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42 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Just Set A New Box Office Record

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We had a bit of a mix-up at the movie theater recently. See, we work as projectionists on the weekends, and instead of the movie, we accidentally slipped in a reel of a huge list of movie facts. We noticed the error of our ways after a few minutes, but when we went to switch them, the movie-goers started booing.

We couldn’t believe our ears. As movie fact lovers (and people pleasers), we gave them what they wanted, and it was a huge hit. The movie fact reel has been selling out for weeks, and our bosses could be happier — the cinema bosses and the Cracked bosses.

Our little slipup may have just changed the film industry forever!

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Pinocchio

Disney behind the scenes Pinocchio They made real, working clocks. It was to prove to Walt Disney the beautiful, animated ones made logical sense. CRACKED.COM

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The Omen

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 1976 THE OMEN On two separate occasions, airplanes carrying actor Gregory Peck and the film's executive producers were hit by lighting. The FX artists that designed the iconic decapitation scene were in a car crash and witnessed an actual decapitation not long after production. Oh, and the animal trainer was mauled by a tiger one day after filming the baboon scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Island in the Sun

The first interracial kiss. 1957 CRACKED.COM Although it was highly controversial, Island in the Sun, a film about interracial romance, was also a box office success. — Source

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The Dark Knight

The Dark Knight Heath Ledger's performance was partially inspired by Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange. Not only did Ledger use the character of Alex to help form his speech pattern as the Joker, but kept clippings and pictures of the character in his Joker diary for inspiration. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Blair Witch Project

Horror movies on streaming HBO hulu peacock max Paramount+ The Blair Witch Project There was no script, only a 35-page outline for the actors to improvise dialogue around. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Goodfellas

The movie was expected to bomb. The test screening was disastrous-70 people walked out, grossed out by all the violence and blood. As a result, Warner Bros. scaled down the opening from 2,000 theaters to just 1,000. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes CRACKED.COM — Source

36

Wolverine

Hugh Jackman kept stabbing other actors (and himself) with the Wolverine claws. The filming of the X-Men Trilogy needed to use actual metal claws for some of the scenes and accidents happen. One of the accidents involved a stunt double who (fortunately) responded gleefully and actually relished being stabbed by Wolverine. Jackman also has scars on his thigh where he stabbed himself with the claws. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Rogue One

ROGUE ONE A STAR WARS STORY After the filming wrapped, director Gareth Edwards wanted to take the Death Star plans home, but was told that it was supposed to be archived. So he stole it. CRACKED.COM — Source

34

Klute

KLUTE SYLVESTER STALLONE WAS AN EXTRA. Before he became a Hollywood and literal juggernaut, one of Stallone's first film roles was an extra in this 1971 movie. Не can be (barely) spotted disco dancing in the background of a scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

33

The Little Stranger

DOMHNALL GLEESON INVENTED AN ACCENT FOR DR. FARADAY. THE LITTLE STRANGER CRACKED The Irish actor worked with a dialect coach to invent a new English accent, because the character is lower class but aspires to be upper class. He'd listen to Philip Larkin reading his own poems, since the lower class poet was trying to sound posh. — Youtube

32

E.T.

Notes From Execs Е.Т. Columbia Pictures was bummed about E.T. - they thought it was too much like a Disney flick, and they'd spent 10 mil on it. Their exact words were that it was a wimpy Walt Disney movie. CRACKED — Universal Pictures
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Beverly Hills Cop

Classic movies crushed at the box office Beverly Hills Cop put Ghostbusters away. Ghostbusters was a box office success, holding the top spot for eight weeks. The film grossed second highest that year, only behind Beverly Hills Сор. CRACKED — Paramount Pictures, Columbia Pictures
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30

Halo

CRACKED.COM Video game movies we were denied Halo Guillermo del Toro was set to produce the Halo film by director Neill Blomkamp, but pay cuts and feuds led to the film ending... and to the new hit series on Paramount+! — More: The Canceled 'Halo' Movie Was Mayhem Behind The Scenes

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Sleeping Beauty

Disney behind the scenes sleeping Beauty sleeping Beauty play Before the movie was animated, it was shot with full costumes, sets, and makeup. CRACKED.COM — It looks a bit like Donkey Skin.

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Peter Pan Live

Disney behind the scenes Peter Pan Neverland live They filmed some scenes on spare, bare sets, looking like a black box theater production. CRACKED.COM — More: 6 Behind-The-Scenes Shots From Disney Movies That Are Magic

27

Total Recall

They made up Benny's death scene in Total Recall on the spot. That part of the script was being rewritten when they were supposed to shoot the scene, but they had props and makeup ready, so Mel Johnson Jr. (Benny) suggested they just wing it. CRACKED.COM — Source: 14 Movie Scenes That Were Supposed To Be Way Different

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Captain America: Civil War

DJ Snake & Lil Jon's Turn Down for What music video influenced Captain America: Civil War. The lighting style and the overall look of the scene in Bucky's apartment were partly based on that video. CRACKED.COM — Film School Rejects

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Osmosis Jones

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM Osmosis Jones + The film cost 70 million and lost 63 million at the box office. I assume it was SO expensive because they had to shrink the camera crew to be SO small. — Source: Newsweek

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Singin’ in the Rain

The title sequence for Singin' in the Rain took a total of three days to film. Gene Kelly Which might not even sound all that bad, but when you consider that Gene Kelly had a 103-degree fever, it's not great either. CRACKED COM — Source

23

Gremlins

Source: Empire Online

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Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition The movie's lighting and mood was influenced by the paintings of Edward Hopper. 1939's New York Movie was a particular source of inspiration. — What's the opposite of a pet peeve? Well, one of mine is when directors and cinematographers take direct inspiration from artwork.

