These Forrest Gump Facts Are Better Than a Box of Chocolates

The More You Know

• Often derided as a mega-flop, Waterworld actually took home nearly $90m more in worldwide box office than its estimated budget.
• Alred Hitchcock’s Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
• Steven Spielberg pops up for a cameo in Vanilla Sky wearing a Pre-Crime baseball cap.
• George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but could not obtain the rights so instead, he created Star Wars.