1. The weird barking sound the raptors use to communicate in “Jurassic Park”, is actually the sound of tortoises having sex.
2. Although not as successful as the sequels, the first “Paranormal Activity” movie cost less than $15,000 to make, but grossed over $193,000,000. That’s some return of investment.
3. The budget to film “Titanic” was actually larger than the cost to build the actual Titanic.
4. The movie “Gravity” had a $100,000,000 budget and was more expensive than the Indian Mars Mission.
5. The 1976 classic “Rocky” was shot in just 28 days.
6. The iconic DeLorean time machine in the movie “Back to the Future” was originally meant to be a refrigerator!
7. Before Keanu Reeves was offered the part of Neo in “The Matrix“, the role was also offered to Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio.
8. When adjusted for inflation “Gone with the Wind” is the highest grossing movie of all time.
9. “Saving Private Ryan” depicted battle scenes of D-Day so realistically that it caused or exacerbated post traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans when they watched the movie.
10. There is a Starbucks cup in every single scene in the movie “Fight Club“.
12. The director of the movie “Cannibal Holocaust” was arrested for murder and had to prove his innocence by calling in all his “murdered” actors. This is because the courts could not understand how an impalement scene was done and believed an actress was murdered for the sake of the movie.
13. There is a scene in “Matrix Reloaded” when Trinity hacks into a power station’s computer that’s actually very accurate.
14. Val Kilmer learned 50 “The Doors” songs in preparation for his role as Jim Morrison for the movie “The Doors(film)”. In fact, he sung them so well, real “The Doors” members couldn’t tell whether it was his, or Jim Morrison’s voice.
15. “300” is well known as a battle-happy film, although is actually the most death-packed film ever made with an average of 5 people dying every minute.
17. The iconic roar that Godzilla made in the 1954 movie was actually created by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass instrument.
18. There are over 24 minutes of just staring during the Twilight movies.
19. In “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts rather than use CGI.
20. The directors who filmed “Despicable Me” actually wrote a language that the minions speak throughout the movie. They called it “minion-ese” and every word they speak can be translated into English.
22. The famous shot featured in the Bond films’ introduction was actually filmed through the barrel of a gun.
24. The train-top fight scene in “Skyfall” was actually filmed on top of a real moving train.
25. While filming “The Passion of Christ”, multiple cast and crew members were struck by lightning, including the actor who played Jesus.
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