????1、《星球大戰》（1977）

????第一部《星球大戰》以4.61億美元的美國本土票房（相當于2015年的18億美元）勇奪榜首寶座。對一部剛開始連投拍都萬分困難的電影來說，這實在是一個了不起的成就。聯藝公司、環球影業和迪斯尼公司當時都對喬治?盧卡斯這部不起眼的小科幻片不屑一顧。最終，20世紀福克斯公司勉勉強強同意一試。

????事實證明，這個決策無比英明，也讓電影公司終于懂得了搶占先機的道理。2012年，當初說不的沃爾特?迪斯尼公司以40多億美元的價格，收購了盧卡斯影業公司，與當年答應拍攝這部電影相比，這個代價實在高太多了，這部片子的預算僅僅1100萬美元。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》。

????當然，當年如果他們肯投拍第一部，他們就有充分的機會賺到所有這一切了。不過，遲來的六部曲總好過一部也沒有吧。（財富中文網）

????譯者：清遠

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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.