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Star Wars opened in a relatively small number of theaters on Wednesday, May 25, 1977. At a certain point, I'm sure studio executives thought to themselves, "Holy Shit!"

So, what was the first science fiction movie entirely written, cast, and directed post-Star Wars? And it might be interesting to talk about a film which was either artistically successful or financially successfully, but I'm really looking for the first Sci Fi film which was both. Even though I know this is something we can't entirely nail down.

I might say Alien in Spring of '79?
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