Back to the Future Part III effects for "Part III" were managed by effects company Industrial Light & Magic; the head of its animation department, Wes Takahashi, returned to once again animate the DeLorean's time travel sequences. The film grossed $23 million in its first weekend of U.S. release and $87.6 million altogether in U.S. box office receipts (or about $152.4 million when adjusted for inflation as of January 2011) – $243 million worldwide. On December 17, 2002, Universal released "Back to the Future Part III" in a boxed set with the first two films on DVD and VHS. In the DVD widescreen edition, there was
Back to the Future: The Game occurred shortly after the game's announcement. Prior to the game's release, Telltale Games published their first Facebook game, "Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time", with mechanics similar to "Bejeweled Blitz", to tie in with the episodic series. It has been taken down as of 2012. A voucher for a free copy of the first episode of the series was included in the of the "Back to the Future" trilogy on October 26, 2010. A promotional offer was made on Telltale's web site to download a free copy as well. Via this promotion, however, the first episode began distribution on