Editing Top Secret! (section)

===Box office===
The film was considered a [[box-office bomb]], though it still earned $20 million.<ref name=ScreenCrush/><ref>{{Cite news|author=Easton, Nina|date=December 2, 1988|title=Direct From the Files of the Play Squad|work=Los Angeles Times|page=E1}}</ref> A 1991 article speculated two possible reasons – the performance of ''[[Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' (although it had different producers from the original), along with "the lack of any clear sense of period, something that may throw viewers who insist on comedic nonessentials like interior logic. It's basically a parody of World War II-French Resistance movies, but along the way it also skewers '50s rock 'n' roll films&nbsp;... '60s "Beach Party" movies and 'The Blue Lagoon,' among other lampoon-worthy source material."<ref>{{Cite news|author=Lewis, Randy|date=August 8, 1991|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-08-ol-276-story.html|title='Top Secret' Has Lived Up to Name|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> "The lesson we took from ''Airplane!'' was just fill up 90 minutes with jokes, and you have a movie", reflected David Zucker later. "With ''Top Secret'', it's very funny, but it really isn't a good movie. It really didn't have a plot or real characters or real structure."<ref>Felty, Dana (November 3, 2006). [http://savannahnow.com/coastal-empire/2006-11-02/zucker-shares-secrets-slapstick "Zucker shares secrets of slapstick"]. [[savannahnow.com]] (''[[Savannah Morning News]]''). Retrieved January 27, 2017.</ref>