- Actor-Inspired Element: Dustin Hoffman completely ad-libbed Mr. Magorium's lisp. His contract also stipulated that he was allowed to do his own hair.
- Box Office Bomb: Budget, $65 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $32,061,555 (domestic), $69,474,661 (worldwide).
- Creator Backlash: Zack Helm has described it as "a Technicolor train-wreck"
and stated, jokingly or not, in response to a Breaking Bad joke that the only DVDs Walt has to watch while in hiding are two copies of this movie, that "Walt has exactly two more copies than are allowed in my house." - Referenced by...: In Breaking Bad, Walt has two copies of this film given to him while in hiding as his only entertainment material.
- Role Reprise: Steve Whitmire came back to do Kermit for his cameo.
- Typecasting: Jason Bateman as the nice worker and Dustin Hoffman as the Cloudcuckoolander.
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