The film set a new American box-office record for the lowest opening weekend gross for a film playing at over 2,000 theaters. It grossed $445,000 at 2,160 theaters; just two hundred six per theater. The previous record holder was Delgo (2008), which grossed just over $511,000 in 2,160 theaters.
Despite the failure of this movie, Viselman considered moving forward with two sequels to either be released theatrically or straight to DVD. Additionally, a television series was initially planned for 2015, and was moved up by at least a year to capitalize on familiarity with the new characters. But as of 2016, no further updates have come around for these resources.
Production completed in 2009, but the film sat on the shelf for four years, because the producer wanted to patent the film's method of providing visual cues and synchronizing house lights for a semi-interactive experience. Young viewers are encouraged to get up and dance when butterflies fly across the screen, and sit down when turtles appear.
All of the characters are loosely based on characters from the television series My Bedbugs (2004), with the exception of Woozy, who was renamed Zoozie.
The film was nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Screen Ensemble at the 33rd Golden Raspberry Awards, but lost both to The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012).