The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! It was voted the 14th best comedy of all time in a Channel 4 poll. The film was selected by "The New York Times" as one of "The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made". It was named the 7th Funniest Comedy Ever on a poll by "Empire". "The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!" grossed $78.8 million at the box office. The film was released on December 2, 1988 and in its opening weekend, finished in first place, grossing $9.3 million. In its second weekend, it grossed $6.1 million, falling to second place behind the newly released "Twins" ($11.2
Elite Squad Elite Squad Elite Squad (, ) is a 2007 Brazilian crime film directed by José Padilha. The film is a semi-fictional account of the "Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais" (BOPE), the Special Police Operations Battalion of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police, analogous to the American SWAT teams. It is the second feature film and first fiction film of Padilha, who had previously directed the documentary "Bus 174". The script was written by Bráulio Mantovani ("City of God") and Padilha, based on the book "Elite da Tropa" by sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares and two former BOPE captains, André Batista and