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The Wilhelm scream has appeared in over 400 movies and TV shows.
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The most expensive movie ever made cost over $400 million to produce.
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Some of cinema's most iconic lines — like 'Here's looking at you, kid' — were improvised on set.
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The Lion King was originally called 'King of the Jungle' — despite lions not living in jungles.
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Netflix started as a DVD-by-mail service in 1997.
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The Oscars ceremony has been held every year since 1929.
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The first feature-length animated film, Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,' premiered in 1937 and was a groundbreaking success, earning over $8 million at the box office.
The first feature-length film ever made was 'The Story of the Kelly Gang,' released in Australia in 1906, running over 60 minutes.
The sound of the light saber in 'Star Wars' was created by combining sounds from a microphone passing by a TV set and a film projector.
The first film ever to gross over $1 billion worldwide was James Cameron's 'Avatar,' released in 2009.
The 1976 film 'Rocky' was inspired by the real-life boxing match between Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner.
The highest-grossing animated film of all time is Disney's 'The Lion King' (1994), which earned over $1.6 billion worldwide.
The first superhero film is considered to be 'The Mark of Zorro' (1920), starring Douglas Fairbanks as the masked hero.
Harrison Ford was originally cast as Han Solo in 'Star Wars' after being hired as a carpenter to build sets.
The 'Wilhelm scream' is a famous sound effect used in over 400 films, including 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones.'
The film 'Avatar' was the first to use performance capture technology, allowing actors' movements to be translated to CGI characters.
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