E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: 40 Years Of Everyone's Favorite Alien
From a box office hit to a video game nightmare, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial would become one of the most talked-about movies of the 1980s. 40 years later, it is still one of the most beloved science fiction movies of all time. Whether someone has seen it or not, if asked to name a sci-fi movie, there's no doubt E.T. would be up there with the likes of Star Wars and Alien.
Whether it is the silhouette of the bicycle flying in front of the moon, John Williams' whimsical score, or the bond between Elliot and the title character, there will no doubt be a moment that resonates with fans. As far as movies go, E.T. ticks many boxes in terms of success. It isn't just down to money either, but what the film says and creates in its beautiful story.
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Director Steven Spielberg is no stranger to the world of sci-fi, as he had seen great success with Close Encounters Of A Third Kind four years prior to the release of E.T. His work on the film and the idea of humans and aliens interacting with each other out of curiosity would go on to work as a theme in E.T. Speilberg's creation of an imaginary friend following his parent's divorce would also cement the idea of E.T. After a couple of rewrites, a rejection from Columbia Pictures, and a $1 million dollar approval by Universal Studios, E.T. would begin work on a budget of $10.5 million. The film would go on to gross $792.9 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing box office movie for 11 years, surpassing Star Wars and not being beaten until Spielberg's next sci-fi movie, Jurassic Park. It would also become one of Spielberg's highest-ranked movies.
E.T. is more than just a story about an alien on Earth, however. The
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