Zootopia is the only movie without a human character to make over $1 billion in worldwide movie theater ticket sales. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=disney2016.htm
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WTF Fun Fact – Ewok Language
The language of the Ewok’s in Star Wars is Tibetan with some pieces of Nepalese. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/star-wars-cast-greatest-untold-stories/26/
WTF Fun Fact – Origin Of In The Limelight
The origin of being “in the limelight” comes from the days before electricity when theatres had to produce spotlight by directing a flame at calcium oxide or quicklime. This was known as a limelight. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.history.com/news/where-did-the-phrase-in-the-limelight-come-from
WTF Fun Fact – Why a Wookie?
Peter Mayhew had the option to play either Chewbacca or Darth Vader when they were casting Star Wars. He wanted to be a hero and chose to play the 200-year-old hairy, yelling, Wookie. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48147012
WTF Fun Fact – Manual Chain Mail
Over 12.5 million plastic rings were made in order to fabricate chain mail for the Lord Of The Rings movie. Two crew members linked the rings by hand into suits of armor. By the end, they had worn their fingerprints off of their thumbs and index fingers. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120737/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2
WTF Fun Fact – Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey’s portrayal of Lloyd in ‘Dumb and Dumber’ showcases Carrey’s actual chipped front tooth, which is the result of a childhood fight. He has a cap which he removed for filming. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://ew.com/article/1995/02/03/jim-carreys-fake-tooth/
WTF Fun Fact – Captain Kirk Killer
Michael Myers, the killer from the Halloween movie franchise, wore a Captain Kirk mask spray painted white. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.startrek.com/article/was-michael-myers-halloween-mask-william-shatners-face
WTF Fun Fact – Small Velociraptor
Contrary to what was depicted in the Jurassic Park movie franchise, velociraptors were no bigger in size than turkeys. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/velociraptor-facts.html
WTF Fun Fact – A Strange Thing
The hit TV show Stranger Things was rejected 15 to 20 times by different networks before Netflix finally picked it up. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Coffee Credit
Disney has credited their coffee guy in 8 of their films, including Zootopia and Frozen. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Unstoppable James Bond
From 007 movies Dr. No to Quantum of Solace, James Bond has killed 352 people and slept with 52 women. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/top10facts/502854/10-facts-about-James-Bond
Fun Fact – Baby Khaleesi’s
The made-up name of Khaleesi from George R. R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ novels only became popular after HBO’s release of Game of Thrones. In 2012, 146 babies were named Khaleesi in the US. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vox.com/2014/4/9/5590250/game-of-thrones-has-changed-the-way-we-name-babies
Jonah Hill hospitalized from fake cocaine
Actor Jonah Hill was hospitalized with bronchitis after snorting so much fake cocaine during the filming of The Wolf of Wall Street. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jonah-hill-fake-cocaine-wolf-of-wall-street-a7200886.html
nollywood the nickname for the nigerian film
Nollywood, the nickname for the Nigerian film industry, is the second largest producer of films behind India’s Bollywood. The films are mostly hawked on DVD since there are less than 20 theatres in the whole country.
– WTF Fun Fact
