when George Lucas first heard that his new film star wars was a huge hit he was on holiday in Hawaii with Steven Spielberg had directed the all- time box office number one film. but by the end of 1977 Star Wars had overtaken jaws at the box office war that lasted twenty-five years.
star wars stayed at number one until Spielberg made E.T. in 1982 . then Spielberg was at number one again. E.T. stayed at number one for fifteen years. Then in 1997 Lucas released a special version of star wars with new special version of star wars with new special effects and Star Wars overtook E.T. at the box office. Lucas had beaten Spielberg but both of them were beaten that same year by James Cameron's film Titanic. No other film beat Titanic at the box office until Avatar in 2009.