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The film, First Blood, was a major success, earning $125 million on a $15 million budget, and spawning an entire Rambo franchise. David Morrell wrote the novelization for Rambo: First Blood Part II and explained that he was bringing the character back because of the success of the movie.
David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. [1]
First Blood topped the U.S. box office for three weeks in a row, [28] and its $6,642,005 opening weekend was the best October opening at the time. [9] The film ended as a significant financial success, with a total gross of $51 million domestically, the highest-grossing film of the fall, [ 29 ] and the 13th highest-grossing film of the year .
First Blood, a 1983 novel by Elizabeth Smither; The First Blood, a 1992 novel by Lou Cameron; First Blood, a 1993 novel by Claire Rayner; First Blood, a 2003 short story anthology by Lynn Abbey, the fifth Thieves' World omnibus; First Blood, a 2008 short story anthology by Meljean Brook, Chris Marie Green, Erin McCarthy and Susan Sizemore
"First Blood" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, originally published in the April 5, 1930 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, illustrated by Harry Russell Ballinger. [1] It was later included in his 1935 short story collection Taps at Reveille .
Orcs: First Blood (variant title: Orcs (2004) [1]) is a series of books written by Stan Nicholls. It includes: Bodyguard of Lightning , Legion of Thunder and Warriors of the Tempest . The books focus on the conflicts between a group of orcs and humans , but through the unconventional view of the orcs.
Erin Hunter is a collective pseudonym used by the authors Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Clarissa Hutton, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, and Rosie Best in the writing of several children's fantasy novel series which focus on animals and their adventures.
The professional name of singer-songwriter Natalie Laura Mering, Weyes Blood, was inspired by the novel. [7] Melbourne musician Keith Glass used the pseudonym Onie J. Holy, a con artist/preacher in Wise Blood. An album God, Guns and Guts was released in 1987. Heavy metal band Corrosion of Conformity released an album entitled "Wiseblood" in 1996.