The original "Mad Max" film cost $300,000AUD to produce, and earned $100 Million world wide. This earned it the record in Guinness Book of Records as the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture, and only lost this record in 2000 to "The Blair Witch Project".

In the movie "Scarface" the F-word is said 207 time, which works out to an average of 1.22 per minute.

During the filming of the movie "Scream", director Wes Craven kept telling Drew Barrymore real life stories about animal cruelty in order to keep her looking scared and crying. She is a keen animal lover in real life.

The stunt double for Bernie in the movie "Weekend at Bernie's" suffered a few broken ribs while filming the movie, due to all the pitfalls and stunts of playing a dead man; most notably in the scene involving Bernie being dragged around the surface of the lake, bumping into metal floating obstacles.

Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky and sold it for a very low price, on the condition that he star in the movie and receive a share of the profits. Rocky went on to win three Oscars, including best picture. It made Stallone's movie career.