
{{Infobox album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Armageddon: The Album
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = Various artists
| Cover =
| Released = {{Start date|1998|6|23}}
| Recorded =
| Genre = [[Rock music|Rock]]
| Length = 57:05
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/[[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]]
| Producer =
| Last album =
| This album =
| Next album =
|Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Armageddon: The Album
| Type = soundtrack
| Single 1 = [[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]
| Single 1 date = August 18, 1998
| Single 2 = [[What Kind of Love Are You On]]
| Single 2 date = 1998
}}}}
The soundtrack features several new songs recorded for the soundtrack, including "[[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]" and "[[What Kind of Love Are You On]]", performed by [[Aerosmith]], "[[Remember Me (Journey song)|Remember Me]]", performed by [[Journey (band)|Journey]], and "Mister Big Time", performed by [[Jon Bon Jovi]]. [[Our Lady Peace]]'s "Starseed" is a re-mixed version of the original. The album was commercially successful in Japan, and was certified double platinum for 400,000 copies shipped in 1999.<ref name="RIAJ-sep1999">{{cite journal |title=GOLD ALBUM 他認定作品 1999年7月度 |trans_title=Gold Albums, and other certified works. July 1999 Edition |url=http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1999/199909.pdf |format=PDF | journal=The Record |type=Bulletin |language=Japanese |location=[[Chūō, Tokyo]] |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of Japan]] |publication-date=September 10, 1999 |volume=478 |page=9 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20140116130756/http://www.riaj.or.jp/issue/record/1999/199909.pdf |archivedate=January 16, 2014 |accessdate=January 18, 2014}}</ref>

====Track listing====
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Artist
| total_length = 56:40
| writing_credits = yes
| title1 = [[I Don't Want to Miss a Thing]]
| writer1 = [[Diane Warren]]
| extra1 = [[Aerosmith]]
| length1 = 4:59
| title2 = [[Remember Me (Journey song)|Remember Me]]
| writer2 = [[Jonathan Cain]], [[Neal Schon]], [[Jack Blades]]
| extra2 = [[Journey (band)|Journey]]
| length2 = 5:33
| title3 = [[What Kind of Love Are You On]]
| writer3 = [[Steven Tyler]], [[Joe Perry (musician)|Joe Perry]], [[Jack Blades]], [[Tommy Shaw]]
| extra3 = Aerosmith
| length3 = 3:15
| title4 = [[La Grange (song)|La Grange]]
| writer4 = [[Billy Gibbons]], [[Dusty Hill]], [[Frank Beard (musician)|Frank Beard]]
| extra4 = [[ZZ Top]]
| length4 = 3:38
| title5 = [[Roll Me Away]]
| writer5 = [[Bob Seger]]
| extra5 = Bob Seger
| length5 = 4:42
| title6 = When the Rainbow Comes
| writer6 = [[Karl Wallinger]]
| extra6 = [[Shawn Colvin]]
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = [[Sweet Emotion]]
| writer7 = Tyler, [[Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton]]
| extra7 = Aerosmith
| length7 = 5:13
| title8 = Mister Big Time
| writer8 = [[Jon Bon Jovi]], [[Aldo Nova]]
| extra8 = Jon Bon Jovi
| length8 = 2:51
| title9 = [[Come Together#Covers|Come Together]]
| writer9 = [[John Lennon]], [[Paul McCartney]]
| extra9 = Aerosmith
| length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Wish I Were You
| writer10 = [[Patty Smyth|Patty Smyth-MacEnroe]], [[Glen Burtnik]]
| extra10 = [[Patty Smyth]]
| length10 = 3:53
| title11 = [[Starseed (song)|Starseed]]
| writer11 = [[Raine Maida]]
| extra11 = [[Our Lady Peace]]
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = [[Leaving on a Jet Plane]]
| writer12 = [[John Denver]]
| extra12 = [[Chantal Kreviazuk]]
| length12 = 4:45
| title13 = Theme from Armageddon
| writer13 = [[Trevor Rabin]]
| extra13 = Trevor Rabin
| length13 = 3:12
| title14 = Animal Crackers
| note14 = Dialogue by [[Ben Affleck]] and [[Liv Tyler]]
| writer14 = Warren, Rabin, [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]
| extra14 = Steven Tyler
| length14 = 2:40
}}

