'' Sully '' premiered at the 43rd Annual Telluride Film Festival on September 2 , 2016 , and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. on September 9 , 2016 , in conventional and IMAX theaters . The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed over $ 240 million worldwide , but created controversy with its fictionalized portrayal of the National Transportation Safety Board ( NTSB ) as " prosecutorial and closed-minded . " The American Film Institute and National Board of Review both selected it as one of their ten best films of 2016 , and it received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound Editing at the 89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Sully (film)