<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $130 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 American fantasy adventure film directed and co-written by John Milius . It is based on stories by Robert E. Howard, a pulp - fiction writer of the 1930s, about the adventures of the eponymous character in a fictional prehistoric world of dark magic and savagery . The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young barbarian (Schwarzenegger), who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult . Buzz Feitshans and Raffaella De Laurentiis produced the film for her father Dino De Laurentiis, with Edward R. Pressman as an executive producer . Basil Poledouris composed the music . </P> <P> Ideas for a Conan film were proposed as early as 1970; Pressman and associate producer Edward Summer began a concerted effort to get the film made in 1975 . It took them two years to obtain the film rights, after which they recruited Schwarzenegger for the lead role and Oliver Stone to draft a script . Pressman lacked capital for the endeavor, and in 1979, after having his proposals for investments rejected by the major studios, he sold the project to Dino De Laurentiis . Milius was appointed as director and he rewrote Stone's script . The final screenplay integrated scenes from Howard's stories and from films such as Kwaidan and Seven Samurai . Filming took place in Spain over five months in the regions around Madrid and Almería . The sets, designed by Ron Cobb, were based on Dark Age cultures and Frank Frazetta's paintings of Conan . Milius eschewed optical effects, preferring to realize his ideas with mechanical constructs and optical illusions . Schwarzenegger performed most of his own stunts, and two types of swords, costing $10,000 each, were forged for his character . The editing process took over a year and several violent scenes were cut . </P> <P> Conan was a commercial success for its backers, grossing more than $100 million at box offices around the world, although the revenue fell short of the level that would qualify the film as a blockbuster . The film earned Schwarzenegger worldwide recognition . Conan has been frequently released on home media, the sales of which had increased the film's gross to more than $300 million by 2007 . The film's success led to the 1984 sequel Conan the Destroyer . </P>

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