In a time when movies are readily available left, right, and centre, there is a lot we never learn about the movies we love. These five fascinating facts about your favourite movies will blow your mind.

1. There Are 10,297 Balloons in ‘Up’

Every single balloon that lifted old Carl Fredricksen’s house into the air was made by the “Up” animators. Each balloon, instead of being replicated, was meticulously drawn, totalling 10,297.

“The entire canopy is filled with balloons. We didn’t just simulate the outer shell,” said the film’s effects artist, Jon Reisch.

2. ‘Mulan’ Is The Least Profitable Film Of All Time

Currently, “Mulan” is the most financially unsuccessful movie ever made. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the Disney movie from 2020 experienced numerous delays and had to be repeatedly postponed. Later, it appeared on Disney+ for a price and was theatrically distributed in additional countries where the streaming service is not yet accessible. Due to the lead actress’s divisive political remarks, Mulan also received criticism, leading to boycott petitions. With a $200,000,000 budget and only $53,393,748 in revenue, “Mulan” actually lost $146,606,252 in revenue.

3. James Cameron Drew The Charcoal Portrait of Naked Kate Winslet

Leonardo DiCaprio did not draw Kate Winslet’s naked portrait in ‘Titanic.’ James Cameron, the director, and creator of the movie was the one who made the topless drawing.

4: ‘Toy Story 2’ Was Almost Deleted

Ninety per cent of the effort the Pixar crew had put into the animation for Toy Story 2 was erased by a command typed in the “master machine,” where it was kept. As Mental Floss describes, “A plan was quickly hatched to restore the data from a regular backup, which meant that only half a day of work would have been lost. But the backup system had failed. Pixar, incredibly, did not have a copy of the Toy Story 2 files on its servers.”

Fortunately, the copy that the movie’s technical director had been working on at home allowed for a lot of the restoration.

5: Jaws’ Most Famous Line Was Improvised

The most famous line from Jaws “You’re gonna need a bigger boat,” was not in the actual script. Throughout the shooting, actor Roy Scheider cracked a joke about the little boat the filmmakers had chosen to transport the filming equipment, and it was included in the finished product.

6. Kate Winslet broke Tom Cruise’s breath-holding record

Kate Winslet has broken Tom Cruise’s underwater filming record. She managed to hold her breath underwater for seven minutes and 12 seconds. Kate was filming a scene for the new film Avatar 2 when she managed the impressive feat