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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Before its release, there'd already been three OvernightAgeUp comedies [[DuelingWorks made between 1987 and 1988]]: ''Like Father, Like Son'', ''18 Again!'' and ''Vice Versa'' (not to mention the Italian film ''Da grande'', which was this film's direct inspiration), so many expected this film to tank and be forgotten. Instead, ''Big'' became the highest-grossing and most highly-praised film of the bunch.

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* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: Before its release, there'd already been three OvernightAgeUp comedies [[DuelingWorks made between 1987 and 1988]]: ''Like Father, Like Son'', ''18 Again!'' ''Film/LikeFatherLikeSon1987'', ''Film/EighteenAgain1988'' and ''Vice Versa'' ''Film/ViceVersa'' (not to mention the Italian film ''Da grande'', which was this film's direct inspiration), so many expected this film to tank and be forgotten. Instead, ''Big'' became the highest-grossing and most highly-praised film of the bunch.

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