These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

An Iconic Year

When Forrest Gump was in theaters, it did pretty well. However, also in theaters at the time were classics like Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption, and Jurassic Park leading the box office sales.

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The More You Know

  • The Hulk made his debut in 1962.
  • Straight Outta Compton movie was never played in Compton because the city has no movie theaters.
  • Walt Disney refused to allow Alfred Hitchcock to film at Disneyland in the early 1960s because he had made “that disgusting movie Psycho.”
  • Disney wanted Robert De Niro as Captain Jack Sparrow, but he declined the role because he thought the movie was going to bomb.
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