Title The Abyss Overview A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it. Tagline There's everything you've ever known about adventure, and then there's The Abyss. Genres Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction Keywords ocean, sea, diving suit, flying saucer, nuclear missile, alien life-form, insanity, scuba diving, underwater, scuba, deepsea, trapped underwater, thalassophobia Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Lightstorm Entertainment, Pacific Western Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 139 Release Year 1989
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 90 million USD