Don Bluth's company had been driven to bankruptcy twice: once, as Don Bluth Productions, after the disappointing box office take of The Secret of NIMH coincided with an animator's strike; and again, as the Bluth Group, after the Video game crash of 1983—when Cinematronics, in an attempt to cut its losses, charged fees and royalties of over $3 million ($ adjusted for inflation) to Bluth's company while it was working on a sequel to the laserdisc-based animated arcade videogame Dragon's Lair.
Don Bluth's company had been driven to bankruptcy twice once as Don Bluth Productions after the disappointing box office take of The Secret of NIMH coincided with an animator's strike; and again as the Bluth Group after the Video game crash of 1983—when Cinematronics in an attempt to cut its losses charged fees and royalties of over $3 million ($ adjusted for inflation) to Bluth's company while it was working on a sequel to the laserdisc-based animated arcade videogame Dragon's Lair