1978 · 2h 23m · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Superman
Superman: The Movie
Directed byRichard Donner
IMDb
7.4
209K votes
Metacritic
82
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
87%
critics
Box office
$300M
5.5x its $55M budget
Released Dec 15, 1978 by Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Critics vs the crowd
Critics (Metacritic)82
Audience (IMDb x 10)74
Critics liked it more than audiences did, by 8 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Richard Donner
- Music
- John Williams
- Cinematography
- Geoffrey Unsworth
- Editing
- Stuart BairdMichael Ellis
- Producers
- Pierre Spengler
4 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1979Stuart Baird
- NominatedBest Original Score · Academy Awards 1979John Williams
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1979Gordon K. McCallum, Graham Hartstone, Nicolas Le Messurier, Roy Charman
- WonSpecial Achievement Award (Visual Effects) · Academy Awards 1979Les Bowie, Colin Chilvers, Denys Coop, Roy Field, Derek Meddings, Zoran Perisic
Takes
On Superman
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