Meet Joe Black

Released Date
November 13, 1998
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Genre
Romance
Rating
PG-13
Budget
$90,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$44,619,100 + $98,321,000 = $142,940,100
60
Brad Pitt

as Joe Black

86
Anthony Hopkins

as William Parrish

61
Jake Weber

as Drew

94
June Squibb

as Helen

79
Jeffrey Tambor

as Quince

52
Claire Forlani

as Dr. Susan Parrish

64
Marcia Gay Harden

as Allison Parrish

About Meet Joe Black

Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth, and in the process, he falls in love with his guide's daughter.

About

Death as seen in the form of a young man asks a media mogul to teach him about life on Earth. In the process, he falls in love with his mentor's daughter.

Trivia

The movie was loosely based on the 1934 film Death Takes a Holiday. It marked the second time Brad Pitt starred opposite Anthony Hopkins after 1994's Legends of the Fall.