====Chart positions====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| Best Visual Effects
!Year
| Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier
!Chart
| {{nom}}
!Position
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
|1998
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]]
|The Billboard 200
| "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" <br> Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren
|1
|}
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web|title=1999 Awards|url=http://www.pressacademy.com/awards_1999.html|publisher=International Press Academy|access-date=June 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000712204120/http://www.pressacademy.com/awards_1999.html|archive-date=July 12, 2000}}</ref>

=====End of decade charts=====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Visual Effects|Best Visual Effects]]
!Chart (1990–1999)
| Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier
!Position
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| rowspan="7"| [[25th Saturn Awards|Saturn Awards]]
| U.S. ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="1990sbb">{{cite book | author = Geoff Mayfield | url = http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false | title = 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade – The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s |work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] | date = December 25, 1999 | accessdate = October 15, 2010}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
| style="text-align:center;"|94
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with ''[[Dark City (1998 film)|Dark City]]''.}}
| align="center" rowspan="7"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |title=Past Saturn Awards |work=[[Saturn Awards]].org |access-date=May 7, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914184217/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy}}</ref>
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Michael Bay
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Bruce Willis
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Ben Affleck
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costumes]]
| [[Michael Kaplan (costume designer)|Michael Kaplan]] and Magali Guidasci
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Music|Best Music]]
| Trevor Rabin
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Saturn Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
| Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[1998 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| Worst Actor
| Bruce Willis
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref>{{cite web |date=1999-08-13 |title=The Worst of 1998 Winners |url=http://thestinkers.com/winners98.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991013214622/http://thestinkers.com/winners98.html |archive-date=1999-10-13 |access-date=2019-09-08 |website=thestinkers.com}}</ref>
|-
| Worst Supporting Actress
| Liv Tyler
| {{nom}}
|-
| Worst Screenplay for a Film Grossing Over $100M Worldwide Using Hollywood Math
| Screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams; <br> Story by Robert Roy Pool and Jonathan Hensleigh
| {{nom}}
|-
| Worst On-Screen Couple
| Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler
| {{won}}
|-
| Most Annoying Fake Accent
| Bruce Willis
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1999 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]]
| Choice Movie Actor
| Ben Affleck
| {{nom}}
| align="center"|
|}
|}


==Other media==
{{S-start}}
===Merchandising===
{{s-bef|before = ''[[City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture|City of Angels (soundtrack)]]'' by Various artists}}
[[Revell]] and [[Monogram (company)|Monogram]] released two model kits inspired by the film's spacecraft and the Armadillos, in 1998. The first one, "Space Shuttle with Armadillo drilling unit", included an X-71, a small, rough Armadillo and a pedestal. The second one, "Russian Space Center", included the ''Mir'', with the docking adapter seen in the film, and another pedestal.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
{{s-ttl|title = [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] [[Number-one albums of 1998 (USA)|number-one album]]|years = July 18–31, 1998}}
{{s-aft|after = ''[[Hello Nasty]]'' by [[Beastie Boys]]}}
{{S-end}}

===''Armageddon: Original Motion Picture Score by Trevor Rabin''===
{{Infobox album<!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Armageddon
| Type = Soundtrack
| Artist = [[Trevor Rabin]]
| Cover =
| Released = {{Start date|1998|11|10}}
| Recorded =
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In 2011, Fantastic Plastic released another X-71 kit, the "X-71 Super Shuttle", the goal of which was to be more accurate than the Revell/Monogram kit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://fantastic-plastic.com/x-71-super-shuttle-from-armageddon-by-fantastic-plastic-models.html |title=X-71 Super Shuttle from "Armageddon" by Fantastic Plastic |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=January 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004531/http://fantastic-plastic.com/x-71-super-shuttle-from-armageddon-by-fantastic-plastic-models.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
There was also an instrumental score titled ''Armageddon: Original Motion Picture Score'' by [[Trevor Rabin]] and [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]. Rabin was formerly a member of the [[progressive rock]] band [[Yes (band)|Yes]] and Gregson-Williams was a former [[Hans Zimmer]]'s disciple and protégé.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}


