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* NoDubForYou: The is the only Laika film without a Japanese dub.
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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $102.3 million. Box office, $26.6 million.

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* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $102.3 million. Box office, $26.6 2 million.
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* AcclaimedFlop: The movie was critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only a fourth of its budget back worldwide, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. Its failure to make back its budget can be attributed to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (see below) and being released two weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: The movie was critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only roughly a fourth of its budget back worldwide, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. Its failure to make back its said budget can be attributed to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (see below) and being released two weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: The movie was critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. Its failure to make back its budget can be attributed to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (see below) and being released two weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: The movie was critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a fourth of its budget of $100 million, back worldwide, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. Its failure to make back its budget can be attributed to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (see below) and being released two weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $102.3 million. Box office, $26.6 million.
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"delivery sounds spontaneous" is not sufficient grounds to prove a line was improvised, to me.


* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released 2 weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically The movie was critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's Its failure to make back its budget is also because of can be attributed to being ScrewedByTheNetwork (see below) and also being released 2 two weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.



* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Fortnight.

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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American Creator/ZoeSaldana as the Spanish Adelina Fortnight.



* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'', as all three are animated films centered around BigfootSasquatchAndYeti that were released within a year of each other. Missing Link ended up winning critically as it got the best reviews compared to the other two, but bombed '''hard''' at the box office, making it the worst commercially out of the three.
* ThrowItIn: If his delivery was any indication, Hugh Jackman's delivery of "The Game is Afoot" was unscripted.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Received [[InvisibleAdvertising very little advertisement]], which contributed to its low box-office performance.

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* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'', as all three are animated films centered around BigfootSasquatchAndYeti that were released within a year of each other. Missing Link ended up winning critically critically, as it got the best reviews compared to the other two, but bombed '''hard''' at the box office, making it the worst commercially out of the three.
%% * ThrowItIn: If his delivery was any indication, Hugh Jackman's delivery of "The Game game is Afoot" afoot!" was unscripted.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Received The movie received [[InvisibleAdvertising very little advertisement]], which contributed to its low box-office performance.
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* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'', as all three are animated films centered around BigfootSasquatchAndYeti that were released within a year of each other.

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* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'', as all three are animated films centered around BigfootSasquatchAndYeti that were released within a year of each other. Missing Link ended up winning critically as it got the best reviews compared to the other two, but bombed '''hard''' at the box office, making it the worst commercially out of the three.
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* ThrowItIn: If his delivery was any indication, Hugh Jackman improvised saying "The Game is Afoot".

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* ThrowItIn: If his delivery was any indication, Hugh Jackman improvised saying Jackman's delivery of "The Game is Afoot".Afoot" was unscripted.
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* ThrowItIn: If his delivery was any indication, Hugh Jackman improvised saying "The Game is Afoot".
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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American actress Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Fortnight.

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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American actress Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Fortnight.
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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American actress Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Forthright.

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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American actress Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Forthright.Fortnight.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released at 2 weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released at 2 weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released at least a week away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released at least a week 2 weeks away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it Laika's lowest-grossing film to date. It's failure to make back its budget is also because of being ScrewedByTheNetwork and also being released at least a week away from the highly successful ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* FakeNationality: Afro-Latina American actress Creator/ZoeSaldana as Spanish Adelina Forthright.
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* FakeBrit: Australian Creator/HughJackman as English explorer Sir Lionel Frost.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date.
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While it made more money, Kubo And The Two Strings was also a box office bomb and it was released before this movie.


* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.date.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, lauded and won a Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, but earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.
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* DuelingMovies: With ''WesternAnimation/{{Smallfoot}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Abominable}}'', as all three are animated films centered around BigfootSasquatchAndYeti that were released within a year of each other.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but has earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but has earned only $24 million worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first box-office failure.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Received [[InvisibleAdvertising very little advertisement]], which contributed to its low box-office performance.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Received [[InvisibleAdvertising very little advertisement]], which contributed to its low box-office performance.performance.
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* RealSongThemeTune: Music/QuietRiot's "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)", of course.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but so far has only made $5.8 million on its first weekend, the lowest box-office score for any Laika film.

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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but so far has earned only made $5.8 $24 million on worldwide against a budget of $100 million, making it both Laika's lowest-grossing film to date and its first weekend, the lowest box-office score for any Laika film.failure.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Reportedly received very little advertisement, which contributed to its low box-office performance.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Reportedly received Received [[InvisibleAdvertising very little advertisement, advertisement]], which contributed to its low box-office performance.
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* ChannelHop: This is Creator/{{Laika}}'s first film not to be released by Creator/{{Universal}}'s Creator/FocusFeatures division, instead being distributed by [[Creator/UnitedArtists United Artists Releasing]] on behalf of Creator/AnnapurnaPictures.
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* MethodActing: According to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, the Link tried to get Heenan to take care of his travel arrangements because he didn't want to have to break character, but Heenan refused.

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* MethodActing: According to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, the Link tried to get Heenan to take care of his travel arrangements because he didn't want to have to break character, but Heenan refused.refused.
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* AcclaimedFlop: Critically lauded, but so far has only made $5.8 million on its first weekend, the lowest box-office score for any Laika film.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Reportedly received very little advertisement, which contributed to its low box-office performance.
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* MethodActing: According to Wrestling/BobbyHeenan, the Link tried to get Heenan to take care of his travel arrangements because he didn't want to have to break character, but Heenan refused.

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