Factual error: In the diner, the kids listen to/dance to Britney Spears' "Toxic," which didn't release as a single until January 2004. This takes place in 2003.
Factual error: At the diner, the trucker reads about the three girls' abduction in the Daily Bugle, with their photos, as he recognizes them. Less than 3 hours after it happened. (Cassie said she would return in 3 hours and they had already gone to the diner before she arrived).
Factual error: This movie takes place in 2003, but in the Grand Central scene, you see Ezekiel outside with a clear shot of One Vanderbilt behind him, built in 2020. (00:38:05)
Factual error: Though the movie is set in 2003, in the subway, there's a guy playing with a PSP, which didn't come out until December 2004.
Factual error: The ambulance drives by a Blockbuster with posters for the movie Big Fish. Madame Web is set in the Spring-Summer of 2003 (judging by the trees), but Big Fish premiered in December 2023 and the VHS came out in April 2024.