Back to the Future Part II actors in a role. "Back to the Future Part II" was also a ground-breaking project for effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM): In addition to digital compositing, ILM used the VistaGlide motion control camera system, which allowed an actor to portray multiple characters simultaneously on-screen without sacrificing camera movement. "Back to the Future Part II" was released by Universal Pictures on November 22, 1989. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $331 million worldwide, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 1989. On October 26, 1985, Dr. Emmett Brown arrives in the DeLorean time machine and persuades
Back to the Future together. Film studios rejected it until the financial success of Zemeckis' "Romancing the Stone". Zemeckis approached Steven Spielberg, who agreed to produce the project at Amblin Entertainment, with Universal Pictures as distributor. Fox was the first choice to play Marty, but he was busy filming his television series "Family Ties", and Eric Stoltz was cast; after the filmmakers decided he was wrong for the role, a deal was struck to allow Fox to film "Back to the Future" without interrupting his television schedule. "Back to the Future" was released on July 3, 1985 and it grossed over $381 million worldwide,