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Finding Nemo
Finding Nemologo; its spin-off sequelFinding Doryuses a similar logo (see below)
Created byAndrew Stanton
Original workFinding Nemo(2003)
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Years2003–present
Films and television
Film(s)
Short film(s)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(s)Finding Nemo – The Musical(2007)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)
  • *Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of acrossover.
  • †A remastered re-release ofKinect Rush: A Disney•Pixar Adventure(2012);Finding Dorywas added to the re-release.
  • ‡Pavilion opened in 1986 as The Living Seas.

Finding Nemo[a]is aCGI animatedfilm seriesandDisneymedia franchisethat began with the 2003 filmof the same name,produced byPixarand released byWalt Disney Pictures.The original film was followed by astandalone sequel,Finding Dory,released in 2016. Both films were directed byAndrew Stanton.The film series received widespread critical acclaim from critics and audiences with two films released to-date, the series has grossed $1.9 billion worldwide.

Film series

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Finding Nemo(2003)

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Main article:Finding Nemo

Finding Nemois the fifthPixarfilm. The film tells the story of aclownfishnamed Nemo (voiced byAlexander Gould) who gets abducted from his home in theGreat Barrier Reefand winds up in a dentist’s office aquarium. His over-protective father Marlin (voiced byAlbert Brooks) who, along with an amnesiacregal tangnamed Dory (voiced byEllen DeGeneres), searches for him all the way toSydney Harbour.Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and let little Nemo take care of himself.

Finding Dory(2016)

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Main article:Finding Dory

Finding Doryis the seventeenthPixarfilm. The film focuses on the amnesiac character Dory (voiced byEllen DeGeneres), who travels toCaliforniato find her long-lost parents, Jenny and Charlie, as well as exploring the idea of her being reunited with her family.[3]It takes place one year afterFinding Nemoand is set off the coast ofMorro Bay, California.[4][5]

Future films

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DirectorAndrew Stantoncommented in June 2016 about the possibility of a thirdFindingfilm, stating:

"I really do feel like that this was the missing piece, emotionally, for the first movie. Now, I’ve stopped saying never for anything because there are a lot of new characters that get introduced and we’ve broadened the universe for this movie. And again, I’m very used to seeing that world continue to open up from theToy Storymovies, so I’ve learned to just say, to my knowledge, I think everything that was born of the first movie is wrapped up. But we’ll see. With any of the other sequels, we strive to try and make it seem like it was inevitable, like it was meant to be, that all these extended stories and journeys with these characters were part of the whole canon. And that's really hard, but it's so satisfying for me when I’m experiencing that, whether it's a great second season of a TV show or another book in a series. It's a small club when it's done successfully. Regardless of how much people may vocalize that they don’t enjoy or wish that there weren’t extensions, sometimes it's really nice to go back and spend more time with these characters if they evolve, if they grow, if they expand. So that, I’m very happy with. I feel like it was just as hard, if not harder, onFinding Doryto get it to feel inevitable and preordained, and that it was always of the larger piece. "[6]

In May 2024, Pixar CCOPete Doctersuggested that the studio is considering making a third installment in theFinding Nemofranchise. He stated "Where else have we not gone in the ocean? The ocean's a big place. I think there's a lot of opportunity there. We're kind of fishing around."[7]

Short films

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Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau(2003)

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Main article:Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau

Exploring the Reefis a shortdocumentary film.It featuresJean-Michel Cousteau,exploring theGreat Barrier Reef,but Marlin, Dory, and Nemo keep interrupting him. The short film is included on theFinding NemoDVD.[8]

Marine Life Interviews(2016)

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Marine Life Interviewsfocuses on some of the supporting characters withinDoryas they give brief interviews and thoughts on Dory herself. This is similar to the character interviews forFinding Nemo.

Dory Finding(2021)

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Dory Findingshows Dory finding items from the surface in the coral reef. This short is part of thePixar Popcornseries onDisney+.

Field Trip(2024)

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Reception

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Box office performance

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Finding Nemois the second highest-grossingfilm of 2003,behindThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[9]It was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010 whenToy Story 3surpassed it.[10]Finding Doryis thethird-highest-grossing film of 2016,behindCivil WarandRogue One.[11]

Finding Nemois the10th highest-grossing animated franchise.[12]

Film Release date Revenue Rank Budget
United States Other territories Worldwide All-time domestic All-time worldwide
Finding Nemo[13] May 30, 2003 $380,843,261 $559,492,275 $940,335,536 #26
#55(A) 		#36 $99,000,000
Original release May 30, 2003 $339,714,978[13] $531,304,279[14] $871,019,257 $94,000,000[13]
3-Dre-release September 14, 2012 $41,128,283[15] $28,187,996[15] $69,316,279 $5,000,000[16]
Finding Dory[17] June 17, 2016 $486,295,561 $541,068,765 $1,027,364,326 #7
#71(A) 		#22 $200,000,000
Total $867,138,822 $1,100,561,040 $1,967,699,862 $299,000,000
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(A)indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated byBox Office Mojo).

