10 Embarrassing Spelling Mistakes You Won't Believe Made It Into Movies

6. "The 40 Year-Old Virgin" - The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

40yo Judd Apatow's first feature film is still arguably his best, though Universal obviously didn't think it was worth much time or effort when they first released it - not enough to check the spelling, anyway. Not quite an error that made its way into the movie itself (but an interesting addition to this list nonetheless), the words "40-Year-Old Virgin" require not one, but two hyphens, though nearly all of the original posters had the phrase written as "The 40 Year-Old Virgin," which hilariously implies that the movie is, in fact, about 40 separate one-year old virgins (we still think that needs to be made). Universal eventually realised that they'd messed things up and - in subsequent poster releases - fixed the error, much to the admiration of grammar nerds the world over.
 
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