On January 13, 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on movie theaters. This was the first movie publicly shown in the country. It played at a film festival in Jeddah, as a double feature with Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017).
Sony invited Jack Douglass, owner of the "jacksfilms" YouTube channel, to the world premiere, because he praised it sarcastically.
The film holds the record for shortest Rotten Tomatoes critics' consensus, a "no" symbol.
On the day of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, Britain's Channel 5 aired this movie instead of live funeral footage.
This is the first animated film to win the Razzie Award for Worst Picture, and the third animated film to win a Razzie in any category, after Thumbelina (1994) and Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013).