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1	* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $20 million (not counting marketing costs), $25 million (counting them). Box office, $11.1 million.
2	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
3	** The movie was released in Japan under the title ''Ghost Hunters.''
4	** In France, it's known as ''The Adventures of Jack Burton: In the Clutches of the Mandarin''.
5	* DuelingMovies: With ''Film/TheGoldenChild''. Funnily enough, Creator/JohnCarpenter was originally set to direct that film. Creator/JamesHong and Victor Wong also appear in it.
6	* DyeingForYourArt: Creator/KurtRussell lifted weights and began running two months before production began to prepare for the physical demands of principal photography. In addition, Creator/JohnCarpenter and his cast and crew did a week's rehearsals that mainly involved choreographing the martial arts scenes.
7	* EnforcedMethodActing: In the wedding scene where Lo Pan is putting the Needle of Love in Miao Yin, James Hong actually jabbed Suzee Pai too hard. You can see her flinch as he puts it in her.
8	* ExecutiveMeddling: The first scene was added later at the insistence of Studio Executives who just didn't get the SupportingProtagonist story line. This may explain why it doesn't really fit with the way the movie ends.
9	* FakeAmerican: Creator/KimCattrall (English-Canadian) as Gracie Law (American).
10	* FakeMixedRace: According to WordOfGod, Gracie Law is of mixed Chinese and European descent. This is treated as obvious to everyone in-universe but to the audience it just looks like a PlotHole that Lo Pan apparently could have used any random green-eyed girl whose father was a holy man, meaning he really should have been able to complete the prophecy the moment he became aware of Ireland.
11	* FollowTheLeader: Co-writer Gary Goldman had been inspired by a new wave of martial arts films that had "all sorts of weird actions and special effects, shot against this background of Oriental mysticism and modern sensibilities".
12	* MidDevelopmentGenreShift: The film was originally a western, with Jack Burton as a cowboy aiming to retrieve his horse.
13	* ScrewedByTheStudio: 20th Century Fox barely gave the film any promotion despite positive test screenings and released it opposite ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
14	* StillbornFranchise: There were plans for a sequel that were scrapped when the film bombed.
15	* ThrowItIn: Creator/JamesHong improvised the line, "This really pisses me off to no end."
16	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
17	** Creator/JohnCarpenter wanted Creator/JackieChan for Wang Chi, but the producer felt that he lacked box-office draw and his English wasn't up to scratch. Carpenter insisted after seeing ''Film/PoliceStory'', but Chan declined.
18	** Although Creator/KurtRussell was Carpenter's only choice for Jack Burton, the studio suggested Creator/JackNicholson or Creator/ClintEastwood. Once they proved unavailable, Carpenter was able to cast Russell. Creator/JeffBridges was also considered.

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