Disaster Movie (2008) occupied the #1 spot on the IMDb Bottom 100 for almost four months, from shortly after its August 2008 release until December, when it was dethroned by Sweetie Pie (2002), an obscure thriller starring Paris Hilton. The film returned to #1 on the Bottom 100 when Sweetie Pie (2002) disappeared briefly from the Database.
Film critic Louis Fehrey was furious after he saw the film, claiming that it insulted his intelligence, the intelligence of the American people, and the intelligence of cinema. As "revenge," Fehrey spent weeks collecting every single American review of the film. He then published an article in USA Today, stating that 98.7% of Disaster Movie (2008) reviews were negative.
Many of the films spoofed in this movie had not yet been released when the script was written. Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg got the basic idea for the spoofs by watching their trailers.
This movie was not screened in advance for critics.
This was one of directors Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg's most unsuccessful films at the box office.