Francis Ford Coppola was the first to break the record, with “The Godfather” (1972), but it’s five years later now, and he’s sinking under the psychological and financial deadweight of filming “Apocalypse Now,” whose release United Artists has just delayed for a third time. Steven Spielberg broke Mr. Coppola’s record with “Jaws” (1975), but he’s chewing his nails as, down below on Earth, his longshot aliens-among-us movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” opens in theaters this very night. And while George Lucas is counting the days until his space opera, “Star Wars,” will surpass Mr. Spielberg’s record—he’s done the math and has calculated it will be at 7:05 p.m. the Saturday after next—even he’s unhappy.