<P> Connery reportedly had many disputes with director Stephen Norrington . Norrington did not attend the opening party, and when was asked where the director could be, Connery is said to have replied, "Check the local asylum ." Norrington reportedly did not like the studio supervision and was "uncomfortable" with large crews . </P> <P> The studio put pressure on the filmmakers for a summer release . Some staff at Fox wanted it to be released in the fall, but according to the Los Angeles Times, Fox already had Master and Commander lined up for the fall . The production ran into trouble when a special effects set did not pan out as intended, forcing the filmmakers to have to quickly look for another effects shop . </P> <P> In 2003, Larry Cohen and Martin Poll filed a lawsuit against 20th Century Fox, claiming the company had intentionally plagiarized their script Cast of Characters . According to the BBC, the lawsuit alleged "that Mr Cohen and Mr Poll pitched the idea to Fox several times between 1993 and 1996, under the name Cast of Characters," and that Fox had solicited the comics series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as a smoke screen . It noted that the films shared public domain characters who did not appear in the comic book series . Although Fox denied the allegations as "absurd nonsense", the case was settled out of court, a decision Alan Moore, according to The New York Times "took...as an especially bitter blow, believing that (he) had been denied the chance to exonerate (himself)." </P> <P> The film opened at #2 behind Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen grossed an estimated $66,465,204 in Canada and the United States, $12,603,037 in the United Kingdom, and $12,033,033 in Spain . Worldwide, the film took $179,265,204 . </P>

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