20 Things You Didn't Know About Shutter Island

15. Its Release Was Delayed By Four Months Due To Marketing Budget Issues

Shutter Island was originally scheduled to be released on the prime Oscar-friendly date of October 2, 2009, but Paramount ultimately delayed the film by over four months to February 19, 2010.

This was largely a result of the studio having spent their marketing budget for the year on Oscar campaigns for Up in the Air and The Lovely Bones, not leaving enough for the $50-60 million required to fund Shutter Island's own awards bid.

It was also suggested that Leonardo DiCaprio's busy schedule may have factored into Paramount's decision, as well as the feeling that the film might benefit from being released in the "dump month" of February without any substantial competition.

Though the film didn't net even a single Oscar nomination, it did give Scorsese the strongest box office opening weekend of his entire career, and remains his second highest-grossing film worldwide behind only The Wolf of Wall Street.