The film cost only $8 million to make. The budget was even lower until Bruce Willis joined the cast. $5 million went to the actors' salaries. Having Bruce Willis in the film was important for the box office. It grossed over $200 million at the box office.
It was the first film to use the internet for advertising.
The largest portion of the budget ($150,000) went to building the Jack Rabbit Slim's set.
According to the script, The Bonnie Situation was originally supposed to be titled Jules, Vincent, Jimmie and The Wolf.
Pumpkin and Honey Bunny's lines "All right, everybody be cool, this is a robbery!" and "Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfucking last one of ya!" were used in Fun Lovin' Criminals' song Scooby Snacks.
In the script, Butch was a featherweight boxer, but in the film Butch's opponent Wilson was announced as weighing two hundred ten pounds, which indicates that Butch is a heavyweight.
Roger Avary's writing credit on the film stems from the short film script he wrote for Pamdemonium Reigns forming the basis of an essential element of Tarantino's script. Avary's contribution can largely be found in the Butch and Fabienne scenes. However, it was reported that the studio wanted to maintain the image of Tarantino as the sole artistic force behind the film and therefore gave him full screenplay credit. Avary was given only a shared story credit in the film's credits. This is said to have led to a dispute between Tarantino and Avary, who have not worked together since.
Although the soundtrack features many old and popular surf songs, there is no reference, line or depiction of surfing anywhere in the film.
The man in black is apparently The Gimp, the extremely sexually submissive captive held in Maynard and Zed's basement. The character was Roger Avary's idea, inspired by the film Deliverance. The script implies that Russell is a former convict whom Maynard and Zed eventually killed.
The word fuck is used 265 times.