The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure/Trivia

*Production on the film was completed in 2009, but it was shelved for four years because the producer wanted to patent the film's method of providing visual clues and synchronizing house lights for a semi-interactive experience. 
*Christopher Lloyd was originally considered for the role of Bobby Wobbly, but it was ultimately given to Cary Elwes instead.
*The movie approximately cost $60 million to make with $20 million being spent on production and $40 million on marketing.
*It set a new American box-office record for the lowest opening weekend gross for a film playing at over 2,000 theaters, grossing just $445,00 at 2,160 theaters. The previous record holder was the 2008 film, Delgo which grossed $511,000 in 2,160 theaters.
*When Toni Braxton recorded the singing voice for the song, "Ode to Adelaide (The Scratchy Sneezy Cough Cough Song)", she had a severe cold and the sneezes that she performed were real. Due to Braxton's cold making her voice "deep" and "not kid-friendly", it was pitch-shifted higher for the song.
*Cloris Leachman said that she did the movements for her song through perseverance and that the dancing she did influenced her to get back into exercising after not doing so for 15 years.
*According to producer Kenn Viselman, the reason for the film's failure was due to poor marketing. He had $20 to $30 million dollars in marketing funds from investors in Michigan and was prepared to release it, but the account froze a week before its scheduled release. Viselman said: "In the end, people didn't know the movie was even playing in the theaters."
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