The 47-foot-high, 12,000-square-foot auditorium in the film was built by 200 carpenters in 13 weeks.
When filming on the Fraser River, in order to avoid affecting the local rare ecosystem, the crew chose to transport everything by helicopter.
In 1998, the original title of the film was "Eaters of the Dead". The soundtrack of the film was written by Grimaud Revere. After the screening was cold, Michael Clayton, who took over the film, changed the title. For "The 13th Warrior", and invited Jerry Gosmith to re-create the soundtrack.
A pirate ship in the film was later displayed in the Norwegian Pavilion at the EPCOT Center in Disneyland.
Omar Sharif, one of the film's leading actors, decided to leave the film world temporarily because of his disappointment with the film.
The production cost of the film was 160 million U.S. dollars, and the marketing investment was 25 million. Its global box office was only 61.7 million, which can be regarded as the film with the largest loss.
