This film earned only $327,000 in its 1,507-theater opening weekend, setting the record of the worst opening weekend in more than 1,500 theaters, and its $217 per-theater average was the second worst for a wide release (behind only Proud American (2008)'s $128 average).
Even though Jennifer Lynn Warren spent hours in crocodile-inhabited waters stark naked for nearly half a day, which led to her getting hypothermia, she said in interviews that she had a blast making the film.
On the French Canadian DVD release, Sid Haig's name is replaced by the name Christopher Faloona, who is actually the cinematographer on the movie. The film makers have not commented on how this happened.
The film bombed so hard at the box office, that it was highlighted on ABC's Nightline news program. Soon after, director and co-writer Fred Andrews started slamming sites and critics who gave the movie bad reviews (which was most of them), calling them "lowbrow" and "bottom feeders. He never wrote it directed another film after this one.