Editing Airport (1970 film) (section)

==Reception==

===Box office===
The film grossed $235,000 in its opening week at Radio City Music Hall, placing seventh at the US box office.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-03-18_258_5/page/13|date=March 18, 1970|page=13}}</ref> It expanded to more cities in its third week of release and went to [[List of 1970 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]] where it stayed for a second week.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-04-08_258_8/page/11|date=April 8, 1970|page=11}}</ref> It returned to number one in its eighth week of release where it again spent two weeks at the top; a feat repeated three weeks later<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-05-06_258_12/page/11|date=May 6, 1970|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-05-27_259_2/page/11|date=May 27, 1970|page=11}}</ref> After 12 weeks of release, it had grossed $9.5 million, including $2.6 million at Radio City Music Hall.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=$9,510,729 U.S. Gross To Date!|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-06-10_259_4/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater|date=June 10, 1970|pages=9–11}}</ref> It returned again to the top spot in its 17th and 19th week of release for a total of eight weeks at number one.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-07-08_259_8/page/11|date=July 8, 1970|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=50 Top-Grossing Films|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-07-22_259_10/page/11|date=July 22, 1970|page=11}}</ref>

By the end of the year, it was the highest-grossing film of the year with [[theatrical rental]]s of $37.7 million in the United States and Canada and the seventh highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada of all-time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Big Rental Films of 1970 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-06_261_8/page/11/mode/1up|date=January 6, 1971|page=11}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=All-Time Box Office Champs|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-06_261_8/page/12/mode/1up|date=January 6, 1971|page=12}}</ref> Universal claimed that it was the highest-grossing film without a [[roadshow release]] of all-time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=1...all from Universal (advertisement)|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1971-01-13_261_9/page/36/mode/2up|date=January 13, 1971|pages=36–37}}</ref>

It went on to gross $100,489,151 in the United States and Canada, which, adjusted for inflation, is equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|100.489151|1970}} million in {{Inflation-year|US}}.<ref name="Box Office Mojo">{{Mojo title | id=airport | title=Airport}}</ref> Internationally, it grossed $27.9&nbsp;million for a worldwide gross of $128.4&nbsp;million.<ref name=foreign>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Daily Variety]] |title=Universal's Foreign Champs|date=February 6, 1990 |page=122}}</ref>

===Critical response===
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote: "Based on the novel by Arthur Hailey, over-produced by Ross Hunter with a cast of stars as long as a jet runway, and adapted and directed by George Seaton in a glossy, slick style, ''Airport'' is a handsome, often dramatically involving $10 million epitaph to a bygone brand of filmmaking" but added that the film "does not create suspense because the audience knows how it's going to end."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1969/film/reviews/airport-1200422292/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Film reviews: Airport|date=1970|access-date=July 22, 2019|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722211352/https://variety.com/1969/film/reviews/airport-1200422292/|url-status=live}}</ref>[[Boxoffice]] praised the film's strong production values, excellent cast, and potential to be very popular but foresaw that other critics' opinions would not be universally favourable.<ref>https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/29864529/boxoffice-february231970 Boxoffice, February 23, 1970, Feature Reviews, p.11</ref>  Film critic [[Pauline Kael]] gave ''Airport'' one of its worst contemporary reviews, scornfully dismissing it as "bland entertainment of the old school."<ref name="Kael">{{Cite book |last=Kael |first=Pauline |author-link=Pauline Kael |title=5001 Nights at the Movies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4LzeUZ03vQC |year=2011 |orig-year=1991 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company |location=New York |isbn=978-1-250-03357-4 |page=12 |access-date=2016-11-02 |archive-date=2017-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214220331/https://books.google.com/books?id=w4LzeUZ03vQC |url-status=live }}</ref> "There's no electricity in it", she wrote; "every stereotyped action is followed by a stereotyped reaction."<ref name="Kael"/> [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film two stars out of four and faulted a predictable plot and characters that "talk in regulation B-movie clichés like no B-movie you've seen in ten years."<ref name="Roger Ebert">{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19700101/REVIEWS/1010301/1023 |title=Ebert's review of 'Airport' |access-date=2009-08-31 |work=Chicago Sun-Times |archive-date=2013-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309234742/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F19700101%2FREVIEWS%2F1010301%2F1023 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gene Siskel]] gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and reported that while the theater audience cheered at the climax, "it's a long and torturous road to the applause. Blocking the path are speeches that promote the industry, dialog that ranks among the silliest in memory, and a labored plot that tells you everything twice.<ref>Siskel, Gene (March 25, 1970). "Airport". ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''. Section 2, p. 6.</ref> [[Vincent Canby]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "an immensely silly film—and it will probably entertain people who no longer care very much about movies."<ref>Canby, Vincent (March 6, 1970). "[https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DEFDB1638EE34BC4E53DFB566838B669EDE The Screen: Multi-Plot, Multi-Star 'Airport' Opens] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102005806/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E0DEFDB1638EE34BC4E53DFB566838B669EDE |date=2013-11-02 }}". ''[[The New York Times]]''. 34.</ref> [[Charles Champlin]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called the film "breath-taking in its celebration of anything which used to work when Hollywood was younger and we were all more innocent."<ref>Champlin, Charles (March 21, 1970). "'Airport' Recalls Older Hollywood". ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Part II, p. 7.</ref> Gary Arnold of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called it "a lousy movie" that was "utterly predictable."<ref>Arnold, Gary (March 24, 1970). "Lousy 'Airport'". ''[[The Washington Post]]''. B6.</ref> ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote, "Corny is really the only word for this unbelievably old-fashioned look at the modern phenomenon of an international airport: the one surprise is that the sweet old white-haired stowaway doesn't spring to the controls and bring the distressed aircraft down single-handed as [[Julie (1956 film)|Doris Day did]] once upon a time in analogous circumstances."<ref>{{cite journal |date=June 1970 |title=Airport |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=37 |issue=437 |pages=126–127 }}</ref>

