Movies & TV Facts for Kids

How to Train Your Dragon is based on a book series by Cressida Cowell, but the movie is very different from the books.

Julie Andrews won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Mary Poppins (1964) — it was her very first movie role.

The original King Kong (1933) used a model that was only 18 inches tall, brought to life with stop-motion animation.

Pixar consulted real psychologists and neuroscientists to make sure the emotions in Inside Out were scientifically accurate.

Home Alone (1990) was the highest-grossing comedy film for over 20 years, earning $476 million worldwide.

The T. rex roar in Jurassic Park was made by combining sounds of a baby elephant, tiger, and alligator.

In Latin, "nemo" means "nobody" — which is fitting since Finding Nemo is about a lost fish nobody can find.

Disney consulted Colombian cultural experts, botanists, and musicians to make Encanto as authentic as possible.

Charlie Chaplin was so famous during the silent film era that he was recognised everywhere in the world, even without speaking.

Disney originally tried to trademark the phrase "Día de los Muertos" for the movie Coco, which upset many people in Mexico.