10 Things You Didn't Know About 2001: A Space Odyssey

10. The Film Ran Over Schedule And Over Budget

There have been many films that ran over budget and then went ahead to be huge box office successes, with some of the most famous examples including Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and 2005’s King Kong. And many people don’t know that 2001 is also in fact one of these films.

Kubrick was originally given a budget of $5 million, but due to Kubrick’s OCD-level perfectionism, the film ended up costing over $11 million.

Not only that but the film went well over schedule - it was originally meant to take two years to produce, with a release date due in late 1966 or early 1967 at the latest. However, after over three years, the film was eventually finished and released in April 1968.

These were risks that ended up paying off, as 2001 ended up making a whopping £146 million at the box office. To this day, the film remains Kubrick’s second most successful hit, after 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut.