Tagline: Here to protect.
Hellboy movie storyline. Born in the flames of hell, and brought to our world in a pagan ritual, the fierce red hero, Hellboy, was saved by his friend and mentor, the benevolent Dr. Broom. Raised in Broom’s Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy joins the likes of the “Mer-Man” Abe Sapien, Liz Sherman, the woman he loves who can psychically control fire, and Myers, the FBI agent who is his rival for Liz’s affections.
Together, our heroes must come to terms with fantastic powers that prove to be both a blessing and a curse. In the process they discover that their abilities serve to benefit mankind but may also keep them forever isolated from the society that only they can protect.
Hellboy is a 2004 American supernatural superhero film directed by Guillermo del Toro and starring Ron Perlman, loosely based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novel Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola. In the film, a demonic beast-turned superhero known as Hellboy, secretly works to keep the world safe from paranormal threats with his team, the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. The film was a minor box office success, and was favorably received by critics. A sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, was released on July 11, 2008.
The film opened in wide release on April 2, 2004 where it grossed USD $23.1 million in 3,028 theaters on its opening weekend. It went on to gross $59.7 million in North America and $39.7 million in the rest of the world for a worldwide total of $99.4 million against a budget of $66 million.
Hellboy (2004)
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Jeffrey Tambor, Karel Roden, Doug Jones, Rupert Evans, Victoria Smurfit, Bridget Hodson, Corey Johnson, Ladislav Beran
Screenplay by: Guillermo del Toro
Production Design by: Stephen Scott
Cinematography by: Guillermo Navarro
Film Editing by: Peter Amundson
Costume Design by: Wendy Partridge
Set Decoration by: Hilton Rosemarin, Simon Wakefield
Art Direction by: Marco Bittner Rosser, Peter Francis, James Hambidge, Simon Lamont
Music by: Marco Beltrami
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and frightening images.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: April 2, 2004
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