Over the Top
Some fight for money... Some fight for glory... He's fighting for his son's love.
Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship.Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
- Director
- Menahem Golan
- Worldwide
- $16M
Who's in it
Cast
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Story overview
What It's About
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Lincoln Hawk a hard-luck big-rig trucker takes us under the glaring Las Vegas lights for all the boisterous action of the World Armwrestling Championship. Relying on wits and willpower, Hawk tries to rebuild his life by capturing the first-place prize money, and the love of the son he abandoned years earlier into the keeping of his rich, ruthless father-in-law.
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The record
Awards
2 wins · 3 nominations
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award
1 win · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award
Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerGolden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Over the Top returned 0.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $16M
- Release date
- Feb 13, 1987
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- MPAA rating
- PG
- 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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