Q 01/05

Barbie (2023) took the live-action comedy worldwide gross record from which 2011 film?

A) The Hangover Part II

B) Bridesmaids

C) Bad Teacher

D) Horrible Bosses

Answer · why

A) The Hangover Part II

It also took the domestic record from Home Alone, which had held it since 1990.

Q 02/05

Which 2023 film was the first shot partly on IMAX black-and-white film, a stock Kodak created for it?

A) Killers of the Flower Moon

B) Oppenheimer

C) Poor Things

D) Maestro

Answer · why

B) Oppenheimer

Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema alternated colour and black-and-white to separate subjective and objective points of view.

Q 03/05

Under which collective name do Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directors of Everything Everywhere All at Once, work?

A) The Twins

B) Two Dans

C) Daniels

D) The Kwanberts

Answer · why

C) Daniels

The pair had previously made Swiss Army Man and handled the film's visual effects in-house.

Q 04/05

Before Parasite, which 1955 film was the last to win both the Palme d'Or and Best Picture?

A) On the Waterfront

B) The Bridge on the River Kwai

C) Around the World in 80 Days

D) Marty

Answer · why

D) Marty

Only The Lost Weekend, Marty and Parasite (and later Anora) have taken both prizes.

Q 05/05

Which 2022 sequel became Tom Cruise's highest-grossing film, passing $800 million within a month?

A) Top Gun: Maverick

B) Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

C) Edge of Tomorrow

D) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back

Answer · why

A) Top Gun: Maverick

Paramount kept it in theatres for an extended run at Cruise's insistence instead of the usual 45-day streaming window.