Rain Man

Hilarious yet charming and endearing, ‘Rain Man’ rightfully proved to be a big hit. 

Against a budget of $25 million - the picture, which starred Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman - raked in $354 million at the box office, making it the highest-grossing movie of 1988.

Even though it was successful, Cruise initially had reservations as he feared that the title wouldn't grab the attention of audiences.

He recounted: “‘Rain Man’ is another one, we’re like, ‘Can’t figure out a better title for the movie than ‘Rain Man’?’ 

“When it came out, we’re like, ‘How are we gonna sell that? ‘Rain Man’, what’s it mean?’

“You know, we’d be in marketing meetings, they’d go, ‘What’s it mean?’, ‘Well, you’ve gotta see the movie.’ ‘But how do we sell that?’, It’s like, ‘Well, I don’t know, that’s your job. We make the movie.’”