1989 · 2h 20m · Adventure, Drama, Mystery
The Abyss
Directed byJames Cameron
IMDb
7.5
211K votes
Metacritic
62
critics
Rotten Tomatoes
89%
critics
Box office
$90M
1.9x its $47M budget
Released Aug 9, 1989 by 20th Century Studios and Lightstorm Entertainment
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Critics (Metacritic)62
Audience (IMDb x 10)75
Audiences liked it more than critics did, by 13 points.
Top billed
Cast
Crew
- Director
- James Cameron
- Writer
- James Cameron
- Music
- Alan Silvestri
- Cinematography
- Mikael Salomon
- Producers
- Gale Anne HurdVan Ling
4 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1990Art Direction: Leslie Dilley; Set Decoration: Anne Kuljian
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1990Mikael Salomon
- WonBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1990John Bruno, Dennis Muren, Hoyt Yeatman, Dennis Skotak
- NominatedBest Sound · Academy Awards 1990Don Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton, Lee Orloff
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