????1、《星球大戰(zhàn)》（1977）

????第一部《星球大戰(zhàn)》以4.61億美元的美國(guó)本土票房（相當(dāng)于2015年的18億美元）勇奪榜首寶座。對(duì)一部剛開始連投拍都萬(wàn)分困難的電影來(lái)說(shuō)，這實(shí)在是一個(gè)了不起的成就。聯(lián)藝公司、環(huán)球影業(yè)和迪斯尼公司當(dāng)時(shí)都對(duì)喬治?盧卡斯這部不起眼的小科幻片不屑一顧。最終，20世紀(jì)?？怂构久忝銖?qiáng)強(qiáng)同意一試。

????事實(shí)證明，這個(gè)決策無(wú)比英明，也讓電影公司終于懂得了搶占先機(jī)的道理。2012年，當(dāng)初說(shuō)不的沃爾特?迪斯尼公司以40多億美元的價(jià)格，收購(gòu)了盧卡斯影業(yè)公司，與當(dāng)年答應(yīng)拍攝這部電影相比，這個(gè)代價(jià)實(shí)在高太多了，這部片子的預(yù)算僅僅1100萬(wàn)美元。迪斯尼接手后，頭一件事就是投拍全新的三部曲，開篇之作將是定于2015年12月上映的《原力覺醒》。

????當(dāng)然，當(dāng)年如果他們肯投拍第一部，他們就有充分的機(jī)會(huì)賺到所有這一切了。不過(guò)，遲來(lái)的六部曲總好過(guò)一部也沒有吧。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：清遠(yuǎn)

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????1. Star Wars (1977)

????The original “Star Wars” tops our list, with a $461 million domestic box office take that translates to $1.8 billion in 2015. Not bad for a movie that faced a huge uphill battle simply to get made. Such major studios as United Artists, Universal and Disney DIS -1.15% all passed on George Lucas’ peculiar little science fiction project, and finally it was 20th Century Fox that grudgingly said yes.

????It turned out to be a good decision, as well as a good lesson on the importance of getting in on the ground floor. Walt Disney, one of the original naysayers, bought George Lucas’ production company, Lucasfilm, in 2012 for over $4 billion, considerably more than they would have had to pay if they had just said yes to the first movie, whose budget was $11 million. Their first order of business is a new trilogy of sequels, which starts in December 2015 with “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens.”

????Of course, if they had just said “yes” to the first movie, they would have had a ground floor opportunity to own the whole enchilada, but hey — better six episodes late than never.