One thing about Star Wars that will surely make you laugh: when Star Wars was released, there was anticipation for a film called The Other Side of Midnight, which was an adaptation of a best-seller novel. Fearing that Star Wars would become a flop, 20th Century Fox forced cinemas to buy Star Wars if they wanted to have The Other Side of Midnight. The result? Star Wars gave way to a widely successful gigantic multimedia experience (some cinemas even screened Star Wars for a whole year) and The Other Side of Midnight became a great flop.
Also, a thing that is quite fun: Lucas bet Spielberg that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would outperform Star Wars in the box office. The winner would get 2.5% of the other's film proceeds. To this day, Spielberg is still receiving proceeds from Star Wars: A New Hope.
Also, a thing that is quite fun: Lucas bet Spielberg that Close Encounters of the Third Kind would outperform Star Wars in the box office. The winner would get 2.5% of the other's film proceeds. To this day, Spielberg is still receiving proceeds from Star Wars: A New Hope.