The New York City Ballet has an annual shoe budget of $780,000. Their dancers go through 500 to 800 pairs of pointe shoes performing “The Nutcracker” over 6 weeks and use even more pairs in just 2 weeks performing while “Swan Lake.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.dancespirit.com/the-secrets-of-new-york-city-ballets-pointe-shoe-room-2543661527.html
Home Alone was originally financed & produced by Warner Bros. When the budget grew from $13 million to $18 , WB dropped the film, which was then picked up by 20th Century Fox. The film went on to gross $476.7 million worldwide. – WTF Fun Facts
Robin Mathews won an Oscar for Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling for the 2013 movie Dallas Buyers Club which had a makeup budget of only $250 for the entire 28 days of production. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/02/dallas-buyers-club-makeup-oscar-nomination
Largest military budgets in the world – WTF fun facts
come on ‘merica…
