Initially was cancelled per request of Universal Pictures in November 2016 based on its production problems, but was put back into production in September 2017.
The biggest box-office opening since the COVID-19 pandemic started.
The longest wait for a sequel to a DreamWorks Animation film to date, released 7.5 years after The Croods (2013), exceeding the 5 year gap between Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).