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The Terminator: 10 Behind the Scenes Stories of a Sci-Fi Masterpiece

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Tim Molloy

The Terminator Was Defeated by Ralph Macchio, and Nerds

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The film did fine at the box office, but it wasn’t in the Top 20 movies of 1984 — it ranked No. 21 domestically, behind movies like Revenge of the Nerds, Breakin’, Bachelor Party, and Red Dawn. The top movie of 1984?

Domestically, it was Ghostbusters, followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Gremlins, and The Karate Kid. (Internationally, Beverly Hills Cop was the No. 1 movie, followed by the others listed, in the same order.)

Yep: The Karate Kid trounced The Terminator. But no one was complaining, because The Terminator was made for just $6.4 million, and earned $34 million domestically, and $38 million total.

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