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Released
1997 · FILM

Air Force One

When a covert team of Russian and American operatives captures a nuclear-armed neo‑Soviet dictator, a treacherous mole hijacks the president’s return flight, forcing the U.S. leader to battle terrorists aboard Air Force One to save his family and prevent global war.

“The fate of the nation rests on the courage of one man.”

Directed by
Wolfgang Petersen, David M Dunlap
Written by
Andrew W Marlowe, Matt Golden
Rated
MPA · R
Runtime
124 min
ActionCrimeDrama

Synopsis

When Russian neo-nationalists hijack Air Force One, the world is thrown into chaos as the president of the United States is taken hostage. A group of former military operatives, led by a retired Air Force pilot, must mount a daring rescue mission to recover the president and regain control of the aircraft before the hijackers can reach their ultimate goal. As tensions escalate, the team must navigate a high-stakes game of strategy and survival, with the fate of the nation hanging in the balance.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 846+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Richard Francis BruceShot by Michael BallhausScored by Jerry GoldsmithDesigned by William SandellSound by D M HemphillCostumes by Erica Edell PhillipsStunts by Doug ColemanVFX by Richard Edlund

Box Office

1997 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.7× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$315.2M

Budget$85.0M
Worldwide gross$315.2M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $173.0M — 55% of worldwide · International: $142.2M (45%)

Opening weekend: $37.1M — 21% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $55.0M — 32% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 2,919 theaters

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  • Air Force Onede

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