Top Gun
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For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true.But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
- Director
- Tony Scott
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $357M
Who's in it
Cast
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For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
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The record
Awards
0 wins · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Film Editing
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Sound Editing
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Top Gun returned 23.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $15M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $357M
- Release date
- May 16, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- 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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