Finding Nemo (franchise)
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Film series
Finding Nemo (2003)
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Finding Nemo is the fifth Pixar film. The film tells the story of a clownfish named Nemo (Alexander Gould) who gets abducted, his over-protective father Marlin (Albert Brooks) who, along with a regal tang named Dory (Ellen DeGeneres), searches for him all the way to Sydney Harbour. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and let Nemo take care of himself.
Finding Dory (2016)
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Finding Dory will be the seventeenth Pixar film. The film will be focused on the amnesiac character Dory, and will explore the idea of her being reunited with her family.[1] It will take place six months after Finding Nemo and be set off the coast of California.[2][3]
Short films
Exploring the Reef
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Exploring the Reef is a short documentary film. It features Jean-Michel Cousteau exploring the Great Barrier Reef but Marlin, Dory, and Nemo keep interrupting him. The short is included on the second disc of the Finding Nemo DVD.[4]
Reception
Box office performance
Finding Nemo earned $380,843,261 in North America, and $555,900,000 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $936,743,261.[5] It is the second highest-grossing film of 2003, behind The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[6] It was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010 when Toy Story 3 surpassed it.[7]
| Film | Release date | Revenue | Rank | Budget | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Foreign | Worldwide | All-time domestic | All-time worldwide | ||||
| Finding Nemo[5] | May 30, 2003 | $380,843,261 | $555,900,000 | $936,743,261 | #20 #53 (A) |
#24 | $99,000,000 | |
| Original release | May 30, 2003 | $339,714,978[5] | $524,900,000[8] | $864,614,978 | $94,000,000[5] | |||
| 3-D re-release | September 14, 2012 | $41,128,283[9] | $31,000,000[9] | $72,128,283 | $5,000,000[10] | |||
| Finding Dory[11] | June 17, 2016 | |||||||
| Total | $380,843,261 | $555,900,000 | $936,743,261 | $99,000,000 | ||||
| List indicator(s) (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo). |
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Critical reception
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| Finding Nemo | 99% (232 reviews)[12] | 90% (38 reviews)[13] |
| Finding Dory | ||
| Average ratings |
Awards and nomination
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The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $921 million worldwide. It is the best-selling DVD of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006[14] and is the 2nd highest grossing G-rated movie of all time. In 2008, the American Film Institute named it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their 10 Top 10.[15] It also won the award for best Animated Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, the National Board of Review Awards, the Online Film Critics Society Awards, and the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards.
Cast and characters
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This is a list of characters from the 2003 film, Finding Nemo, its upcoming 2016 sequel, Finding Dory and the short Exploring the Reef.
| Characters | Main films | Short film | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Nemo (2003) |
Finding Dory (2016) |
Exploring the Reef (2003) |
|
| Nemo | Alexander Gould | Hayden Rolence | Alexander Gould |
| Marlin | Albert Brooks | ||
| Dory | Ellen DeGeneres | ||
| Gill | Willem Dafoe | ||
| Deb | Vicki Lewis | ||
| Bloat | Brad Garrett | ||
| Peach | Allison Janney | ||
| Gurgle | Austin Pendleton | ||
| Bubbles | Stephen Root | ||
| Jacques | Joe Ranft | ||
| Nigel | Geoffrey Rush | ||
| School of moonfish | John Ratzenberger | ||
| Crush | Andrew Stanton | ||
| Mr. Ray | Bob Peterson | ||
| Bruce | Barry Humphries | ||
| Anchor | Eric Bana | ||
| Chum | Bruce Spence | ||
| Tad | Jordy Ranft | ||
| Sheldon | Erik Per Sullivan | ||
| Pearl | Erica Beck | ||
| Dr. Philip Sherman | Bill Hunter | ||
| Coral | Elizabeth Perkins | ||
| Squirt | Nicholas Bird | Bennett Dammann | |
| Darla | LuLu Ebeling | ||
| Jenny | Diane Keaton | ||
| Charlie | Eugene Levy | ||
| Bailey | Ty Burrell | ||
| Destiny | Kaitlin Olson | ||
| Hank | Ed O'Neill | ||
| Fluke | Idris Elba | ||
| Rudder | Dominic West | ||
| Becky | Torbin Xan Bullock | ||
- Note: A grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
Theme park
- Crush's Coaster at Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris.
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage at Disneyland at Disneyland Resort.
- Finding Nemo – The Musical at Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- The Seas with Nemo & Friends at Epcot at Walt Disney World.
- Turtle Talk with Crush at Epcot at Walt Disney World, Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort and Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort.
- Finding Dory simulator ride at Tokyo DisneySea at Tokyo Disney Resort (upcoming).
Other media
Video games
Finding Nemo
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Finding Nemo was released in 2003 by Traveller's Tales. The goal in the game is to complete different levels under the roles of film protagonists Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cutscenes from the movie and each clip is based on a level, e.g. hopping through a batch of jellyfish.
The game received mixed reviews. It received 2/5 stars on GameSpy,[16][17][18][19] 6.2/10 points on GameSpot[20][21][22] and IGN gave it 7.0/10 and 6.0/10 on its PS2 and Xbox, and GameCube platforms, respectively.[23][24]
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Disney Friends
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In 2007, Amaze Entertainment released Disney Friends. It is a video game based on various Disney films. The game features characters Stitch from Lilo & Stitch, Dory from Finding Nemo, Pooh from Winnie the Pooh, and Simba from The Lion King.
Kinect Disneyland Adventures
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Kinect Disneyland Adventure is a video game released in 2011 by Frontier Developments and Cobra, Inc. The game is based in various Disneyland attractions. It was released on Kinect for Xbox 360.
Stage musical
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Finding Nemo – The Musical is a 40-minute show (performed five times daily), which opened on January 2, 2007 at the Theater in the Wild at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. It is a musical adaption of the film with new songs written by Tony Award-winning Avenue Q composer Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez. It would "combine puppets, dancers, acrobats and animated backdrops".[26]
Music
Finding Nemo
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Finding Nemo is the soundtrack album of the film of the same name. The soundtrack was scored by Thomas Newman.
The score was nominated for the 76th Academy Awards for Best Original Score but lost against The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[27][28] It received 5/5 stars from the Film Score Reviews[29] and 3.5/5 stars from Soundtrack.net.[30]
Crew
| Film | Director(s) | Producer(s) | Executive Producer(s) | Writer(s) | Composer | Editor(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finding Nemo | Andrew Stanton Co-directed by: Lee Unkrich |
Graham Walters | John Lasseter | Screenplay by: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds Original Story by: Andrew Stanton |
Thomas Newman | David Ian Salter |
| Finding Dory | Andrew Stanton Co-directed by: Angus MacLane |
Lindsey Collins | Screenplay by: Victoria Strouse and Andrew Stanton Story by: Andrew Stanton and Bob Peterson |
Mark Merthe |
See also
References
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