1. Star Wars (1977)

　　1、《星球大战》(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. Suchmajor 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.

　　第一部《星球大战》以4.61亿美元的美国本土票房(相当于2015年的18亿美元)勇夺榜首宝座。对一部刚开始连投拍都万分困难的电影来说，这实在是一个了不起的成就。联艺公司、环球影业和迪斯尼公司当时都对乔治•卢卡斯这部不起眼的小科幻片不屑一顾。最终，20世纪福克斯公司勉勉强强同意一试。

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

　　事实证明，这个决策无比英明，也让电影公司终于懂得了抢占先机的道理。2012年，当初说不的沃尔特•迪斯尼公司以40多亿美元的价格，收购了卢卡斯影业公司，与当年答应拍摄这部电影相比，这个代价实在高太多了，这部片子的预算仅仅1100万美元。迪斯尼接手后，头一件事就是投拍全新的三部曲，开篇之作将是定于2015年12月上映的《原力觉醒》。

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

　　当然，当年如果他们肯投拍第一部，他们就有充分的机会赚到所有这一切了。不过，迟来的六部曲总好过一部也没有吧。

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