Rio (franchise)

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Rio
Created by Blue Sky Studios
Films and television
Film(s) Rio (2011)
Rio 2 (2014)
Rio 3 (Upcoming)
Games
Video game(s) Rio
Angry Birds Rio

The Rio franchise is produced by Blue Sky Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox.

Films

Rio (2011)

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It tells the story of Blu, a male Spix's macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a free-spirited female Spix's macaw, Jewel. The two eventually fall in love, and together they have to escape from being smuggled by Nigel, a cockatoo.

Rio 2 (2014)

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Rio 3 (Upcoming)

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Cast and crew

Cast

Characters Theatrical films
Rio (2011) Rio 2 (2014)
Blu Jesse Eisenberg
Jewel Anne Hathaway
Rafael George Lopez
Perdo will.i.am
Nico Jamie Foxx
Linda Gunderson-Monteiro Leslie Mann
Dr. Túlio Monteiro Rodrigo Santoro
Luiz Tracy Morgan
Nigel Jemaine Clement
Eva Bebel Gilberto
Fernando Jake T. Austin

Crew

Film Director Producer(s) Executive producer Writer(s) Composer Editor
Rio Carlos Saldanha Bruce Anderson and John C. Donkin Chris Wedge screenplay by: Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia and Sam Harper
story by: Carlos Saldanha, Earl Richey and Todd Jones
John Powell Harry Hitner
Rio 2 screenplay by: Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks and Yoni Brenner
story by: Carlos Saldanha

Reception

Box office performance

Rio is the 11th highest-grossing animated franchise.

Film Release date Box office gross Box office ranking Budget Reference
North America Brazil Other territories Worldwide All time North America All time worldwide
Rio April 15, 2011 $143,619,809 $33,552,469 $341,015,951 $484,635,760 #322 #156 $90 million [1]
Rio 2 April 11, 2014 $131,538,435 $28,717,054 $368,188,435 $500,188,435 #385 #147 $103 million [2]
Total $275,158,244 $62,269,523 $709,204,386 $984,824,195 $193 million

Critical response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
Rio 72% (145 reviews)[3] 63 (29 reviews)[4]
Rio 2 48% (105 reviews)[5] 49 (34 reviews)[6]
Average 60% 56

References

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  4. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/rio
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  6. http://www.metacritic.com/movie/rio-2

External links

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