===Theme park attraction===
# "Armageddon Suite"
[[Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux]] was an attraction based on ''Armageddon'' at [[Walt Disney Studios Park]] located at [[Disneyland Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://international.parks.disneylandparis.com/walt-disney-studios-park/lots/backlot/attractions/armageddon.xhtml |title=Armageddon – Backlot – Disneyland® Resort Paris |publisher=International.parks.disneylandparis.com |access-date=2011-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130401050944/http://international.parks.disneylandparis.com/walt-disney-studios-park/lots/backlot/attractions/armageddon.xhtml |archive-date=April 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The attraction simulated the scene in the movie in which the Russian Space Station is destroyed.<ref name="photosmagiques1">{{cite web |title=Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux &#124; Photos Magiques – Disneyland Paris photos |url=http://www.photosmagiques.com/gallery/walt_disney_studios/backlot/armageddon.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003121300/http://www.photosmagiques.com/gallery/walt_disney_studios/backlot/armageddon.php |archive-date=October 3, 2011 |access-date=2011-04-29 |publisher=Photos Magiques}}</ref> [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] ("Bear" in the film) was featured in the pre-show.<ref name="photosmagiques1"/>
# "Harry & Grace Make Peace"
# "A.J.'s Return"
# "Oil Rig"
# "Leaving"
# "Evacuation"
# "Harry Arrives at NASA"
# "Back in Business"
# "Launch"
# "5 Words"
# "Underwater Simulation"
# "Finding Grace"
# "Armadillo"
# "Short Straw"
# "Rockstorm"
# "Demands"
# "Death of MIR"
# "Armageddon Piano"
# "Long Distance Goodbye/Landing"
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==Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster==
Following the 2003 [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disaster]], some screen captures from the opening scene where ''Atlantis'' is destroyed were passed off as satellite images of the disaster in a hoax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/shuttlepics.html |title=Photos of the Shuttle Columbia Disaster? |publisher=BreakTheChain.org}}</ref> Also, in response to the disaster, [[FX (TV network)|FX]] pulled ''Armageddon'' from the night's schedule and replaced it with ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=Sue Chan |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/02/03/entertainment/main539194.shtml |title=TV Pulls Shuttle Sensitive Material, Hewlett-Packard Ad, Bruce Willis Movie Yanked From Air |publisher=CBS News |date=February 3, 2003}}</ref>

==Novelization==
A [[novelization]] was written by C. Bolin, based on the screenplay by [[Jonathan Hensleigh]], [[J. J. Abrams]], [[Tony Gilroy]] and [[Shane Salerno]] and the story by [[Jonathan Hensleigh]] and Robert Pool.{{citation needed|date=May 2012}}

==Theme park attraction==

[[Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux]] is an attraction based on ''Armageddon'' at [[Walt Disney Studios Park]] located at [[Disneyland Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://international.parks.disneylandparis.com/walt-disney-studios-park/lots/backlot/attractions/armageddon.xhtml |title=Armageddon – Backlot – Disneyland® Resort Paris |publisher=International.parks.disneylandparis.com |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> The attraction simulates the scene in the movie in which the Russian Space Station is destroyed.<ref name="photosmagiques1">{{cite web|url=http://www.photosmagiques.com/gallery/walt_disney_studios/backlot/armageddon.php |title=Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux &#124; Photos Magiques – Disneyland Paris photos |publisher=Photos Magiques |accessdate=2011-04-29}}</ref> [[Michael Clarke Duncan]] ("Bear" in the movie) featured in the pre-show before his death.<ref name="photosmagiques1"/>


==See also==
==See also==
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* ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' - another impact event-based film released in 1998
*[[Asteroid deflection strategies]]
* [[Impact event]]
*[[Asteroid (film)|''Asteroid (miniseries)'']]
*[[Deep Impact (film)|''Deep Impact'' (film)]]
* [[Impact crater]]
* [[Asteroid deflection strategies]]
*[[List of American films of 1998]]
*[[List of disaster films]]
* [[List of disaster films]]
*[[List of films featuring space stations]]
* [[List of films featuring space stations]]
* [[Hollywood Science]]
*[[Meteor (film)|''Meteor'' (film)]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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===Bibliography===
==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|last=Lichtenfeld|first=Eric|title=Action Speaks Louder|year=2007|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Middletown, Connecticut|isbn=0-8195-6801-5|url=http://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=isbn:0819568015}}
* {{cite book|last=Lichtenfeld|first=Eric|title=Action Speaks Louder: Violence, Spectacle, and the American Action Movie |date=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jHhbLBgVLS0C |publisher=Wesleyan University Press|location=Middletown, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-8195-6801-4 |oclc=636164671}}


