Flight of the Navigator
David Freeman is eight years late for dinner, and his family wants to know why. But David's got an absolutely fantastic excuse.
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed.His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged.When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
- Director
- Randal Kleiser
- Signature
- Wonder · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $19M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
19 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Flight of the Navigator actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Flight of the Navigator appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Time Travel Movies Ranked #23
Placed at #23 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Flight of the Navigator returned 2.1× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $9M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $19M
- Release date
- Jul 30, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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