The Kissing Booth Trivia | 40 facts about the Netflix movies

The Kissing Booth is a series of teen rom-com movies adapted from the books by the same.

Let’s find out more about the movies, that became so popylar on the Netflix platform!

1. The Kissing Booth is a 2018 American teen romantic comedy film.
2. It was written and directed by Vince Marcello.
3. It is based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Beth Reekles.
4. It stars Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney.
5. The film follows Elle (King), a quirky, late blooming teenager whose budding romance with high school senior and bad boy Noah (Elordi) puts her lifelong friendship with Noah’s younger brother Lee (Courtney) in jeopardy.
6. The Kissing Booth was released on Netflix on May 11, 2018.
7. It was immediately dubbed a commercial success by the service, due to it being widely viewed by subscribers.
8. The film was largely panned by critics, who deemed its storyline and themes to be clichéd though.
9. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 17% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 3.59/10.
10. IndieWire’s Kate Erbland gave the film a “D” grade, adding that “Unfortunately, the high school-set rom-com is a sexist and regressive look at relationships that highlights the worst impulses of the genre.”
11. A sequel, The Kissing Booth 2, was released on July 24, 2020.
12. A third film, The Kissing Booth 3, is in post-production.
13. The third movie is scheduled to be released on August 11, 2021.
14. According to Netflix, one in three viewers of the film have re-watched it, “which is 30 percent higher than the average movie re-watch rate on the [streaming service].”
15. Deeming the film a substantial success for the service, CCO Ted Sarandos called it “one of the most-watched movies in the country, and maybe in the world.”
16. Upon the sequel’s release in July 2020, the first film was the third-most viewed on Netflix that weekend.
17. At the 2019 Kids’ Choice Awards, The Kissing Booth was nominated for Favorite Movie.
18. Joey King won Favorite Actress for her role.
19. Joey King and Jacob Elordi were dating for a year in 2017.
20. Joey loved playing pranks on her on-screen BFF Lee while on set.
21. Joey King is Known for Sharing Sweet Behind-the-Scenes Moments on Her Instagram.
22. One of them is featuring her teaching her co-stars how to solve a rubik’s cube is super adorable.
23. The Kissing Booth book was published initially by Reekles on Wattpad when she was only 15 years old.
24. The story was later picked up by Penguin Random House.
25. Elle, Lee, and Beth Reekles have the same birthday. That’s on June 7th.
26. The Kissing Booth movie never addressed Noah’s birthday, but according to Beth, it’s sometime in October.
27. Beth Reekles made a cameo during Elle and Noah’s costume party.
28. If you go back to Elle and Noah’s costume party, you might spot Beth dressed as a 1920s flapper.
29. The movie was primarily filmed in South Africa.
30. Beth Reekles did write a companion novella called The Beach House, which takes place the summer after Rochelle (Elle) and Noah start dating, before Noah heads off to Harvard.
31. Joey King and Joel Courtney danced for three hours every day before filming.
32. Jacob Elordi really learned how to ride a motorcycle.
33. In a YouTube Q&A video, Beth revealed that although she loves all the characters, Elle’s best friend and Noah’s little brother Lee is her favorite.
34. Joel Courtney cracked his chin open on his very first day of filming.
35. The Kissing Booth fandom is called the #kisssquad.
36. Joey King secretly filmed the burger scene. And then she threw up a scene later…
37. Although the character Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi) is the older brother to Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney), Joel is actually one year older than Jacob, being born in 1996 while Jacob was born in 1997.
38. During the detention scene the students in the background are all dressed like the cast of The Breakfast Club (Ally Sheedy, Molly Ringwald, Emilo Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson).
39. During the Prom, a version of Simple Minds song, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ is played. The song was previously used in John Hughes’s 1980s classic, Breakfast Club (1985), which also starred actress Molly Ringwald (who plays Mrs. Flynn is this film).
40. In writer Beth Reekles’s novel, The Kissing Booth, Elle’s nickname comes from her given first name, Rochelle.