My Big Fat Greek Wedding
This iconic comedy movie made $250 million at the box office, but no one expected this low-cost film to take off the way it did. The film spawned a sequel and television series.
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Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters
The More You Know
- Steven Spielberg pops up for a cameo in Vanilla Sky wearing a Pre-Crime baseball cap.
- The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
- Walt Disney hated Goofy.
- Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.