Armageddon is a 1998 English-language Action Adventure film written by Jonathan Hensleigh, J.j. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno and Robert Roy Pool. The movie is directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Gale Anne Hurd and Michael Bay under the banner of Touchstone Pictures in collaboration with Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Valhalla Motion Pictures. After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet. Armageddon features Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton, Peter Stormare and Ashida Kim. The screenplay is written by Jonathan Hensleigh and J. J. Abrams. The music was composed by Trevor Rabin. Cinematography was done by John Schwartzman and editing by Mark Goldblatt, Chris Lebenzon and Glen Scantlebury. The film has a running time of 151 minutes. It was released on 6th August 1998. Armageddon was made on a budget of $140 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Buena Vista Pictures.