* ActorInspiredElement: Creator/DustinHoffman completely ad-libbed Mr. Magorium's lisp. His contract also stipulated that he was allowed to do his own hair.
* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $65 million (not counting marketing costs). Box office, $32,061,555 (domestic), $69,474,661 (worldwide).
* CreatorBacklash: Zack Helm [[http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/24/breaking-bad-mr-magorium-emporium-walter-white-movie/ has described it as "a Technicolor train-wreck"]] and stated, jokingly or not, in response to a ''Series/BreakingBad'' joke that the only [=DVDs=] Walt has to watch while in hiding are two copies of this movie, that "Walt has exactly two more copies than are allowed in my house."
* ReferencedBy: In ''Series/BreakingBad'', Walt has two copies of this film given to him while in hiding as his only entertainment material.
* RoleReprise: Steve Whitmire came back to do Kermit for his cameo.
* {{Typecasting}}: Creator/JasonBateman as the [[NiceGuy nice]] worker and Creator/DustinHoffman as the {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
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