A Comprehensive Guide To Airport-Themed Movies

The Airport film series is a 1970s franchise consisting of four films: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79*. Based on the 1968 novel *Airport* by Arthur Hailey, the films were airplane-themed disaster movies. The first film was a monster hit, grossing $100m off a $10m budget. However, the fourth film in the series was the least successful, making $13m off a $14m budget.

The four films in the series are: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79*

The *Airport* film series consists of four films: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport 77* and *The Concorde... Airport 79*. The films are based on the 1968 novel *Airport* by Arthur Hailey, and are all airplane-themed disaster films. The first film, *Airport*, was released in 1970 and was a huge success, grossing $100 million off a $10 million budget. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, although its star, Burt Lancaster, famously called it 'the biggest piece of junk ever made'. The sequels were also hits, with the four films making a combined total of $387.5 million worldwide. The only actor to appear in all four films is George Kennedy, who plays Joe Patroni, a character who progresses from a chief mechanic to an airline pilot.

The films are based on the 1968 novel *Airport* by Arthur Hailey

There were four films in the *Airport* series: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79* (or *Airport '80: The Concorde* in the UK and Japan). The films are based on the 1968 novel *Airport* by Arthur Hailey, an English author known for writing novels based on broad industries. Hailey had previously written *Hotel*, which became a 1967 movie and a popular 1980s television series. Hailey also wrote *Zero Hour!* in 1957, which was an airline disaster film.

The first film in the series, *Airport*, was released in 1970 and was a monster hit, grossing $100 million off a $10 million budget. It was nominated for ten Academy Awards, although its star Burt Lancaster called it "the biggest piece of junk ever made". The film was based on a Chicago airport manager named Bakersfeld (played by Lancaster) and his pilot brother-in-law Demarest (played by Dean Martin).

The sequels were also hits, although the fourth film in the series, *The Concorde... Airport '79*, was the least successful, making $13 million off a $14 million budget. The only actor to appear in all four films is George Kennedy, who plays Joe Patroni, a character who progresses from a chief mechanic in the first film to a vice president of operations, a consultant, and an experienced pilot in the fourth film.

The only actor to appear in all four films is George Kennedy, as Joe Patroni

There were four films in the *Airport* series: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79*. The films were based on the 1968 novel *Airport* by Arthur Hailey. The only actor to appear in all four films is George Kennedy, as Joe Patroni. Patroni's character evolves throughout the series: he goes from being a chief mechanic in the first film to a vice president of operations in *Airport 1975*, a consultant in *Airport '77*, and an experienced pilot in *The Concorde... Airport '79*.

The first film grossed $100m off a $10m budget

The *Airport* film series, based on the 1968 novel of the same name by Arthur Hailey, consisted of four films: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79*. The first film, released in 1970, was a monster hit, grossing $100m off a $10m budget. It was a big deal at the time, and was nominated for ten Academy Awards. However, the film's star, Burt Lancaster, was not a fan, calling it "the biggest piece of junk ever made".

The success of the first film led to three sequels, the first two of which were also hits. The sequels were *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79*. The only actor to appear in all four films was George Kennedy, who played the character Joe Patroni. Over the course of the series, Patroni's character evolves from a chief mechanic in the first film to a vice president of operations in the second, a consultant in the third, and an experienced pilot in the fourth.

The fourth film in the series was produced at a cost of $14m, the highest budget of the four films, but only made $13m, the lowest gross of the series. This marked the end of the series.

The fourth film in the series was the most expensive to produce, but made the least money

There were four films in the *Airport* series: *Airport*, *Airport 1975*, *Airport '77* and *The Concorde... Airport '79* (titled *Airport '80: The Concorde* in the UK and Japan). The fourth film in the series was the most expensive to produce, costing $14 million, but it made the least money, grossing only $13 million. This was the lowest gross of the series. The first film, by contrast, grossed $100 million off a $10 million budget.

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