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

  • In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.
  • In the movie 'The Hangover', no effects or prosthetics were created for Stu's missing tooth. Actor Ed Helms never had an adult incisor grow, and his fake incisor was taken out for the parts of filming where Stu's tooth is missing.
  • The first toilet did not flush on the American big screen until 1960
  • In 1982, Spileberg’s kids classic stayed in the US top ten for ten months.
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