Reception
Critics generally gave unfavorable reviews of the film based on the hackneyed dialogue and inconsistency of the plot, although public acceptance was more forgiving focusing more on the realistic aerial scenes. Rotten Tomatoes, as of September 2006, gave it a "Rotten" rating of 33%. Google Movies provided an average rating of 2.6 out of 5 as of November 2006. Established reviewers did, however, credit the film for the exciting action sequences in the air.
The film opened at #4 the box office with a gross of $6,004,219 from 2,033 theaters for an average of $2,953 per venue. The bottom fell out from then on; the film dropped 61% in its second weekend. It ended up with a total of $13,090,620 domestically, $4,744,235 internationally, and a total worldwide gross of $17,834,865. On December 24, 2006, Variety named it one of the 10 biggest box office flops of the year.
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