Despite an estimated budget of only $6.4 million, it went on to launch one of the greatest franchises in cinema.

The film grossed nearly $520 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards, including Best Sound and Best Makeup.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was already pretty popular in the early 80s thanks to his bodybuilding career and roles in early movies like 1982's Conan the Barbarian, but Arnie went from popular to a ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is saying hasta la vista, baby, to the “Terminator” movies. After starring in almost all of the films in the franchise since the titular project in 1984, the actor, 78, won’t be ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger knows exactly which “Terminator” movie he thinks is the franchise’s worst, and for one simple reason: He was not in it. During a Monday night appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What ...