==External links==
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* [http://www.moviesmackdown.com/2008/08/armageddon-1998.html ''Armageddon -vs- Deep Impact''] at [http://www.moviesmackdown.com Movie Smackdown!]
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=40&eid=56&section=essay Criterion Collection essay by Jeanine Basinger], from a [[Wesleyan University]] professor under whom the film's director studied
* [https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/48-armageddon ''Armageddon''] an essay by [[Jeanine Basinger]] at the [[Criterion Collection]]
* [http://intuitor.com/moviephysics/armageddon.html Movie Physics review of ''Armageddon'']{{Dead Link|date=December 2013}}
* [http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/movies/armpitageddon.html Bad Astronomy – The Astronomy of Armageddon]
* [http://www.movietourguide.com/Armageddon/filming_locations Movie Tour Guide.com – Maps and directions to Armageddon Filming Locations]
* [http://www.Ketzer.com/armageddon Ketzer.com – The Armageddon movie props and costumes archive]


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Latest revision as of 11:50, 27 December 2024

Armageddon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Bay
Screenplay by
Adaptation by
Story by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited by
Music byTrevor Rabin
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • July 1, 1998 (1998-07-01)
Running time
150 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$140 million[2][3]
Box office$553.7 million[2]

Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film follows a group of blue-collar deep-core drillers sent by NASA to destroy a gigantic asteroid, which is the size of Texas, on a collision course with Earth. It stars an ensemble cast including Bruce Willis with Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare, Keith David, Owen Wilson, William Fichtner and Steve Buscemi.

The film was a commercial success, grossing $553.7 million worldwide against a $140 million budget and becoming the highest-grossing film of 1998, and the highest-grossing film to be released by Touchstone Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

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A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis before entering the atmosphere and bombarding Boston, Philadelphia, Moncton, Halifax, Newfoundland and New York City, the latter being extensively damaged. The meteors were pushed out of the asteroid belt by a collision from a rogue comet—which also dislodged a massive asteroid the size of Texas—and NASA learns it will impact Earth in 18 days, potentially wiping out all life on Earth. NASA devises a plan to drill a deep hole into the asteroid, into which they will insert and detonate a nuclear bomb to destroy it.

They recruit Harry Stamper, a third-generation oil driller and owner of a oil drilling company. Harry agrees to help but on the condition that he bring in his own team to do the drilling. He picks his best employees for the job: Chick Chapel, his best friend and right-hand man; geologists Rockhound and Oscar Choice; and drillers Bear Curlene, Freddie Noonan, Max Lennert, and A. J. Frost (who has been dating Harry's daughter Grace despite Harry's objections). Over twelve days, they are trained to become astronauts with astronaut Willie Sharp, who will pilot Freedom—one of the two super shuttles to fly to the asteroid, the other being the Independence. Before leaving, Chick apologizes to his ex-wife for wronging her and sees his son—who is unaware of his parentage—and Grace accepts A.J.'s marriage proposal, much to Harry's reluctant dismay; she later has her father promise to return home safe and with her fiancé.

Following the destruction of Shanghai by another meteor strike, word of the asteroid becomes public to the world. Both shuttles take off without incident and dock with the Russian space station Mir to take on fuel, but a leaky pipeline ignites the fuel pod on fire. A.J. and Roscosmos Cosmonaut Lev Andropov narrowly manage to board Independence before the space station is destroyed.

Approaching the asteroid, Independence is damaged by debris and crashes, killing all on board except Lev, Bear, and A.J. They embark in the shuttle's Armadillo to find the Freedom crew, which landed 26 miles from its intended landing site. When the drilling goes slower than predicted, Sharp reports to Mission Control that it is unlikely they will reach the depth necessary to destroy the asteroid before "Zero Barrier", the point after which detonating the rock will not save Earth. The President of the United States decides to remotely detonate the bomb from Earth immediately, not understanding this will cause total mission failure. Sharp and Harry have a vicious argument, but agree to defuse the bomb and work together after Harry promises Sharp that he will accomplish the mission. They make progress on drilling, but a missed gas pocket causes the Armadillo and Max to be blown into space. Just as Harry, NASA, and the world believe the mission to be a failure, while another meteor destroys Paris, A.J. and the others arrive in the second Armadillo.

