The first film to ever officially break the $100 million mark came from James Cameron, who had been laboring for years to produce a sequel to his action classic Terminator. With Arnold Schwarzenegger established as a mainstream star who guaranteed big box office, producers finally caved and gave Cameron the green light to make one of the best action films of all time. Arnold returns as the T-100 killing machine, now reprogrammed to protect John Connor from an even deadlier metallic menace. With early CGI special effects by Industrial Light & Magic as well as a number of incredibly complex and expensive vehicle stunts, the film went on to gross over $200 million and win four Academy Awards. But most importantly, it laid the foundation for the migration of visual effects from rear projection shots, miniatures and other old-school methods to the fully computer-generated techniques that now dominate the industry
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