In addition to these literary sources, various film scholars have suggested that Méliès was heavily influenced by other works, especially Jacques Offenbach's operetta Le voyage dans la lune (an unauthorized parody of Verne's novels) and the A Trip to the Moon attraction at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
Selain dari sumber sastra, berbagai pelajar film menduga bahwa Méliès dipengaruhi karya-karya lain, terutama operet Jacques Offenbach Le voyage dans la lune (parodi tidak sah dari novel Verne) dan atraksi A Trip to the Moon pada Pan-American Exposition 1901 di Buffalo, New York.