Back to the Future (franchise)

Back to the Future
Official franchise logo
Created by	Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale
Original work	Back to the Future (1985)
Owners	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment
Years	1985–1990
Films and television
Film(s)	Back to the Future (1985) Back to the Future Part II (1989) Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Short film(s)	Doc Brown Saves the World (2015)
Animated series	Back to the Future (1991–1992)
Theatrical presentations
Play(s)	Back to the Future Day (2015)
Musical(s)	Back to the Future: The Musical (2020)
Games
Video game(s)	List of video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	List of soundtracks
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)	Back to the Future: The Ride (1991)
Pinball	Back to the Future: The Pinball (1990)
Character(s)	List of characters
Official website
Backtothefuture.com

Back to the Future is an American science fiction comedy franchise created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly, and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of the fictional town of Hill Valley, California.

The first Back to the Future film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international phenomenon, leading to the second and third films, which were back-to-back film productions, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Though the sequels did not perform as well at the box office as the first film, the trilogy remains immensely popular and has yielded such spin-offs as an animated television series and a motion-simulation ride at the Universal Destinations & Experiences in Universal City, California; Orlando, Florida; and Osaka, Japan (all now closed), as well as a video game and a stage musical. The film's visual effects were done by Industrial Light and Magic. The first film won an Academy Award for Sound Editing.^[1]