The Grinch/Trivia

Trivia

 * The second Illumination film to be based on a Dr. Seuss book, after The Lorax (2012), and the first film to be scored by Danny Elfman.
 * The film was originally going to be released on November 10, 2017, but it was changed to November 9, 2018.
 * This will mark the second film to be based on How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, after the 2000 live-action film starring Jim Carrey.
 * This is the first Illumination Christmas film.
 * This will be Illumination's first film to be released in November.
 * The sixth Universal's animated theatrical film to be released in November, after An American Tail, The Land Before Time, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story and The Pandemoniums.
 * The third Dr. Seuss animated film, after Horton Hears a Who! and The Lorax.
 * The second Dr. Seuss animated film to be rated PG by the MPAA, after The Lorax.
 * This is the first Dr. Seuss film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, unlike the previous Dr. Seuss films that were produced in 1.85:1.
 * The second Universal's animated film to be produced in 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after The Tale of Despereaux and Despicable Me 3.
 * The second Illumination film to be shot in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Despicable Me 3.
 * The last Illumination film of 2010s to be produced in 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
 * The ninth Illumination film of 2010s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Despicable Me, Hop, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Minions, The Secret Life of Pets, Sing and Despicable Me 3.
 * The sixth Universal animated film of 2010s to be produced in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, after Luna & Zak, Despicable Me 3, Lix, Computeropolis: The Deep Web and Cool Spot.
 * The twentieth Universal animated film of 2010s to be rated PG by the MPAA, after Computeropolis 3, Despicable Me, Gabriel Garza, The Lorax, Plucky Chicken, Quest, Despicable Me 2, Gabriel Garza 2, Paradoria, Minions, Luna & Zak, The Secret Life of Pets, Imagimals, Sing, Gabriel Garza 3, Despicable Me 3, Lix, Computeropolis: The Deep Web and Cool Spot.
 * The third Universal animated film to be released in 2018 after Computeropolis: The Deep Web and Cool Spot.