Source: American Cinematographer

21

The Shining

easter eggstra meanings and references THE SHiNiNG Thanks, David Lynch Kubrick was a big fan of Lynch's Eraserhead, and paid homage to the film by using similar sound, lingering shots, and modeling the bathroom scene of Room 237 to the apartment 27 in Lynch's film. GRACKED.COM — Source: 15 References And Hidden Meanings In 'The Shining'

20

Space Jam

EASTER EGGSTRA SPACE CAM The Schlesinger Gym where the Tune Squad practice is a reference to a cartoon producer. SCHLESINGER GYM Leon Schlesinger, whose production company later became Warner Bros. Cartoons studios, brought the Looney Tunes series to life. CRACKED.COM — Warner Bros. Wiki, The New York Times

19

Napoleon Dynamite

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Jon Heder was BARELY PAID CRACKED.COM At first, anyway. Since it was the film school classmates' first low-budget film, Heder was paid a cool $1,000 for his iconic performance. After the film grossed more than $40 million, he was given a cut of the earned profits. — Cleveland.com

18

Walk Hard

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THERE WAS A TON OF WORK PUT INTO SET DESIGN. WALK HARD Director Jake Kasdan says that compared to a regular comedy, the movie put much more effort into designing very detailed and authentic sets. Seven hotel rooms and three music studios for different time periods were built for the film. CRACKED.COM — The Ringer

17

Evil Dead

Sam Raimi tortured Bruce Campbell on Evil Dead, as a technique, he says. Campbell got an ankle injury during a stunt, so Raimi teased him about it and used a stick to poke him. Raimi calls it a director-actor technique. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Gyllenhaals

The Gyllenhaals dec lile CRACKED.COM Siblings Maggie and Jake were born into Hollywood. Their mom is an oscar- nominated screenwriter and producer. Their dad is a director. — Some nepo babies do deserve their fame.

Source: GQ

15

Night of the Living Dead

The human guts in Night of the Living Dead were chocolate syrup, ham, and organs. Animal organs, that is. And those things might not sound so bad but actors had to gobble up all of that mixed together in one disgusting mes. CRACKED.COM — Source: 5 Famous Movies That Used Horrifying Substances for Effects

14

The Interview

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS 'The Interview' once again set off NORTH KOREA TEAM AMERICA CRACKED.COM When the notorious film was silenced in 2014, many theaters decided to screen Team America in its place. Paramount pulled the plug, citing the threat of possible violence as a reason not to show the decade-old film. Kim Jong-il 2, comedy movies O. — Vanity Fair

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Once Upon A Time in... Hollywood

12

The MCU

BEHIND-THE-SCENESE FACTS DANIEL BRUHL IMPROVISED ZEMO'S DANCE. THE FALCON WINTER SOLDIER The actor revealed that the dance that set the internet on fire wasn't in the script. Bruhl thought the character would be itching to let off some steam after rotting in prison for so long. — YouTube

11

Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko $4.5 MILLION CRACKED Director Richard Kelly calls that paltry budget a fair bit for a debut movie. They only managed to turn that into $7.5 million at the box office, but it became a cult sensation and a cultural touchstone that, most importantly, launched Jake Gyllenhaal's career.

10

Romeo + Juliet

ROMEO + JULIET Director Baz Luhrmann made this movie because he wanted to make Shakespeare more accessible. The thing really set out to do was to smash what I call club Shakespeare, you have to be a member of the club to understand it. This 26-year-old writer wrote — Say what you want about this movie, it got a lot of kids to read some Shakespeare!

9

Wizard of Oz

They didn't use any special effects in the Wizard of Oz color transition scene. When the movie turns from sepia to color, they shot Judy Garland's stunt double in a sepia dress, with sepia makeup on, on a sepia set. When she steps out of the shot, she's replaced by — Source: BirthMoviesDeath

8

Don Juan

The first film to feature audio: 1926 ARNER VITAPROME TALKING BROS. PICTURES WARNER CRACKEDcO Don Juan was the first film to use a Vitaphone audio film track to sync up the soundtrack. It just doesn't count as a Talkie, since there was no audible dialogue.

7

Se7en

Unpredictably Weird Decisions That Gave Us Major Movie Moments - Se7en has the head in a box scene because David Fincher got the wrong script. — Source: 6 Terrible Decisions That Gave Us Great Movie Moments

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Let the Right One In

42 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Just Set A New Box Office Record — Source: Mental Floss

5

The Exorcist

42 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That Just Set A New Box Office Record — Read More: 5 Roles That Badly Screwed With Actors Heads

4

The Purge

The Purge's budget went from $8 million to $2.5 million.. THE IMPROVISATION: The producer realized the movie shouldn't be that expensive, as it's set — Every time I read about how a film had a small budget, it's always way more money than I thought.

3

Harry Potter

DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S STUNT DOUBLE WAS PARALYZED ON THE SET OF THE LAST HARRY POTTER FILM. David Holmes was rehearsing a jerk back scene (imitating bei — Source: Deadline

2

Psycho

You know what sounds a lot like a person getting stabbed? A melon getting stabbed. In Psycho's famous shower scene, the sound effects were created by

1

Alice in Wonderland

Walt Disney originally shelved Alice in Wonderland in 1933 because Paramount released their own Alice adaption first. e Dtf ALICE Work on the movie fi

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