Banned in China: The film was banned in Vietnam, and not shown in Malaysia and the Philippinesnote eventually, as it was initially released before getting pulled out due to one scene showing the Nine-Dash Line on the map of the South China Sea. This line shows China's territorial claims in the region, which are disputed by several Southeast Asian countriesnote and were actually considered invalid following a 2016 arbitration case led by the Philippines. However the movie would later be allowed onto streaming services in those countries with the offending map removed.
Short Run in Peru: The movie opened in Australia on September 19th, over a week ahead of the US premiere.
Working Title: Abominable was originally titled Everest before Universal changed it due to having already released a film of the same name back in 2015.
Sci-Fi Film
Deleted Scene: There was a scene that had CJ hiding in a closet on the floor above Amanda and the monster after blocking the door.
Spared by the Cut: A deleted scene has CJ and Michelle going into different hiding places which would have given them some protection from the monster. Their movements also take about forty seconds, when the monster kills Michelle about twenty seconds after the girls split up in the final cut.
What Could Have Been: The film was originally meant to be solely from Preston's and the monster's perspectives (save for the opening scene) and keep Karen's fate ambiguous, but the director ultimately decided to include additional scenes of the girls next door to keep them from being too flat of characters, and then decided to have a few cutaways to the hunters (who all survived or never appeared at all in the original version) and the police officers.
on the map of the South China Sea. This line shows China's territorial claims in the region, which are disputed by several Southeast Asian countriesnote . However the movie would later be allowed onto streaming services in those countries with the offending map removed.