These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

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The original budget for the movie was 55 million dollars. A high price, but luckily the film earned over 279 million dollars in the opening month.

For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
Often derided as a mega-flop, Waterworld actually took home nearly $90m more in worldwide box office than its estimated budget.