Little Miss Sunshine

by MovieMaker Staff | Published June 5, 2007

On this day in 2005, Little Miss Sunshine began shooting. With a budget of $8 million, the project was five years in the making as the moviemakers struggled to find financing. The film went on to debut at Sundance in 2006 where it received a standing ovation and an offer from Fox Searchlight Pictures for $10 million, one of the biggest offers ever made in festival’s history. By September 2006, Little Miss Sunshine was playing on 1,500 screens nationwide and had become a bona fide critical darling. By the end of the year, it had grossed nearly $60 million at the box office and been nominated for two Golden Globes and four Oscars (including Best Picture). Sunshine won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor (for Alan Arkin) and Best Original Screenplay (for Michael Arndt).

Factoid: Abigail Breslin wore a fat suit to play Olive, whose dream it was to win the titular pageant.

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