These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

Monetary Loss

Despite the massive success of the movie, Paramount claimed to be $62 million short at the time of release due to costs of promotion and distribution.

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The More You Know

  • Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn failed his driving test eight times.
  • Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
  • George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but could not obtain the rights so instead, he created Star Wars.
  • Pixar’s, UP was the first ever animated film and 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
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