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Airplane!Follow

1980 • PG • 1h 28m • Comedy • Paramount Pictures

What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?

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🍅 97% 89% MC 78 LB 3.82 IMDb 7.7

Box office summary

Domestic total
$83.50M
Final
Worldwide total
$83.50M
Domestic only
Budget$3.5M
1980 rank#4
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Cast & crew

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Jim Abrahams Jim Abrahams Director David Zucker David Zucker Director Jerry Zucker Jerry Zucker Director Julie Hagerty Julie Hagerty Starring Leslie Nielsen Leslie Nielsen Starring Robert Stack Robert Stack Starring Paramount Pictures Studio
Written byJim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker Produced byJon Davison CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc Music byElmer Bernstein StudioParamount Pictures

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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