[[Christopher Null]] wrote in 2000, "With one grandiose entrance, ''Airport'' ushered in a genre of moviemaking that is still going strong—the disaster movie... Too bad the 'disaster' doesn't happen until 2 hours into the 2:15 movie. No matter—''Airport''{{'}}s unending sequels and spoofs are a testament that this film is a true piece of Americana, for good or for bad."<ref name="filmcritic">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Airport |work=Filmcritic.com |title=Airport |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100202220109/http://www.filmcritic.com/misc/emporium.nsf/reviews/Airport |archive-date=2010-02-02 }}</ref> Despite the film being one of the most profitable of Burt Lancaster's career, he called it "a piece of junk."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Montreal Gazette]]|date=March 8, 1971|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19710308&id=uJgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3906,1786621|title=Airport 'junk' – Lancaster|access-date=June 27, 2015|archive-date=April 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426212652/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19710308&id=uJgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oqAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3906,1786621|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Stafford, Jeff|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19875/airport#articles-reviews?articleId=66927|title=Airport|work=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|access-date=2024-10-24}}</ref>

Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a rating of 75%, based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/airport/ |title=Airport (1970) |access-date=July 10, 2022 |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430124223/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/airport |url-status=live }}</ref>  On Metacritic, the film holds an average rating of 42/100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{Citation|title=Airport|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/airport|access-date=2018-11-03|archive-date=2020-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215195735/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/airport|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="10"| [[43rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| [[Ross Hunter]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |title=The 43rd Academy Awards (1971) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-27 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=2015-04-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402003910/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1971 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Helen Hayes]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Maureen Stapleton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium]]
| [[George Seaton]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Alexander Golitzen]] and [[E. Preston Ames]]; <br /> Set Decoration: [[Jack D. Moore]] and [[Mickey S. Michaels]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Ernest Laszlo]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Edith Head]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Stuart Gilmore]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]
| [[Alfred Newman]]{{efn|Posthumous nomination.}}
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| [[Ronald Pierce (sound engineer)|Ronald Pierce]] and [[David H. Moriarty]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[American Cinema Editors|American Cinema Editors Awards]]
| [[American Cinema Editors Award for Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic|Best Edited Feature Film]]
| Stuart Gilmore
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[24th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| Maureen Stapleton
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1971/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1971 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1966 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1966}}}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[28th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/airport |title=Airport – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1971}}}}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| [[George Kennedy]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Maureen Stapleton
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Karen Black]] for ''[[Five Easy Pieces]]''.}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score – Motion Picture]]
| Alfred Newman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing – Dialogue]]
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[13th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy Awards]]
| [[Best Instrumental Composition]]
| "''Airport'' Love Theme" – Alfred Newman
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/13th-annual-grammy-awards |title=13th Annual GRAMMY Awards |publisher=Grammy.com| access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special]]
| Alfred Newman
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Laurel Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| {{draw|5th place}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| 
|-
| Top Male Supporting Performance
| George Kennedy
| {{nom}}
|-
| Top Female Supporting Performance
| Helen Hayes
| {{won}}
|-
| Top Composer
| Alfred Newman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[23rd Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Drama – Adapted from Another Medium]]
| George Seaton
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |work=wga.org |publisher=Writers Guild of America |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=2012-12-05 |access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
|}

===Television===
The film was first broadcast on Canada's [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] on October 24, 1973, nearly a month before [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] on November 11. The ABC broadcast became the joint highest-rated film on television, matching ''[[Love Story (1970 film)|Love Story]]'', with a [[Nielsen rating]] of 42.3 but with a slightly higher audience share of 63% (compared to ''Love Story'''s 62%).<ref name=rating>{{cite magazine|title=Hit Movies on U.S. TV Since 1961|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=January 24, 1990|page=160}}</ref> The record was beaten in 1976 by ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]''.<ref name=rating/>