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I’m sure back in 1981 that Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Harrison Ford had no idea just how far the Indiana Jones franchise would propel them–all the way to 2008!

The film that stared it all, Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark, brought an action-adventure, comedy-romance hybrid to the big screen, and in the process turned Indiana Jones into a household name, and made fear of snakes sexy.

While successive Indiana Jones films came out in the 80s (Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom in 1984, and Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade in 1989), it took almost 20 years to bring him back for a fourth (2008’s Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), also reuniting Ford with his romantic lead, Karen Allen, who was in the first, but not the second or third installments.

It’s no surprise that given the success Lucas, Spielberg and Ford achieved with the first three, their latest Jones effort earned $56 million in its first two days.

Just goes to show that Ford’s still got it, although I never doubted it for a second.

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