

Sphere
Terror can fill any space.
A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $80M
- Box office
- $37M
- Language
- English
- space marine
- based on novel or book
- ocean
- extraterrestrial technology
- paranoia
- time travel
- time bomb
- alien
- psychologist
- ocean floor
- deepsea
- spaceship crash
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical22 May 1998
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1313 Feb 1998
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1227 Mar 1998
- Physical12DVD23 Oct 1998
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM2 Apr 1998
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical23 Apr 1998
BelgiumBE
- Premiere16Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films20 Mar 1998
- Theatrical1625 Mar 1998
BrazilBR
- Theatrical123 Apr 1998
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical1 May 1998
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical15+23 Apr 1998
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1527 Mar 1998
EstoniaEE
- Theatrical8 May 1998
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1627 Mar 1998
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Sphere was released on 13 February 1998.
Audience reviews
3- J5/10
JPV852
7/20/2020
Interesting idea but poorly executed and overly long. Acting was okay but nobody really stood out. At least some of the effects weren't too bad for 1998. I actually back in the day read the novel but don't remember anything from it, just know this adaptation was pretty different. **2.5/5**
- K8/10
Kamurai
6/30/2021
Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend. I feel like I have a thing for the isolationism of deep sea bases. "Bioshock", "Deep Blue Sea", "The Meg", "Underwater", "The Abyss": just the idea of being far away from any help in the most dangerous living conditions possible on the planet. Add in a mysteriously time traveling alien sphere and let bake in the survival situation where people are losing their …
- W6/10
Wuchak
11/9/2024
**_The power to actualize your thoughts and fears_** A huge spacecraft at the bottom of the Pacific ocean with a strange, humming sphere found inside. A team of scientists are sent down to investigate – a psychologist (Dustin Hoffman), a mathematician (Samuel L. Jackson), a biochemist (Sharon Stone) and an astrophysicist (Liev Schreiber). Two notable characters at the station on the ocean floor are played by Peter…
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