Five Weeks in a Balloon (film) intended to exploit the hype of Fox’s own "Cleopatra" (1963). Allen's film is played much more for comedy than Juran's film. In Verne's novel and the Woolner Brothers' film, the balloon was named the "Victoria". Allen's film renames it the "Jupiter" with Allen giving the name "Jupiter II" to the spaceship on "Lost in Space". Filming took place in early 1962. It was the only film being made on the Fox lot at the time, due to costs incurred by "Cleopatra" (1963). The film was entirely shot in Hollywood except for some second unit shots in Africa. Allen wanted to
Jupiter (spacecraft) "Jupiter" as well as cargo to be delivered to the space station. The arriving Exoliner will remain attached to the upper stage through a mounting ring. "Jupiter" and the departing Exoliner, now filled with trash, will approach the nearly spent rocket stage. The departing container will undock from the "Jupiter" spacecraft and will briefly be unattached to either the upper stage or the spacecraft. Immediately following the undocking, the arriving Exoliner docked to the upper stage will be removed by the "Jupiter"'s robotic arm, and refastened onto the "Jupiter". Finally, the departing container will be moved to the docking system