The name of the diner where Alice works is called the "Crave Inn", a reference to franchise creator Wes Craven.
During the writing of the film, Renny Harlin and some of the producers by chance happened to bump into James Cameron. Cameron somewhat facetiously asked Harlin how he was going to bring Freddy back to life for this movie, to which Harlin (also somewhat facetiously) replied "A dog pisses fire on him and he comes back to life." The idea ended up being used in the film, although in a more metaphorical manner than in a literal sense. (With Robert Englund explaining that the dog urinating fire onto Freddy's remains is meant to symbolize a Hellhound, and how evil Freddy truly is.)
This was the highest-grossing entry in the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" film franchise (not counting Freddy vs. Jason (2003)). It earned $49 million in the U.S.