The chandelier weighed 2.2 tons, cost $1.3 million, and was provided by Swarovski. It had a stunt double for riskier scenes. There was also a third chandelier made that was equipped with electricity and lighting for the opening scene.
In April 2004, an audience of the stage version of "The Phantom of the Opera" in London was asked to stay behind at the end and record the sound effects for the chandelier crash in the movie.
The Phantom speaks only fourteen of his lines and sings the rest.
In playing Christine's father in this movie, Ramin Karimloo becomes the only actor to have played all three of Christine's loves. Her father in the movie version, and both Raoul and the Phantom on the stage.