History Trivia / BeauIsAfraid

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10.8 million. The budget Aster was granted for this long, deeply personal, and [[AudienceAlienatingPremise extremely weird]] movie would have likely required it to gross even more than ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'' in order to just break even; it failed to make a fourth of that film's gross by the end of its theatrical run, essentially making the film a total loss for A24, who lost $35 million. Though it was soon revealed that both Creator/AriAster and Creator/{{A24}} [[DoingItForTheArt expected this but didn't mind]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10.8 million. The budget Aster was granted for this long, deeply personal, and [[AudienceAlienatingPremise extremely weird]] movie would have likely required it to gross even more than ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'' in order to just break even; it failed to make a fourth of that film's gross by the end of its theatrical run, essentially making the film a total loss for A24, who lost $35 million.

* DoingItForTheArt: Both Ari Aster and A24 knew that the film's bizarre concept and structure would not fare well for general audiences or even some of their audiences and very much expected it to bomb at the box office. Ari's main goal was sharing the full story of the film to the world.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $35 million. Box office, $10.8 million. The budget Aster was granted for this long, deeply personal, and [[AudienceAlienatingPremise extremely weird]] movie would have likely required it to gross even more than ''Film/{{Midsommar}}'' in order to just break even; it failed to make a fourth of that film's gross by the end of its theatrical run.

* SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The younger Beau is played by Armen Nahapetian, who looks so much like Creator/JoaquinPhoenix that a lot of people thought he'd been digitally de-aged.

* DoingItForTheArt: Both Ari Aster and A24 knew that the film's bizzare concept and structure would not fare well for general audiences or even some of their audiences and very much expected it to bomb at the box office. Ari's main goal was telling his story/show his art to the world.
* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Billy Mayo, who played Sidney in Ari Aster's short, ''Film/TheStrangeThingAboutTheJohnsons'', and who originally played Beau in the 2011 short film. He passed away in 2019.

* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to Billy Mayo, who played Sidney in Ari Aster's short, ''Film/TheStrangeThingsAboutTheJohnsons'', and who originally played Beau in the 2011 short film. He passed away in 2019.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite generally glowing critical reviews and high praise from veteran filmmakers, the movie did not make back a third of its budget at the box office.

** Beau is portrayed by Creator/JoaquinPhoenix as an adult and by Armen Nahapetian as a teenager

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite glowing critical reviews and high praise from veteran filmmakers, the movie did not make back a third of its budget at the box office.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The city of Corrina and the Town of Wasserton, both fictional, are nevertheless implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The city of Corrina and the Town of Wasserton, both fictional, are still implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The city of Corrina and the Town of Wasserton, both fictional, are Stoll implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Corrina and Wasserton are part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional City and State of Corrina and the Town of Wasserton are part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional City and State of Corrina is part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional City and State of Corrina is implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in UsefulNotes/{{Montreal}} and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional City and State of Corrina is implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in Montreal and the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville in Canada.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The fictional State of Cortina is implied to be part of the United States, but the movie was shot in Montreal ans the neighboring borough of St-Bruno-de-Montarville on Canada.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite a generally positive critical response, and some outright rave reviews from high-profile sources, it grossed just over $6 million on a budget of $35 million.

* AcclaimedFlop: Despite a generally positive critical response, and some outright rave reviews from high-profile sources, it grossed less than six million dollars on a budget of 35 million.

SeparatedAtBirthCasting: The younger Beau is played by Armen Nahapetian, who looks so much like Creator/JoaquinPhoenix that a lot of people thought he'd been digitally de-aged.