The film had a $65 million budget, and made $73,706 at the box office. A major box office flop.
In December 2002, the hard drives containing the film-in-progress were stolen. The filmmakers had to start over, and used motion-capture to speed up production.
According to comments made by animators, Writer and Director Lawrence Kasanoff didn't seem to realize the difference between live-action and animation. He would often ask his crew to do "retakes" of scenes. He would also ask the animators to make things "more awesome" or "thirty percent better". Although he was eventually fired, it has been said that the studio lost millions of dollars due to his inability to streamline production.
Many animators reportedly refuse to list this film on their résumés.
An original trailer, made in 2002 before the original animations were stolen, is available on the Internet.