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"What we had to do was make a human, fun, comical, dramatic story and the idea of ​​time traveling was to be used just like a device to tell that story." Those are the words of director Robert Kartekis they speak with The signal In 1985 before the release of "Returning to the Future". It has been removed for four decades, what Wreckis has tried to achieve with his picture of a trip in time seems unusual in the light of what has become.

There are movies that people love. There are movies that endure. And then there are films that would be used as a remnant of mankind to prove that we existed if life, as we know it ends. It is there with the likes of the "gone with the wind" and "godfather" is "Back to the future, "undoubtedly the biggest film during the trip ever. But it's just the tip of the iceberg. Safe to say, Kabekis and his co-writer Bob Gale more than they have achieved their goal. They bought humanity with one of the most beloved, lasting Chinese classics of all time.

In this week's box office stories, we look back on "Returning to the Future" in honor of its 40th anniversary. Go out how the movie appeared, it's a very difficult road to the big screen, which happened when it hit the theaters, which happened after its publication, how his legacy was raised over the years and what lessons we can learn from it all these years later. Let's dig, right?

The film is centered on teenager Marty McFley (Michael J. Fox), who was blown up in 1955 in a time machine that eccentric doctor Brown (Christopher Lloyd) built from Delorean. Marty is then located in a chain of events that destroys the time that risks being deleted from existence, unless it can ensure that his future parents wind together. Meanwhile, the past version of Doc Brown should try to fix the machine to help Marty return ... to the future!

Kabis and Gale tried to return "back to the future" for some time, but they have been rejected dozens of times. Didn't help in that They wrote several flats, such as "1941" by Steven Spielberg. In any case, things have changed after P. Strekis suffered a big hit with the "Romanticity of the Stone" in 1984. That is when the duo finally had a chance to get a studio on the ship.

Before, Disney spent "back in the future" because he was "too dirty", Given the things with Marty and his mother. Other study doesn't think it's dirty EnoughWishing something more like "Poroki". Finally, they set a contract to Universal Pictures. Specifically, Spielberg came to the ship as a manufacturer. This will become the first film made in his company Amblin Fun, which was not directed by Spielberg personally.

The existence of every film is nothing shy of a little miracle. Making a timeless classic such as this is pure cosmic. "Back to the Future" almost presented the refrigerator as a time machineinstead of now the iconic Delorean. Only the decision to focus on the past rather than the future was crucial. They also collected an cast, but at first it was not perfect.

The film was Christopher Lloyd ("Taxi") as Doc Brown, Leah Thompson ("Red Dawn") as Lauren McFley, Chrispin Glover ("Edge of River") as George McFley, Claudia Wells ("Herbie, Love," Love, Love. " Oh and, by origin, Eric Stolz like Marty.

Instead of known, Stolz recorded a large part of "Returning to the Future" as the leadership of the film before replacing from a fox. After all, after editing the footage together, Paekis knew something had to change. So, Universal agreed to rethink the role and re -accommodate a large part of the image, at a great expense. What about why Stolet was fired? They needed someone more comical. There were also problems behind the scenes. As Wilson explained in 2011...

"Eric fired a few days before he made his head engulf her because at the scene in the cafeteria ... He drove his arms hard in my collar, I think he really pushed me."

Three are almost countless stories about the production that fills the books. The wider point is, so much could go wrong. So much went wrong. So much extra money was spent. The fact that "returning to the future" made the theaters in good shape was a monumental feat of study film production. What happened after that, no one could predict it.

Universal has launched a brilliant marketing campaign for "Returning to the Future", which carried a $ 19m budget. It was not a small thing at the time. Even so, between an intriguing trailer, the attractive image and the growing attraction of Fox, not to mention that "Steven Spielberg represents" on posters and trailers, there was a lot of audiences here to get involved here.

"Returning to the Future" hit theaters during July 5, 1985. The middle of the week arrived to enter the holiday on July fourth and faced very little by direct competition. At the first weekend, he easily collected charts with $ 11.1 million. Newcomers Emerald Forest ($ 4.3 million) and "Spin-off" by Conan Barbaria "Red Sonja" ($ 2.2 million) were not a competition for the trembling of the time of Kabis and Gale.

Spielberg's fastened name was appropriate, While inventing the summer blockbuster just 10 years earlier with "jaws". Now, he produced them pretty successfully. The "Back to the Future" retained the number one on the charts 11 of the first 12 weeks, only briefly lost "rest" before taking the crown again. Did not turn out from the first 10 by December. Such things are unthinkable in the modern era.

All told, with international gross (and through its various relevers), "Returning to the Future" raised $ 215.6 million at home to leave with $ 173.2 million internationally for a large, $ 388.8 million in total. At home guided by any measure in film business.

Although Hollywood was not just like a franchise obsessed in the mid-80s of the last century, as it is now, the success of that scale still always means that the sequel will happen if there is any feeling to do. Viewers may be reminded of the "To continue ..." card in "Returning to the Future", but it was not added until the announcement of VHS. In an interview for 2015 with HundredsGail explained that they really had no idea that a sequel would happen.

"We had no idea that there would ever be a sequel. As Bob Krequis often says," If we knew we were going to make a sequel, we would never have had Ennenifer to be in the car with it at the very end of the first film. " Because when it comes time to write the latter and understand what we will do - "What will we do with Ennenifer?" "

Despite not facilitating it, Paekis and Gale returned to write and direct "Back to Future II" and "Returning to Future III", which were filmed back, released in November 1989 and May 1990, respectively. Both were great success, taking $ 332 million and $ 245 million worldwide, with $ 40 million in budget production.

While the original "Back to the Future" is still considered to be by far the bestThe trilogy as a whole is considered the best trilogies ever produced. It has also created nearly $ 1 billion in the box office for Universal, putting Kibis and Gale on Hollywood's A-Speaker. However, the influence of this film extends so far above the box office, it is difficult to measure.

In the streaming era we now live, it can be extremely difficult to make a hit of any kind. However, there is this desire at times to try and produce a culturally widespread franchise. Just look at Netflix's "Rebel Moon" by director Zack Snyder. The films were here today, they are gone tomorrow. The trade rot on the shelves at a discount in Walmart.

Trying to buy cultural relevance is a fool. As P. Everything else? It is almost impossible to control. That "Back to the Future" became what became the result of tireless effort from Kabekis, Gale and all involved. They did not think: "We will make a timeless classic that will lead to a theme park." Madness that way lies.

In addition, there is something to say about restraint. This franchise was never restarted. Kabis and Gail have clarified the crystal that "Back to Future 4" will never happenAt least not while living and breathing. Of course, you can make seven films "Jurassic Park", but the law on reducing the refund begins at some point. As it exists, this film is special, and part of it is because it is final.

This is partly the reason why the "return to the future" trilogy is still reasoning today. It is untouched by greed and contemporary Hollywood. The restriction is, in many ways, its own form of success.