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Trivia: The video-game franchise was so popular, the movie was profitable for production studio Blumhouse before it was even released, with the film recouping its budget thanks to the millions it made from the streaming and theatrical distribution rights being sold. It subsequently broke the record for the biggest Halloween weekend box-office opening with an estimated $78 million, and became the second-highest opening for a video-game movie, behind only "The Super Mario Bros." movie.

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Trivia: The film was repeatedly delayed by series creator Scott Cawthon. He wanted to get just the right script to introduce the franchise to movie-goers while also rewarding fans, and co-wrote multiple different drafts.

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Trivia: Minor Spoilers: There's a mid-credits scene showing the cab-driver being frightened by the Balloon Boy figure appearing in his car. And in the final moments of the credits, the music volume lowers, and we hear a robotic voice spell out the words "Come find me."

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Trivia: The waiter who asks Jane and the others if they'd like to order lunch is played by YouTuber Matthew Patrick, who has a video series called "Game Theory" and has done dozens of videos based around the "Five Nights at Freddy's" video-games. Him saying "That's just a theory!" when someone mentions breakfast being called "the most important meal of the day", is an inside joke. (He ends every "Game Theory" video by saying "That's just a theory... a game theory!").

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Trivia: The filmmakers wanted to honor the fact that the villains are animatronic robots and decided to use practical effects instead of CGI. The Jim Henson Creature Shop actually built fully-functional animatronic puppets for each character, in addition to suits that could be worn by actors for movements that were too complex for the animatronics to do.

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27th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, when Maddie says, "How the fuck am I supposed to pay my taxes just bartending?!" her hands go from being in front of her to down by her sides between cuts.

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27th Oct 2023

The Frighteners (1996)

Trivia: Dammers' death was originally far less graphic, with him being shot in the chest and there being little-to-no on-screen blood. However, the MPAA gave the movie an R-rating, shocking director Peter Jackson since he shot it to be PG-13. As an act of defiance, he went back and used CGI to change Dammers' death and make it far more graphic and "R-rated," by having his head explode with a fountain of blood and gore. Dammers' original death was later used in the edited-for-TV version of the film.

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27th Oct 2023

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: Gary Oldman did the movie as a favor to Luc Besson, who helped him raise money for another film he was trying to make. Oldman reportedly wasn't too keen on the film... in fact, he hated it and didn't understand why so many people found it appealing. When asked what he thought about it being a major cult-classic in an interview once, he simply laughed and said, "I know, I know... that's just the wacky world we live in!"

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27th Oct 2023

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: The giant indoors explosion at Fhloston Paradise was actually the largest indoor explosion ever filmed. It was so huge, the fire actually almost burned down the soundstage, and it took nearly a half-hour to get it under control.

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27th Oct 2023

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: Model and actress Maïwenn wasn't originally supposed to play the diva. However, for whatever reason, the original actress cast just... never showed up for filming. Since Maïwenn was married to director Luc Besson at the time and was around set, she was recruited to fill in for the part at the last minute.

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27th Oct 2023

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: The Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon would later make a cameo in the DC comics movie "Blue Beetle", as a weapon briefly conjured up by the Blue Beetle suit.

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27th Oct 2023

Blue Beetle (2023)

Trivia: One of the first weapons the suit creates is an almost exact replica of the Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon System from the movie "The Fifth Element." The only major difference being that it's blue instead of the original tan camouflage color.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Jim walks over to Maddie and Sarah after surfing at the beginning of the film, the board flips instantly between cuts between the second and third shot. (The fins are facing him in the first two shots, then facing away in the third.)

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie and Sara are telling Jim about all the reasons they've had sex with men, the pile of whittled wood chips in front of Jim vanishes between cuts right as the scene is about to end.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie is reading the Craigslist ad, she goes from handing Sarah back her phone with her left hand to suddenly having her left hand up under her chin instantly between cuts.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie is talking to her pregnant friend Sara while she's folding napkins at the beginning, the way her friend is holding her phone changes multiple times between cuts.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie is put on napkin-folding duty at the beginning of the film, the way she's folding and stacking the napkins and silverware changes multiple times between cuts. Ex. At one point a napkin appears in front of her that wasn't there in the previous shot. Some of the silverware moves around between shots. Etc.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Audio problem: When Maddie is at her job and she says, "These people are the reason I'm losing my house!" pay attention. The word "house" doesn't quite match when the shot cuts from a wide shot to a medium shot.

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie's car gets pulled back up on the by the tow-truck with her inside, the angle of the car in the wideshots doesn't match the background when we see the shot of Maddie inside. (Ex. At one point, the ground behind Maddie looks almost "level" even though the car was at a near-45 degree angle in the wideshot prior.)

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25th Oct 2023

No Hard Feelings (2023)

Continuity mistake: When Maddie tries to steal her car back from Gary, there are two girls sitting out front of the little food stand he's shopping at. At one point, they notice what's going on and get up and start walking towards the car. But then they're suddenly back to sitting a few shots later and "notice" it a second time.

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