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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1984-10-26
Languageen
Runtime1h 48m
Budget$6,400,000
Revenue$78,371,200
Production

Hemdale, Pacific Western

7.7(15.2k)
19841h 48m

The Terminator

"Your future is in its hands."

Overview

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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