battle scenes." On Metacritic, the film has an aggregated score of 47 out of 100 based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Box office The film opened at #4 at the domestic box office, grossing $6,004,219 from 2,033 theaters, an average of $2,953 per auditorium. The bottom then fell out, the film dropping a whopping 61% in its second weekend. Flyboys ended up with a total domestic gross of $13,090,620, $4,744,235 internationally, and a total worldwide gross of $17,834,865. Variety named it one of the 10 biggest box office flops of the year. See also The Legion of the Condemned (1928) Lafayette Escadrille (1958) References Citations Bibliography Farmer, Jim. "The Making of Flyboys." Air Classics, Vol. 42, No. 11, November 2006. Winchester, Jim, ed. "Fokker DR.1: JG 1". Biplanes, Triplanes and Seaplanes (Aviation Factfile). London: Grange Books plc, 2004. . External links 2006 films 2006 romantic drama films 2000s war drama films British romantic drama films British war drama films American romantic drama films American war drama films 2000s French-language films 2000s German-language films Films scored by Trevor Rabin World War I films based on actual events Films set in the 1910s Films set in 1916 Lafayette Escadrille Military fiction Western Front (World War I) films American World War I films British World War I films World War I aviation films Films shot at Elstree Film Studios Skydance Media films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by Tony Bill 2000s English-language films 2000s American films 2000s British films Films set in New York City Films set in Paris Films set in Texas Films set in Nebraska