Police Academy
“The new police recruits. Call them slobs. Call them jerks. Call them gross. Just don't call them when you're in trouble.”
New rules enforced by the Lady Mayoress mean that sex, weight, height and intelligence need no longer be a factor for joining the Police Force. This opens the floodgates for all and sundry to enter the Police Academy, much to the chagrin of the instructors. Not everyone is there through choice, though. Social misfit Mahoney has been forced to sign up as the only alternative to a jail sentence and it doesn't take long before he falls foul of the boorish Lieutenant Harris. But before long, Mahoney realises that he is enjoying being a police cadet and decides he wants to stay... while Harris decides he wants Mahoney out!
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7 films
Police Academy
Movie · 1984
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Movie · 1985
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Movie · 1986
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Movie · 1987
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Movie · 1988
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Movie · 1989
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Movie · 1994
Cast
67 people
Steve Guttenberg
Carey Mahoney
Known for
Short Circuit
3 Men and a Baby
Kim Cattrall
Karen Thompson
Known for
Sex and the City
Big Trouble in Little China
G.W. Bailey
Lieutenant Harris
Known for
The Closer
Major Crimes
Bubba Smith
Moses Hightower
Known for
Blue Thunder
Black Moon Rising
Donovan Scott
Leslie Barbara
Known for
Sheena
Popeye
George Gaynes
Commandant Lassard
Known for
Punky Brewster
Tootsie
Andrew Rubin
George Martin
Known for
From the Earth to the Moon
Little Miss Marker
David Graf
Tackleberry
Known for
Guarding Tess
The Brady Bunch Movie
Leslie Easterbrook
Sergeant Callahan
Known for
The Devil's Rejects
Laverne & Shirley
Michael Winslow
Larvell Jones
Known for
Spaceballs
2 Lava 2 Lantula!
Debralee Scott
Mrs. Fackler
Known for
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud
Bruce Mahler
Doug Fackler
Known for
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Hugh Wilson Director · Pat Proft Screenplay Neal Israel Screenplay
Worldwide gross $81M · Budget $4.5M · United States release March 22, 1984
Box office
Budget
$4,500,000
Worldwide gross
$81,198,894
Gross vs. budget
18.0×
Production
The Ladd Company
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Netherlands · March 22, 1984
Premiere
United States · March 22, 1984
Theatrical
United States · December 31, 1984
Physical · VHS
Australia
April 19, 1984 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 16, 1984 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 7, 1984 · Theatrical
Finland
August 17, 1984 · Theatrical
France
September 5, 1984 · Theatrical
December 6, 1999 · Physical · VHS
March 8, 2000 · Physical · DVD
November 30, 2011 · Digital · VOD
June 1, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
January 3, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
December 24, 2025 · TV · RTL9
Germany
September 13, 1984 · Theatrical
Greece
July 15, 1984 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 23, 1984 · Theatrical
Ireland
June 29, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
August 8, 1984 · Theatrical
Japan
October 6, 1984 · Theatrical
Portugal
September 21, 1984 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 31, 1985 · Theatrical
Spain
July 2, 1984 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 29, 1984 · Theatrical
July 28, 2004 · Physical · DVD
November 20, 2013 · Physical · Blu-ray
United Kingdom
May 4, 1984 · Theatrical
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