In the movie Back To The Future, a young man is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his friend, Dr. Emmett Brown, and must make sure his high-school-age parents unite in order to save his own existence.
Back To The Future was the highest grossing theatrical release of 1985. It took in more than $210 million. In today’s money, that would be over $600 million.
Director Robert Zemeckis went on to win Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for Forrest Gump (1994).
At the time of the theatrical release of Back To The Future, star Michael J. Fox was starring on TV’s #2 most popular show, Family Ties.
The film spawned two sequels, the first released in 1989 and the second in 1990.
Fret not that a remake will ever come to theaters. “Over my dead body,” says Robert Zemeckis. He owns the rights to the movie franchise until his death, and you will never see a remake of the film, at least until after he has died.
