Reception
The film had gained overwhelmingly negative response. Rotten Tomatoes ranked the film 68th in the '100 worst reviewed films of the 2000s', with a rating of 5%, based on 60 reviews, with the site's top critics giving it a rating of 0%. The film only grossed $19 million in the United States and in Canada, with only $29 million worldwide, making it a severe disappointment compared to the first three Pokémon films dubbed by the same company, which were highly successful, with a total worldwide gross of $363 million. The film is also currently the lowest rated animated film on Metacritic, with an average of 15 out of 100, based on 18 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes it is the second lowest behind Happily N'Ever After.
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