

Poseidon
Mayday
A packed cruise ship traveling the Atlantic is hit and overturned by a massive wave, compelling the passengers to begin a dramatic fight for their lives.
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5.9/10
2,429 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $160M
- Box office
- $181.7M
- Language
- English
- new year's eve
- daughter
- self-abandonment
- ship
- fire
- drowning
- cataclysm
- escape
- loss of loved one
- shipwreck
- atlantic ocean
- ball
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Produced in
United States of America
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical12 May 2006
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1312 May 2006
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A3 May 2006
- Theatrical12AIMAX version26 May 2006
- Physical1219 Sept 2006
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM1 Jun 2006
CanadaCA
- Theatrical12 May 2006
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical15 Jun 2006
AustriaAT
- Theatrical14 Jul 2006
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1421 Jun 2006
BrazilBR
- Theatrical12Warner mj.gov.br23 Jun 2006
BulgariaBG
- Theatrical12 May 2006
ChinaCN
- Theatrical2 Jun 2006
CroatiaHR
- Theatrical13 Jul 2006
Frequently asked questions
Poseidon was released on 3 May 2006.
Audience reviews
2- J6/10
John Chard
1/12/2020
I wouldn't put a lot of faith on what the captain says. I'm an architect, and these boats weren't designed to float upside down. After playing water games with "The Perfect Storm" six years previously, director Wolfgang Petersen returns to the water to reimage 1972's "The Poseidon Adventure" (novel by Paul Gallico). Story essentially finds a cruise liner capsized by chaotic weather and survivors try to make their…
- J6/10
JPV852
8/17/2025
Decided to give this one another shot, last time was probably when it came out on DVD. Didn't think much of it then and while it's nothing great and the CGI was spotty at times, I still thought it was fairly entertaining if not just another throwaway movie with not much of a lasting effect. On the one hand I can appreciate they didn't bother much with character development and giving us backstories that nobody gives …
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