A.J. succeeds in drilling the hole to the required depth, but a rock storm kills Gruber and damages the bomb’s remote detonator, forcing someone to stay behind and manually detonate it. They draw straws; A.J. is given the responsibility. Harry takes him down to the asteroid's surface, only to disconnect A.J.'s air hose and force him into the shuttle's air lock, before telling A.J. that he is the son Harry never had, and he would be proud to have him marry Grace. Using the Armadillo, Harry tearfully gives Grace his blessing to marry A.J., and Grace says she is proud to be his daughter.

After some various difficulties, Freedom takes off, and just before Zero Barrier, Harry manages to detonate the bomb and saves the planet. The astronauts land on Earth safely. A.J. and Grace are reunited, and Chick reconciles with his ex-wife and estranged son. During the credits, A.J. and Grace are married, with the portraits of Harry and the others lost on the mission present in memoriam.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Director Michael Bay and producer Jerry Bruckheimer at Edwards Air Force Base, Spring 1998

According to Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of Deep Impact, a production president at Disney took notes on everything the writer said during lunch about his script and initiated Armageddon as a counter film at Disney.[4] Nine writers worked on the script, five of whom are credited. In addition to Robert Roy Pool, Jonathan Hensleigh, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno and J. J. Abrams, the writers involved included Paul Attanasio, Ann Biderman, Scott Rosenberg and Robert Towne. Originally, it was Hensleigh's script, based on Pool's original, that had been given the green-light by Touchstone Pictures. Then-producer, Jerry Bruckheimer, hired the succession of scribes for rewrites and polishes.[5][6]

Bruce Willis was cast in the film as part of a three-picture deal he cut with the studio to compensate them for the dissolution of 1997's Broadway Brawler.[7][8] He received a significant pay cut for the picture as part of the deal.[9] Sean Connery was originally considered for the role of Stamper, but Michael Bay decided to cast a younger actor in the role after meeting oil drillers.[10] Bradley Cooper auditioned for the role of A.J. Scott, which eventually went to Ben Affleck.[11]

Filming

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Principal photography for Armageddon began in August 27, 1997 and ended on January 29, 1998.[12] Filming occurred at Culver Studios in Culver City, California.[13] In May 1998, Walt Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth expanded the film's budget by $3 million to include additional special effects scenes by Dream Quest Images showing an asteroid impacting Paris. This additional footage, incorporated two months prior to the film's release, was specifically added for the television advertising campaign to visually differentiate the film from Deep Impact which was released a few months before.[14] At a budget of $140 million, it was Buena Vista's most expensive film at the time.[3]

After filming was complete, according to Home Improvement actor Richard Karn, he stumbled upon the main asteroid set and suggested to Tim Allen that they needed to film on it. According to Karn, Allen asked then ABC executive Bob Iger who then asked Michael Bay for permission. Bay required waiting 6 months after the film was released. The asteroid set was used as a credit roll gag scene to imitate a cave in Wilson's basement.[15]

Music

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Main article: Armageddon: The Album

Release

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Marketing

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Prior to Armageddon's release, the film was advertised in Super Bowl XXXII at a cost of $2.6 million.[16]

Home media

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Despite a mixed critical reception, The Criterion Collection—a specialist film distributor of primarily arthouse films that markets what it considers to be "important classic and contemporary films" and "cinema at its finest"—released the 'directors cut' of the film to DVD and Laserdisc. In an essay supporting the selection of Armageddon, film scholar Jeanine Basinger, who taught Michael Bay at Wesleyan University, states that the film is "a work of art by a cutting-edge artist who is a master of movement, light, color, and shape—and also of chaos, razzle-dazzle, and explosion". She sees it as a celebration of working men: "This film makes these ordinary men noble, lifting their efforts up into an epic event." Further, she states that in the first few moments of the film all the main characters are well established, saying, "If that isn't screenwriting, I don't know what is".[17]

The film was also released on VHS and DVD by Touchstone Home Video on November 13, 1998, and would surpass Pretty Woman to become Buena Vista Home Entertainment's best-selling live-action title.[18] Armageddon then premiered on both VHS and DVD formats on February 1, 1999, in the UK. It was the country's best-selling DVD release, selling over 100,000 copies. However, this record would be surpassed by The Matrix later that year.[19] The film was released on a standard edition Blu-ray in 2010 with only a few special features.[20] In late November 2024, it was announced that the film will be released on 4K Blu-ray.[21]

