You Won't Believe How Much These Famous Movie Props Sold For

Fake Science is Expensive

The Proton Pack that was worn by Harold Ramis in both Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II hit the Profiles in History auction house in 2012. The piece sold for $160,000 to a wealthy film nerd who, admittedly, wanted to pay such a large amount because he wanted to be a ghostbuster as well. 

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The More You Know

  • The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981
  • Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.
  • Natalie Portman dislocated her rib while shooting Black Swan and had to give up her trailer so the low budget film could afford a medic for the rest of shooting.
  • George Clooney had a keg of Guinness installed in his dressing room whilst filming Ocean's Eleven.
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