In news that is sure to make you feel old, it’s been 15 years since Shrek first hit our screens.
The film made $42 million in its opening weekend and went on to win the very first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
It has since become one of the most-beloved children’s movies and transformed studio Dreamworks from a fledgling operation into a global powerhouse.
If that doesn’t make you feel old, these others will… (sorry!)
It’s been 15 years since the loveable ogre burst onto screens.
Macauley Culkin is 36 this year.
Toy Story was released 21 years ago.
So was Braveheart.
The actresses who played Rachel’s baby Emma on Friends turn 14 this year.
The kids from Rugrats would be 26 this year.
The last episode of Full House aired 21 years ago.
Remember excitedly pulling your first Tazo out of your packet of chips? That was 22 years ago.
The last box of Fags (candy cigarettes, for the uninitiated) rolled off the production line 27 years ago.
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off premiered nearly 31 years ago.
The last episode of Mr Squiggle aired 19 years ago.
The first episode of Round the Twist aired 27 years ago.
Tamagotchis are 19 years old.
It has been 22 years since the world fell in love with Forest Gump.
Gangsta’s Paradise is 21 years old.
If Bart Simpson was a real boy, he would be 37 this year.
