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Sandys initially became interested in movie errors after noting mistakes in [[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]] and [[True Lies]] while attending the [[Royal Grammar School, Guildford|Royal Grammar School]]. He began the MovieMistakes website in 1996 as a single page with a few listings and an email address. Following his move to [[Southampton University]], he operated the site from the university's server.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53872765.html | title=UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON: Student's Wb page dedicated to movie mistakes.}}</ref> In 1998, a ''[[The Times|Times]]'' article on movie mistakes mentioned the site, leading to an increase in traffic. In 1999 the site outgrew the university servers and moved to a dedicated server, along with promotion and advertising to finance operations.
On April 9, 2001 the site again grew in popularity following a ''[[Daily Mirror]]'' article on mistakes in the film [[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-72944708.html | title=THE GAFFE-IATOR; 124 errors found in Oscar-winning film}}</ref> On the same day, Sandys was invited to appear on the UK morning show ''[[The Big Breakfast]]''<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1120504/ | title=IMDb.com, Jon Sandys Filmography}}</ref> to discuss movie mistakes, which became a weekly feature on the show until its cancellation. This exposure led to further interest in the website, the increased traffic leading to a temporary shutdown while the systems were upgraded.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73854541.html | title=movie-mistakes.com forced into short term shutdown.}}</ref> With these developments, Sandys began to work on the site on a full-time basis.
By 2003 the site was averaging 25,000 hits a day and a then-record 100,000 hits in December 2003 when an article on mistakes in [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]] was posted on [[Slashdot]], crashing the site server. A server upgrade was prompted in January 2005 when a list of the "Top Mistakes of 2004" was copied by several publications and the site received a record 150,000 hits, again crashing the site.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-104438533.html | title=Boo-boos filmmakers would rather we forget}}</ref>
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