The most successful film is "Avengers: Endgame" making over $2 billion | Blockbusters |
"Gone With the Wind" and "Star Wars" both sold 338,400,000 cinema tickets | |
"Jaws" was the first film to be called a blockbuster, and to make £100 million | |
2019's remake of "The Lion King" is the most successful animated film | |
Spielberg blockbusters "Poltergeist" and "E.T." opened a week apart in 1982 | |
The longest film made is "Logistics" which lasts for 35 days and 17 hours | Length |
1 min 40 sec "Fresh Guacamole" is the shortest film nominated for an Oscar | |
The longest film made for cinema is "The Innocence". It lasts for 21 hours | |
The first 60 minute film was "The Story of the Kelly Gang" in 1906 | |
"A Dream of Red Mansions" is split into parts. The whole thing lasts 12 hours | |
“Fight Club” is a classic but it was a flop, making a $28 million loss | Flops |
The first animated feature film "Snow White" was expected to flop. It didn't | |
Family favourite "Matilda" was a flop. It made less money than it cost to make | |
The biggest flop was "The 13th Warrior" which lost $198 million | |
The classic "Doctor Dolittle" was a flop. It lost the equivalent of $83 million | |
Steven Spielberg's films have made more than $10.5 billion dollars | Directors |
Louis Feuillade is the most prolific director, making more than 700 films | |
Manoel de Oliveira directed from 1931 until 2015. That's 84 years | |
2012's "The Owner" was directed by 25 directors from 13 countries | |
Saugat Bista is the youngest director. He made a film when he was just 7 | |
Stanley Kubrick’s "A Clockwork Orange" was banned for 30 years | Banned |
"The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" was the first slasher film. It was banned | |
"Last Tango In Paris" was banned. In Britain an edited version was released | |
Comedy classic "Monty Python’s Life of Brian" was banned in many countries | |
"The Last Temptation of Christ" was also banned, including in the USA | |
1960's "Psycho" was the First U.S. film to feature a flushing toilet | Trivia |
The snow in "The Wizard of Oz" was actually highly-dangerous asbestos | |
"Star Wars" iconic character Chewbacca was inspired by George Lucas' Dog | |
Sean Connery wore a wig in every "James Bond" movie he starred in | |
Sean Connery was 12 years older than his "son" Harrison Ford | |
The first moving picture was taken in 1867 using chronophotography | Pioneers |
The oldest surviving film is "Roundhay Garden Scene" filmed in 1888 | |
The first film to have sound was 1894's "Dickson Experimental Sound Film" | |
The first colour film was "Annabelle Butterfly Dance" also in 1894 | |
The first 3D film was "The Power of Love" made in 1922 | |
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" comes from "Gone With the Wind" | Quotes |
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse" is from "The Godfather" | |
"You talking to me?" is a line from "Taxi Driver" | |
The most famous "Star Wars" quote is "May the Force be with you" | |
We all know James Bond likes his martinis "Shaken, not stirred" | |
The record for most Oscars by a film is 11. Three films have achieved this | Awards |
The record for most nominations 14. Again, three films have achieved this | |
Walt Disney won 22 Oscars. That's more than any other individual | |
Costume designer Edith Head won 8 Oscars. That's the most by a woman | |
Katharine Hepburn won the most acting awards. She won 4 in all | |
The average time between an original and its remake is 23 years | Remakes |
The longest time between remakes is 80 years: "The Cabinet of Dr Caligari" | |
There have been at least 60 versions of "Dracula" made for film | |
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has been remade over 20 times | |
At least 11 "Robin Hood" films have been made | |