Airplane!
“What's slower than a speeding bullet, and able to hit tall buildings at a single bound?”
An ex-fighter pilot is forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.
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2 films
Cast
76 people
Robert Hays
Ted Striker
Known for
Iron Man
Cat's Eye
Julie Hagerty
Elaine Dickinson
Known for
Marriage Story
Instant Family
Andy Gibb, Stephen Stucker
Johnny
Leslie Nielsen
Dr. Rumack
Known for
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Roger Murdock
Known for
The Stand
Game of Death
Lloyd Bridges
Steve McCroskey
Known for
Hot Shots! Part Deux
High Noon
Peter Graves
Capt. Clarence Oveur
Known for
Mission: Impossible
The Night of the Hunter
Robert Stack
Captain Rex Kramer
Known for
Hercules
To Be or Not to Be
Lorna Patterson
Randy
Also in
Private Benjamin
Working Stiffs
Jill Whelan
Lisa Davis
Known for
The Love Boat
The Bold and the Beautiful
Ann Nelson
Hanging Lady
Known for
My Girl
Fame
Jim Abrahams
Religious Zealot #6
Also in
Coming to America
Hearts of Hot Shots! Part Deux—A Filmmaker's Apology
Jerry Zucker Director · Jim Abrahams Director David Zucker Director
Worldwide gross $83M · Budget $3.5M · United States release June 27, 1980
Box office
Budget
$3,500,000
Worldwide gross
$83,453,539
Gross vs. budget
23.8×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Howard W. Koch Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · June 27, 1980
Theatrical
United States · June 27, 1980
Theatrical
Australia
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
France
September 23, 1980 · Theatrical
Germany
November 13, 1980 · Theatrical
July 23, 2020 · Physical
Greece
December 12, 1980 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 20, 1988 · Theatrical
Ireland
August 15, 1980 · Theatrical
Italy
October 30, 1980 · Theatrical
Japan
December 13, 1980 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 13, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
December 18, 1980 · Theatrical
October 15, 2001 · Physical · DVD
January 18, 2003 · TV · SBS 6
September 26, 2011 · Physical · Blu-ray
New Zealand
September 24, 2025 · Physical
Poland
January 1, 1984 · Theatrical
Portugal
December 19, 1980 · Theatrical
Romania
July 2, 1980 · Theatrical
Slovakia
December 31, 2025 · TV · JOJ PLUS
Spain
December 18, 1980 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 25, 1980 · Theatrical
February 21, 2001 · Physical · DVD
October 14, 2019 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
July 2, 1980 · Theatrical
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