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The gritty cyborg flick could have gone to the dustbin. Forty years later, James Cameron’s creation — and his dystopian prophecy — are still with us.

Despite that fact, however, Terminator remains popular and retains enormous potential. The franchise’s worldwide gross tops $2 billion, against combined productions budgets of $816 million.