GENERAL INFORMATION

HIGHEST GROSSING FILMS

 1 Avengers: Endgame BV $2,796.3 $858.4 30.7% $1,937.9 69.3% 2019

2 Avatar Fox $2,789.7 $760.5 27.3% $2,029.2 72.7% 2009^

3 Titanic Par. $2,187.5 $659.4 30.1% $1,528.1 69.9% 1997^

4 Star Wars: The Force Awakens BV $2,068.2 $936.7 45.3% $1,131.6 54.7% 2015

5 Avengers: Infinity War

COMMON PHOBIAS

 acrophobia, fear of heights

 aerophobia, fear of flying

 arachnophobia, fear of spiders

 astraphobia, fear of thunder and lightning

 autophobia, fear of being alone

 claustrophobia, fear of confined or crowded spaces

 hemophobia, fear of blood

 hydrophobia, fear of water

 ophidiophobia, fear of snakes

 zoophobia, fear of animals

 alektorophobia, fear of chickens

 onomatophobia, fear of names

 pogonophobia, fear of beards

 nephophobia, fear of clouds

 cryophobia, fear of ice or cold

MUSIC
 Radio’s most played song of all time
11 million:
1. “Every Breath You Take” (The Police)
10 million:
2. “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (The Righteous Brothers, Hall & Oates)
9 million:
3. “Yesterday” (The Beatles, Ray Charles)
4. “Baby, I Need Your Loving” (Four Tops, Johnny Rivers)
8 million:
5. “Brown-Eyed Girl” (Van Morrison)

 Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ Makes Up 27% Of First-Week U.S. Album Sales

VMAs
 Video Vanguard: Missy Elliot
 Video of the Year: Taylor Swift
 Artist of the Year: Ariana Grande
 Song of the Year: Lil Nas X: “Old Town Road (Remix)” [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus]
 Best New Artist: Billie Ellish
 Best Collaboration : Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello’s “Señorita “
 Push Artist of the Year: Billie Ellish
 Best Pop: Jonas Brothers’ “Sucker”
 Best hip-hop: Cardi B’s “Money”
 Best R&B: Normani: “Waves” [ft. 6LACK]
 Best K-Pop: BTS: “Boy With Luv” [ft. Halsey]
 Best Latin: ROSALÍA / J Balvin: “Con Altura” [ft. El Guincho]
 Best Dance: The Chainsmokers: “Call You Mine” [ft. Bebe Rexha]
 Best Rock: Panic! At the Disco: “High Hopes”
 Video for Good: Taylor Swift: “You Need to Calm Down”
 Best Group: BTS
 Best Power Anthem: Megan Thee Stallion: “Hot Girl Summer” [ft. Nicki Minaj and Ty
Dolla $ign]
 Song of Summer: Ariana Grande and Social House: “Boyfriend”
 Fashion Trailblazer: Marc Jacobs
 Best Direction: Lil Nas X: “Old Town Road (Remix)” [ft. Billy Ray Cyrus] (dir. Calmatic)
 Best Visual Effect: Taylor Swift: “ME!” [ft. Brendon Urie] (visual effects: Loris Paillier &
Lucas Salton for BUF VFX)
 Best Editing: Billie Eilish: “bad guy” (editing: Billie Eilish)
  Best Art Direction: Ariana Grande: “7 rings” (art direction: John Richoux)
 Best Choreography: ROSALÍA / J Balvin: “Con Altura” [ft. El Guincho] (choreography:
Charm La’Donna)
 Best Cinematography: Shawn Mendes / Camila Cabello: “Señorita” (cinematography:
Scott Cunningham)
BOOKS
 People say the longest sentence to ever be printed in literature belongs to Victor Hugo.
The claim is that in Les Misérables there is a sentence which is 823 words long.
 The most expensive book in the world is Codex Leicester by Leonardo Da Vinci. It was
purchased by Bill Gates for 30.8 million dollars.
 There is an actual word for loving the smell of old books, it’s Bibliosmia.
 Lord of the Ring author, J.R.R Tolkien typed the whole trilogy with just two fingers!
 The most commonly used sentence in the Harry Potter book series was: “Nothing
happened.”; for The Hunger Games series it was: “My name is Katniss Everdeen.”, and
for the Twilight series, it was: “I sighed.”
 Stephen King has written a children’s book using a pseudonym and reviewed it as
himself.
 The most read and sold book in the world is the Bible.
MOVIES
 The 5 wizards in the Lord of the Rings are part of a race called Maiar, who can change
forms.
 Dumbledore is an Old English word for “bumblebee.”
 Hitler was a fan of the Disney animated film ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and would routinely
walk around whistling the song “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.”
 Ariel from the Little Mermaid is the only Disney princess to have had a child of her own.
 Disney's movie "Mars Needs Moms", resulted in an estimated loss of $130,503,621 and is
Disney's worst received movie ever.
 Bambi and Bambi II hold the record for the longest gap in between movie sequels, the first
being released in 1942, the second being released 64 years later in 2006.
 Merida (Brave) is the only Disney princess to not have a love interest, sing in the movie, or
come from an official Disney film.