Donna soon realizes that she is lonely and unhappy and misses Ted. With Weston's encouragement, she returns to Cleveland and the two reconcile. The film ends with Donna wishing her passengers well as they land in Cleveland, though she is now a pilot. Cast Soundtrack Bonus tracks Release and reception View from the Top opened on March 21, 2003 (it was originally scheduled for Christmas 2001, but in light of the September 11 attacks and due to the fact that the story revolves around a flight attendant on numerous planes, the release was pushed back) and grossed $7,009,513 in its opening weekend, ranking number four behind Bringing Down the House, Dreamcatcher, and Agent Cody Banks. The film would eventually gross $15,614,000 domestically and $3,912,014 internationally, totaling $19,526,014 worldwide, below the production budget of $30 million. On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a rating of 14% based on reviews from 123 critics, with the site's consensus "Uneven in tone and badly edited, View From the Top wastes the talents of its cast and condescends to its characters." Paltrow herself later disparaged the film, calling it "the worst movie ever". British comedian Richard Ayoade wrote the book Ayoade on Top, an in-depth comic analysis of the film, in 2019. "Ayoade argues for the canonisation of this brutal masterpiece, a film that celebrates capitalism in all its victimless glory; one we might imagine Donald Trump himself half-watching on his private jet’s gold-plated flat screen while his other puffy eye scans the cabin for fresh, young prey." References External links Movie stills 2003 films 2003 romantic comedy films American romantic comedy films Films directed by Bruno Barreto American aviation films Miramax films Films postponed due to the September 11 attacks Films set on airplanes Films shot in Ohio Films shot in New York (state) Films shot in Nevada Films shot in France Films set in Nevada Films about flight attendants Films scored by Theodore Shapiro 2000s English-language films Films produced by Brad Grey 2000s American films