| − | |Like with ''4Ever'', it has some implicit pro-Christian messages, as after the villains proceeded to hijack an ancient doomsday weapon, Latios proceeded to sacrifice himself to save Alto Mare from destruction. However, it got very low box office records due to a limited release in America which ultimately led to most other Pokémon films after it to be released as direct to video features (with only the dual-feature fourteenth movie, ''White—Victini and Zekrom'' and ''Black—Victini and Reshiram'', and the 20th movie, ''Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You'', ever seeing releases in theaters outside Japan since then, and even then only as limited theatrical releases), and its Japanese premiere was, until the Japanese release of the movie ''Hoopa and the Clash of Ages'', the worst performing Pokémon film ever. | + | |Like with ''4Ever'', it has some implicit pro-Christian messages, as after the villains proceeded to hijack an ancient doomsday weapon, Latios proceeded to sacrifice himself to save Alto Mare from destruction. However, it got very low box office records due to a limited release in America which ultimately led to most other Pokémon films after it to be released as direct to video features (with only the dual-feature fourteenth movie, ''White—Victini and Zekrom'' and ''Black—Victini and Reshiram'', the 20th movie, ''Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You'', and the 21st movie, ''The Power of Us'', ever seeing releases in theaters outside Japan since then, and even then only as limited theatrical releases), and its Japanese premiere was, until the Japanese release of the movie ''Hoopa and the Clash of Ages'', the worst performing Pokémon film ever. |