Fox, Miramax and Universal jointly invested 120 million US dollars. The filming of the film required hundreds of thousands of sailors, scholars, sculptors, casters, shipbuilders, actors and technicians from four continents. The crew used the giant pool used in the filming of "Titanic".
The miracle ship model was copied from the replica of the battleship Rose during the French Revolution that the crew bought for $1.5 million, and then shipped to Mexico through the Panama Canal. The Rose was repaired and used for two weeks of shooting at sea. During the preparations for the auction, Will drove a copy of the 18th century Captain Cook Endearo on the Australian coast for four days.
In order to participate in the performance of this film, Russell Crowe shelved the filming plan of the film "Tekken Man". Later when he returned to film "Tekken Man", the film's director had been appointed by Lacey Holstrom. Replaced by Ron Howard.
