Movies are remembered in various ways. Sometimes for their success, sometimes for their failure. Unlike memory, records require a reasonable figure. The movies below are those recorded in Guinness. Let's take a look at which movies were recorded and for what reasons.

Saved the World! (Handing over a trillion-dollar bill)

<Man of Steel>

As a rule, superhero movies have to feature action scenes as they usually revolve around a superhero saving people and the world. Portraying heroes overcoming dangerous situations and capturing villains inevitably comes with physical destruction. But did it have to be this realistic? <Man of Steel> is an example of such a superhero movie. This film, starring Superman, portrays the immense power of Superman and the villain Zod's group quite realistically. The issue is that this physical destruction erodes the emotional impact of Superman as the 'symbol of hope'. In scenes where Superman and Zod clashed, the sight of Metropolis buildings collapsing and being destroyed was terrifying to ordinary viewers. This was indeed director Zack Snyder's intent, but it ultimately made the DCEU (DC Extended Universe), which started with this movie, shift from seriousness to somberness. Guinness estimated that if the events in this movie were real, the financial damage would be about $750 billion, recording it as the movie with the “most significant financial damage in a superhero film”.

Gritted Teeth and Rolled the Car Eight Times

<Stuntman>

A previous record held by <Casino Royale>

The shooting site of <Stuntman> which broke the record by rolling 8 times

This is a record broken quite recently. In action-packed blockbusters, it's common to see cars tumbling over due to explosions or collisions. Such stunts significantly rely on the driving skill of the stunt actors and the know-how of the team, which is why <Casino Royale> held the record for a while. The record set by <Casino Royale> was seven. In the scene where James Bond swerves to avoid Vesper, his Aston Martin rolls seven times. It is said that vehicle modifications and special set equipment were prepared for this scene.

This record was taken over by the movie <Stuntman> in 2024. The film, which is about a stuntman frantic in his search for a missing lead actor, is also a tribute to the stunt actors who take risks to entertain the audience. To capture this tribute, <Stuntman> challenged the car flipping record and spun a total of 8.5 times, surpassing <Casino Royale>. The stunt driver for <Casino Royale> was Adam Currie, while for <Stuntman> it was Logan Holliday.

The World's Most Expensive Prop (Size 30m)

<Pirates> Galleon Ship

〈Pirates〉 Galleon Ship built to actual size

When movies become legendary, related merchandise tends to fetch high prices. Indeed, when props or costumes from acclaimed movies come up for auction, their bids often exceed imagination. So, what's the most expensive prop regardless of a film's success? According to Guinness, it's the ship from Roman Polanski’s <Pirates>. It's a movie that did so poorly that one might wonder, 'Did Roman Polanski make a movie like that?' It was a grand production costing $40 million (just over $100 million in today's terms). Due to its scale, Roman Polanski ambitiously planned to create the Spanish galleon ship in the movie full-size. At 700 million British pounds (about 10 million dollars), it was recorded by Guinness as the “most expensive movie prop”. However, some argue that since filming took place on it, it should be considered a set rather than a prop.

Would You Like to Order a Pie? Yes, 3,000 Please

<The Battle of the Century>

Here's a still from <The Battle of the Century> explaining why 3,000 were needed

During the silent film era, slapstick comedy involved pie-throwing as a significant comedic element. In 1913, the movie <A Noise From the Deep> starring Roscoe Arbuckle featured the first-ever custard pie throw in film history. This pie-throwing became a trend in comedy, and one film used as many as 3,000 pies, setting a record for the “most pies thrown in a movie”. In the 1927 movie <The Battle of the Century>, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, crowds engage in a pie-throwing battle, during which it is said they bought all 3,000 pies produced daily by a Los Angeles pie company. An amusing anecdote adds that after the film completed its theater run, the original print disappeared. Thus, it became a legend passed down through testimonies by filmmakers and critics' records as 'a movie where many people fought by throwing pies', and only in 2014 was the original film with the scene discovered, earning its place in Guinness.

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