Interesting Facts about Forrest Gump (19 of 21)

 

The Soundtrack of the Movie

Forrest Gump was a huge box office success, and its music score was a great a success, as well. Songs like “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival, “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield, and “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd sold over 12 million copies. Many of these songs are still big hits all over the world.

 

 

 

Great Year for Movie Fans

Forrest Gump started playing in the theater in 1994, the same year some of the best movies of all times came out like Pulp Fiction, Shawshank Redemption and Jurassic Park. Movie fans from around the world took so much pleasure in watching these films that with time became classics. Among that immense competition, Forrest Gump jumped to number one at the box office and managed to stay in the theatres for all of 42 weeks! It earned astonishing $677 million and became the fourth-highest grossing film ever.