30 Trends That Take Us Back to the 1980s

In 1982, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was a sensation, making $792.9 million against a $10.5 million budget and becoming an international hit. And we loved this movie! Kids brought in E.T. lunchboxes, had E.T. plushies, and ate Reese’s Pieces by the handful.

And come Christmastime, many kids were begging their parents to buy them that E.T. game for the Atari 2600, teaching a generation of kids a valuable lesson: never buy a game based on a movie.