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Star Wars
Star Wars began in 1977 with George Lucas's original film, made on a modest budget by a director whose previous work had given 20th Century Fox little confidence in the project's commercial prospects, before it became one of the highest-grossing films of all time and launched a franchise now spanning nine core "Skywalker Saga" films alongside numerous spinoffs and television series. The franchise's merchandising strategy, in which Lucas famously retained the toy and licensing rights in exchange for a reduced directing fee, became one of the most consequential business decisions in film history, generating far more revenue over subsequent decades than the films' box-office receipts alone. Star Wars's blend of samurai film influences, mythological hero's-journey story structure drawn partly from scholar Joseph Campbell's writing, and groundbreaking practical and, later, digital visual effects set a technical and narrative template that reshaped how Hollywood approached big-budget science fiction and fantasy filmmaking. Disney's 2012 acquisition of Lucasfilm for more than $4 billion and subsequent sequel trilogy, spinoff films, and streaming series have extended the franchise's commercial life for another generation, and Star Wars remains one of the most culturally pervasive media franchises in entertainment history, spanning film, television, publishing, and merchandising simultaneously.
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The Lord of the Rings
Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, filmed simultaneously across New Zealand between 1999 and 2000 and released one film per year from 2001 to 2003, is widely regarded as one of the most successful and technically ambitious literary adaptations in film history, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's foundational fantasy novels. The trilogy's final installment, The Return of the King, swept all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for at the 2004 ceremony, including Best Picture, tying the record for most Oscar wins by a single film and making it, at the time, the only fantasy film ever to win Best Picture. The production's decision to film all three movies simultaneously over an extended continuous shoot, rather than making each film separately with years between productions, was itself a significant risk that required massive upfront financing but ultimately let Jackson maintain narrative and visual consistency across the entire trilogy. The films' extensive use of New Zealand's landscape as a stand-in for Middle-earth transformed the country into a major film tourism destination, and Jackson's Weta Workshop, built to produce the trilogy's practical effects and creature designs, has become one of the most significant visual effects studios in the film industry.
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