These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

1960's Mission: Impossible

Before Tom Cruise took on the lead role of Ethan Hunt, the 1960s spy movie starred Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner. It ran from 1966 to 1973, and each episode began with the lead characters receiving their mission from a voice recording device that would self-destruct after concluding its message. It was pretty high-action for a program during the flower power era.

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The More You Know

  • Keanu Reeves used his profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie's stuntmen.
  • Forrest Gump has more CGI than Jurassic Park.
  • Despite pulling in over $240m My Big Fat Greek Wedding never once topped the US box office chart.
  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
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