'The Big Sick' trivia and fun facts

Distribution war

When the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Sony, Amazon, Netflix and Focus Features started a bidding war for the distribution rights. Kumail Nanjiani wanted the film to have a theatrical distribution wich eliminated Netflix. The distribution rights were bought by Amazon for $12 million, one of the largest deals in the festival's history.

Based on a real life story

This movie is based on how Kumail Nanjiani, and his real life wife Emily V. Gordon, met and fell in love.