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 permission of Universal Pictures, owners of the earlier film, if the film was ever to begin shooting. With "Big Trouble" set to go, desperate Columbia executives phoned Universal's Frank Price to get the necessary paperwork. Price was a former Columbia executive who had been fond of the script for "Back to the Future" during his tenure there. As a result, Universal agreed to trade the "Double Indemnity" license in exchange for the rights to "Back to the Future". Executive Sidney Sheinberg made suggestions to the script, such as changing Marty's mother's name from Meg to Lorraine (the name of his