The biggest and best box office movies captivate our hearts and imaginations like nothing else. For two hours we’re transfixed to the screen and transported to a different world. Critics love them, audiences can’t wait to watch them again – but what if we told you that some of these heavy hitters were passed up multiple times by the biggest studios?
In some cases, classics like The Wizard of Oz, Forrest Gump and even Peter Jackson’s multi-billion-dollar Lord of the Rings franchise were rejected multiple times before eventually being picked up. Sometimes it was the budget that executives balked at; other times the creative seemed too ambitious. But one studio’s loss is another’s financial windfall – when it comes to these films, anyway!