Monday, September 3, 2007

Reception

The film opened in the United States in 1,028 theatres on May 16, 1986. On its first weekend it came in at number one with a $8,193,052 gross, and went on to a total domestic figure of $176,786,701. Internationally it was embraced, taking in $177,030,000 for a worldwide box office total of $353,816,701.[5] The film was praised for the action sequences but its dramatic side was criticized, as by Roger Ebert who makes light of the situation by saying that "The dogfights are absolutely the best since Clint Eastwood's electrifying aerial scenes in Firefox. But look out for the scenes where the people talk to one another".[6] New York Times critic Walter Goodman hailed its action ability saying that it "fires off as spectacular a show of state-of-the-art jet battle" but later writes that "The excitement is switched off on landing",[7] echoing the thoughts of reviews such as Ebert's.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun_%28film%29

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