Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters

Lost in Translation

This Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson feature is about an actor and student friendship. The characters are going through a weird and troubling time in both of their lives. It was one of Scarlett’s first roles. The film grossed $120 million.

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The More You Know

  • The Hollywood sign once read ‘Hollywoodland’
  • When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
  • Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played the character of ‘Fogell/McLovin’ in the coming-of-age indie flick ‘Superbad,’ was only 17 when filming took place. Being a minor at the time, his mother was required to be on the set during the filming of his sex scene.
  • The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981
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