Condor

Warner Bros. decided a finished Looney Tunes film was worth more as a tax deduction than as a movie. Ketchup Entertainment bought it, released it on 28 August, and in nine days it earned more than the write-off was reportedly worth.

A 1975 paranoia masterpiece about a CIA analyst finding his colleagues murdered launched a franchise that dominated television ratings decades later. The transformation from film to series changed everything.