Run Forrest, Run! Gump's Epic Jog Found To Be The Longest Distance Ever Travelled In Movie History

A new study from travel insurance company InsureandGo has found that Forrest Gump holds the record for the longest total distance travelled in a fictional film, with Tom Hanks' character running an unbelievable 15,248-miles in one massive, trans-continental jog.

Forrest Gump impressively covered more miles by foot (visiting both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts and crossing the Mississippi three times) than the 10,000-mile boat voyage in The Life of Pi, 8,000-mile plane journey in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and the 6,000-mile motorbike ride in The Motorcycle Diaries.

The result comes as part of a study conducted by the UK travel insurer, as they looked into the total miles travelled, mode of transport and most places visited in over 300 movies from the 1930's to the present day.

Bringing up the statistical rear as the shortest trip ever was action film The Driver with its cars travelling just 3.4-miles in total. The second shortest was in fact the seemingly never-ending speed chase in sci-fi thriller Mad Max 2, with researchers finding that the vehicles covered just 14.7-miles of real-world distance throughout the whole film.

Another surprising discovery was that Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Roadchip comes in at seventh place on our top 50 distances travelled, with the little animals driving 5788-miles during the film.

Out of all the films studied, 378244.24-miles were travelled in total, using eight different modes of transport. The insurer also studied films with routes that toured through multiple continents, countries and cities across the world, starting anywhere from Scotland and India and ending in Los Angeles and Vatican City.

Click here to view the full top 50 movie journeys by distance.

Top 10 movie journeys by distance in miles:

1. Forrest Gump (foot): 15,248
2. Life of Pi (boat): 10,272
3. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (plane): 7,988
4. Eurotrip (plane, bus, hitchhike, train): 6,754
5. The Motorcycle Diaries (Motorbike); 6,240
6. Almost Famous (car): 5,847
7. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Roadchip (car): 5,788
8. Into the Wild (car): 5,787
9. A Life Less Ordinary (car, plane): 5,611
10. In this world (foot, hitchhike): 5,441

About InsureandGo: InsureandGo is the UKs leading travel insurance specialist who provide good quality travel insurance for decent prices. The insurance provider prides itself on offering tailored travel insurance policies to customers of any age, including winter sports, backpacking, cruising and last-minute travel. InsureandGo offers competitive products to its customers, taking into account any medical conditions, offering annual policies where children can be added for free and policies that can include up to 50 adventure activities. Outside of travel, InsureandGo also offers mobile and tablet insurance, and pet insurance. Their mission is to inspire people to travel the world, and protect them as they do so. They were established in 2000 and insured over 2,000,000 people in 2016.

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