Hellboy

2004 film directed by Guillermo del Toro

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6.7

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

Released: 2004-04-02122 minDir: Guillermo del ToroFantasy, ActionBudget: $66.0MBox office: $99.3MPart of: Hellboy Collection

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Cast

Ron Perlman as Hellboy
Selma Blair as Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman
Doug Jones as Abraham 'Abe' Sapien
John Hurt as Prof. Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm
Rupert Evans as John Myers
Jeffrey Tambor as Tom Manning

Themes

nazi
sacrifice
superhero
paranormal phenomena
black magic
adoptive father
based on comic
steampunk
narration from grave
apocalypse

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Ratings

IMDb

6.9/10

370,981 votes

Year: 2004
Runtime: 122 min
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

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Key facts

Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Screenplay by: Guillermo del Toro
Story by: Guillermo del Toro Peter Briggs
Based on: Hellboy , by Mike Mignola
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon Mike Richardson Lloyd Levin
Starring: Ron Perlman Selma Blair Jeffrey Tambor Karel Roden Rupert Evans John Hurt
Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro
Edited by: Peter Amundson
Music by: Marco Beltrami
Production companies: Revolution Studios Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions Dark Horse Entertainment
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing ) Revolution Studios
Release dates: March 30, 2004 ( 2004-03-30 ) ( Mann Village Theater ) April 2, 2004 ( 2004-04-02 ) (United States)
Running time: 122 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Budget: $60–66 million
Box office: $99.8 million

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Wikidata facts

Duration: 132
FilmAffinity ID: 362105
Official website: www.sonypictures.com/movies/hellboy

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title: Hellboy
capital cost: 66000000
box office: 59623958
review score: 72/100
Commons category: Hellboy (2004 film)
publication date: 2004-09-16

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Article

Hellboy is a 2004 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character, created by Mike Mignola. Written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, it is the first live-action film in the Hellboy franchise. Ron Perlman stars as the titular character, alongside Selma Blair, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Rupert Evans, and John Hurt. The film draws inspiration from the debut comic Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. In the film, a charismatic demon-turned-investigator named "Hellboy" works with the secretive Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense to suppress paranormal threats, when a resurrected sorcerer seeks to make Hellboy fulfill his destiny by triggering the apocalypse.

Hellboy had its premiere at the Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles on March 30, 2004, and was released in the United States on April 2. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $99.8 million against a production budget between $60–66 million.