Television airing

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By April 2002, ABC airings of Armageddon had already received modifications due to the September 11 attacks that occurred seven months prior. The scene where the World Trade Center was hit by meteors and caught on fire was edited out because of its similarity to the attacks.[22]

Following the 2003 Columbia disaster, some screen captures from the opening scene where Atlantis is destroyed were passed off as satellite images of the disaster in a hoax.[23] Additionally, the American cable network FX, which had intended to broadcast Armageddon that evening, removed the film from its schedule and aired Aliens in its place.[24]

Reception

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Box office

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Armageddon was released on July 1, 1998 in 3,127 theaters in the United States and Canada. It ranked first at the box office ahead of Dr. Dolittle with an opening weekend gross of $36 million, combined with $54.2 million from its first five days.[25] Upon opening, the film had the third-highest Fourth of July opening weekend at the time, behind Men in Black and Independence Day.[26] It went on to beat Ransom to achieve the highest opening weekend for a live-action Disney film.[27] The film was surpassed by Lethal Weapon 4 in its second weekend, although it collected a total of $23.5 million.[28] In late July 1998, it surpassed its rival Deep Impact to become the highest-grossing domestic release of the year.[29] The film grossed $201.6 million in the United States and Canada and $352.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $553.7 million.[2] It was the highest-grossing film of 1998 worldwide and the second-highest-grossing film of that year in the United States, finishing just behind Saving Private Ryan.

In South Korea, Armageddon surpassed Godzilla to have the country's highest opening, making $2.7 million.[30] It recorded the second-highest opening in Taiwan with $1 million, behind The Lost World: Jurassic Park.[31] The film would spend a total of thirteen weeks in Japan's number one spot until it was surpassed by A Bug's Life.[32]

Critical response

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Armageddon received mixed reviews from film critics, many of whom took issue with "the furious pace of its editing".[33] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 43% approval rating based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The critical consensus states, "Lovely to look at but about as intelligent as the asteroid that serves as the movie's antagonist, Armageddon slickly sums up the cinematic legacies of producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay."[34] Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.[35]

The film is on the list of Roger Ebert's most hated films.[36] In his original review, Ebert stated, "The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained". On Siskel and Ebert, Ebert gave it a Thumbs Down. However, his co-host Gene Siskel gave it a Thumbs Up, commenting on the noise and intensity of the film, but also stating that he found the film to be amusing. Ebert went on to name Armageddon as the worst film of 1998 (though he was originally considering Spice World).[37] Todd McCarthy of Variety also gave the film a negative review, noting Michael Bay's rapid cutting style: "Much of the confusion, as well as the lack of dramatic rhythm or character development, results directly from Bay's cutting style, which resembles a machine gun stuck in the firing position for 21⁄2 hours."[33]

In April 2013, in a Miami Herald interview to promote Pain & Gain, Bay was quoted as having said:

…We had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called James Cameron and asked "What do you do when you're doing all the effects yourself?" But the movie did fine.[38]

Some time after the article was published, Bay changed his stance, claiming that his apology only related to the editing of the film, not the whole film,[39] and accused the writer of the article for taking his words out of context. The author of the article, Miami Herald writer Rene Rodriguez, claimed: "NBC asked me for a response, and I played them the tape. I didn't misquote anyone. All the sites that picked up the story did."[40]

Scientific accuracy

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See also: Asteroid deflection

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Bay admitted that the film's central premise "that NASA could actually do something in a situation like this" was unrealistic. Additionally, the largest known potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) is (53319) 1999 JM8, which is only 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) in diameter,[41] while the asteroid in the movie is described as being "the size of Texas". Near the end of the credits, there is a disclaimer stating, "The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's cooperation and assistance does not reflect an endorsement of the contents of the film or the treatment of the characters depicted therein."[42] Astronomers would subsequently note that Deep Impact was more scientifically accurate.[43][44]

The infeasibility of the H-bomb approach was published by four postgraduate physics students in 2011[45] and then reported by The Daily Telegraph in 2012:

A mathematical analysis of the situation found that for Willis's approach to be effective, he would need to be in possession of an H-bomb a billion times stronger than the Soviet Union's "Big Ivan", the biggest ever detonated on Earth. Using estimates of the asteroid's size, density, speed and distance from Earth based on information in the film, the postgraduate students from Leicester University found that to split the asteroid in two, with both pieces clearing Earth, would require 800 trillion terajoules of energy. In contrast, the total energy output of "Big Ivan", which was tested by the Soviet Union in 1961, was only 418,000 terajoules.[46][47]

