When the priest states that he has a theory on the advancing planet near the beginning of the film, the president tells him that he has '20 seconds.' Cornelius gives his theory - which takes exactly 20 seconds.

Korben Dallas and Zorg neither meet nor communicate in any way throughout the film.

The real name of one of the policeman that is waiting in front of the McDonalds is Mac Macdonald.

When the shuttle leaves Earth to go to Fhloston Paradise, the flashes behind the it have the same shape as Gaumont's logo. Gaumont is the company that produced this film.

At first, the film was supposed to be filmed in France but there were no studios big enough so they had to transfer the production to London.

Interesting and fun to watch for: As a visual representation of their exact opposites, Zorg usually has a large circle behind him, whereas Korben usually has a large rectangle behind him during important scenes involving major decisions by their characters.

Zorg is told "you're a monster." Gary Oldman's characters have been told the same thing in "Air Force One" and "Lost in Space."

Zorg's desk and the accident with the cherry is a reference to the film Tintin and the Lake of Sharks, where Rastapopoulos has the same kind of problem.

The Diva Plavalaguna's name was used as an inside joke referencing Milla Jovovich's second film, "Return to Blue Lagoon" (plava laguna means "blue lagoon" in Serbo-Croatian).

In the movie, the bizarre Divine Language that Leeloo speaks was invented by Milla Jovovich and director Luc Besson. Milla Jovovich is multi-lingual, and by the end of filming the movie, the two of them had learned to speak it fluently, even engaging in full conversations in the language.

Luc Besson thought about the story when he was in high school.