answers: $11 million
context: believed that the lack of enthusiasm was due to the absence of finished special effects. Lucas later said that the group was honest and seemed bemused by the film. In contrast, Ladd and the other studio executives loved the film; Gareth Wigan told Lucas: "This is the greatest film I've ever seen" and cried during the screening. Lucas found the experience shocking and rewarding, having never gained any approval from studio executives before. The delays increased the budget from $8 million to $11 million. With the project $2 million over budget, Lucas was forced to make numerous artistic compromises to </s> space opera. Originally, Lucas wanted to adapt the "Flash Gordon" space adventure comics and serials into his own films, having been fascinated by them since he was young. In 1979, he said, "I especially loved the "Flash Gordon" serials ... Of course I realize now how crude and badly done they were ... loving them that much when they were so awful, I began to wonder what would happen if they were done really well." At the Cannes Film Festival following the completion of "THX 1138", Lucas was granted a two-film development deal with United Artists; the two films were </s> Knight", which earned $25.8 million and $16.3 million, respectively. Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros., said the box office performance met expectations because two-thirds of the audience were families and the budget for the film was $8.5 million, frugal considering it was a CGI film, and because the film was meant to introduce the animated series. Fellman said, "It was targeted to a specific audience for specific reasons. We accomplished that mission, and it will continue in another medium." When "The Clone Wars" dropped to $5.6 million in its second week of release, ContactMusic.com described it as "the
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