Wissenswertes

The two robotic submarines in this film are named Jake and Elwood, a reference to Blues Brothers (1980).

In 2003 when IMAX was still mostly a speciality format, and not as prevalent as it is today, many IMAX venues offered double bills to attract customers with added value. Ghosts of the Abyss was largely paired with the IMAX version of Matrix Revolutions (2003).

This was Lisa Torban's only film involvement.

Thia film has the odd distinction of being James Cameron's only theatrically released film since his first, Fliegende Killer - Piranha II (1982), to not have a title that starts with the letters A or T.

Paxton refers to the decision whether to turn to port or starboard when the iceberg was sighted. The irony is that if the ship had struck the berg head-on, the damage albeit considerable would not have caused the ship to sink. Another irony is that throwing the engines into reverse caused such cavitation that the rudder was useless. If they had not done this, they would have had a chance to swerve enough to have survived the damage amidships.