In the commentary track, Ben Affleck says he "asked Michael why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and he told me to shut the fuck up, so that was the end of that talk."[48]

Neil deGrasse Tyson said on the October 2, 2023 episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that, until the release of the 2022 film Moonfall, Armageddon was the movie which violated more laws of physics per minute than any other movie ever.[49]

Accolades

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Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren 		Nominated [50]
Best Sound Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing George Watters II Nominated
Best Visual Effects Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier Nominated
American Music Awards Top Soundtrack Armageddon: The Album Nominated [51]
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Most Performed Songs from a Motion Picture "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" – Diane Warren Won [52]
Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Achievement in Sound Nominated
Best Visual Effects Nominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actor – Sci-Fi Bruce Willis Won [53]
Favorite Actress – Sci-Fi Liv Tyler Nominated
Favorite Supporting Actor – Sci-Fi Ben Affleck Won
Billy Bob Thornton Nominated
Favorite Soundtrack Armageddon: The Album Nominated
BMI Film & TV Awards Best Music Trevor Rabin Won
Bogey Awards Won
Cinema Audio Society Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester Nominated
Golden Raspberry Awards Worst Picture Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd, and Michael Bay Nominated [54]
Worst Director Michael Bay Nominated
Worst Actor Bruce Willis (Also for Mercury Rising and The Siege) Won
Worst Supporting Actress Liv Tyler Nominated
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 		Nominated
Worst Screen Couple Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler Nominated
Worst Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren 		Nominated
Golden Reel Awards 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 		Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Sound Effects & Foley Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, and Keith A. Wester Nominated
Best Sound Editing – Music (Foreign & Domestic) Bob Badami, Will Kaplan, Shannon Erbe, and
Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz 		Nominated
Golden Screen Awards Won
Golden Trailer Awards Golden Fleece Nominated [55]
Grammy Awards Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media "I Don't Want to Miss A Thing" – Diane Warren Nominated [56]
Japan Academy Film Prize Outstanding Foreign Language Film Nominated
MTV Movie Awards Best Movie Nominated [57]
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Best Male Performance Ben Affleck Nominated
Best Female Performance Liv Tyler Nominated
Best On-Screen Duo Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler Nominated
Best Song from a Movie Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Won
Best Action Sequence Asteroid Destroys New York City Won
MTV Video Music Awards Best Video from a Film Aerosmith – "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" Won [59]
Online Film & Television Association Awards Best Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren 		Nominated [60]
Best Adapted Song "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
Music and Lyrics by John Denver 		Nominated
Best Sound Effects Editing George Watters II Nominated
Best Visual Effects Richard R. Hoover, Patrick McClung, and John Frazier Nominated
Satellite Awards Best Original Song "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing"
Music and Lyrics by Diane Warren 		Won [61]
Best Visual Effects Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Science Fiction Film Won[a] [62]
Best Director Michael Bay Won
Best Actor Bruce Willis Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Ben Affleck Nominated
Best Costumes Michael Kaplan and Magali Guidasci Nominated
Best Music Trevor Rabin Nominated
Best Special Effects Richard R. Hoover, Pat McClung, and John Frazier Nominated
Stinkers Bad Movie Awards Worst Actor Bruce Willis Won [63]
Worst Supporting Actress Liv Tyler Nominated
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 		Nominated
Worst On-Screen Couple Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler Won
Most Annoying Fake Accent Bruce Willis Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor Ben Affleck Nominated

Other media

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Merchandising

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Revell and Monogram released two model kits inspired by the film's spacecraft and the Armadillos, in 1998. The first one, "Space Shuttle with Armadillo drilling unit", included an X-71, a small, rough Armadillo and a pedestal. The second one, "Russian Space Center", included the Mir, with the docking adapter seen in the film, and another pedestal.[citation needed]

In 2011, Fantastic Plastic released another X-71 kit, the "X-71 Super Shuttle", the goal of which was to be more accurate than the Revell/Monogram kit.[64]

Theme park attraction

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Armageddon – Les Effets Speciaux was an attraction based on Armageddon at Walt Disney Studios Park located at Disneyland Paris.[65] The attraction simulated the scene in the movie in which the Russian Space Station is destroyed.[66] Michael Clarke Duncan ("Bear" in the film) was featured in the pre-show.[66]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Tied with Dark City.

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