<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $140 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $449.2 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Pearl Harbor is a 2001 American biographical romantic period war drama film directed by Michael Bay, produced by Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Randall Wallace . It stars Ben Affleck, Kate Beckinsale, Josh Hartnett, Cuba Gooding Jr., Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Colm Feore and Alec Baldwin . The film is loosely based on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, and the Doolittle Raid . </P> <P> Despite receiving generally negative reviews from critics, the film was a major box office success, earning $59 million in its opening weekend and, in the end, nearly $450 million worldwide . It was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning in the category of Best Sound Editing . However, it was also nominated for six Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture . This marked the first occurrence of a Worst - Picture - nominated film winning an Academy Award . </P>

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