Editing Hot Shots! Part Deux (section)

==Reception==
{{Anchor|Critics|Critical response}}
Reviews for the film were mixed.<ref>{{cite news|title= MOVIE REVIEW : 'Deux' Meets Happy-Nonsense Caliber of 'Shots!' |work= [[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=1993-05-21|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-21-ca-38036-story.html|access-date=2010-11-27|first=Kevin|last=Thomas}}</ref><ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hot_shots_part_deux/ |title= ''Hot Shots! Part Deux'' | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=2013-04-17}}</ref> [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gave it a score of 59% based on reviews from 34 critics with the consensus stating, "Audiences who enjoyed the first ''Hot Shots!'' will probably get tickled by this second helping, although the barrage of laughs miss more than they hit this time around".<ref name="tomatoes" />

[[Roger Ebert]] noted that the film references such movies as ''[[Rambo III]]'', ''[[Lady and the Tramp]]'', and ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', as well as the [[fairy tale]] ''[[Goldilocks and the Three Bears]]''. He concluded, "Movies like this are more or less impervious to the depredations of movie critics. Either you laugh, or you don't. I laughed."<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hot-shots-part-deux-1993 |last= Ebert |first= Roger |date= May 21, 1993 |title= Hot Shots, Part Deux |work=[[Rogerebert.com]]|access-date= January 13, 2014}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Box office}}
The film became a financial success at the box office in 1993, grossing over $130 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=hotshots2.htm|title=''Hot Shots! Part Deux'' |work= [[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2007-12-23}}</ref>