Critical and public response

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Each film is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article
Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Finding Nemo 99% (270 reviews)[18] 90 (38 reviews)[19] A+[20]
Finding Dory 94% (339 reviews)[21] 77 (48 reviews)[22] A[23]

Accolades

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Further information:List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films) § Finding Nemo

Both films received universal acclaim, with the first film winning theAcademy 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[24]and is the 2nd highest grossing G-rated movie of all time. In 2008, theAmerican Film Institutenamed it the 10th greatest American Animated film ever made during their10 Top 10.[25]It also won the award for best Animated Film at the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards, theNational Board of Review Awards,theOnline Film Critics Society Awards,and theToronto Film Critics Association Awards.

Cast and characters

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List indicators

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.

  • An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
  • Yindicates a younger version of the character.
Characters Feature films Short films
Finding Nemo Finding Dory Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau Marine Life Interviews
Nemo Alexander Gould Hayden Rolence Alexander Gould
Marlin Albert Brooks
Dory Ellen DeGeneres Ellen DeGeneres
Sloane MurrayY
Lucia GeddesY 		Ellen DeGeneres
Gill Willem Dafoe
Bloat Brad Garrett
Peach Allison Janney
Gurgle Austin Pendleton
Bubbles Stephen Root
Deb Vicki Lewis
Jacques Joe Ranft Jerome Ranft
Crush Andrew Stanton
Squirt Nicholas Bird Bennett Dammann
Mr. Ray Bob Peterson
Bruce Barry Humphries Deleted scene
Darla Sherman LuLu Ebeling Photograph
Tad Jordy Ranft Characters are mute
Sheldon Erik Per Sullivan
Pearl Erica Beck
Anchor Eric Bana
Chum Bruce Spence
Philip Sherman Bill Hunter
Nigel Geoffrey Rush
Coral Elizabeth Perkins
School of moonfish John Ratzenberger
Hank Ed O'Neill Ed O'Neill
Destiny Kaitlin Olson Kaitlin Olson
Bailey Ty Burrell Ty Burrell
Jenny Diane Keaton
Charlie Eugene Levy
Fluke Idris Elba Idris Elba
Rudder Dominic West Dominic West
Stan Bill Hader
Inez Kate McKinnon
Gerald Torbin Xan Bullock
Becky
Bill John Ratzenberger
Jean-Michel Cousteau Himself
  • Note:A grey cell indicates that the character didn't appear in the film.

Theme park attractions

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Other media

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Video games

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Finding Nemo

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Main article:Finding Nemo (video game)

Finding Nemowas released in 2003 byTHQ.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. For example, Marlin and Dory hopping through a batch of jellyfish.

The game received mixed reviews. It received 2/5 stars onGameSpy,[27][28][29][30]6.2/10 points onGameSpot[31][32][33]andIGNgave it 7.0/10 and 6.0/10 on itsPS2andXbox,andGameCubeplatforms, respectively.[34][35]
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Disney Friends

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Main article:Disney Friends

In 2007,Disney Interactive StudiosreleasedDisney Friends.It is a video game based on variousDisneyfilms. The game features charactersStitchfromLilo & Stitch,DoryfromFinding Nemo,PoohfromWinnie the Pooh,andSimbafromThe Lion King.

Kinect: Disneyland Adventures

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Main article:Kinect: Disneyland Adventures

Kinect: Disneyland Adventuresis a video game released in 2011 byFrontier Developments.The game is based in variousDisneylandattractions. It was released onKinectforXbox 360.Characters fromFinding Nemoappear as part of a minigame based onFinding Nemo Submarine Voyage.

Nemo's Reef

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Nemo's Reefwas a mobile game available from December 20, 2012 to June 30, 2017 byDisney Mobile.The game is a casual reef building which features characters fromFinding Nemo.It was released onAndroidandiOSdevices.

Disney Infinity

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Main articles:Disney InfinityandDisney Infinity 3.0

Disney Infinitywas a video game series developed byAvalanche Softwarethat ran from 2013 to 2016. Elements fromFinding Nemoappeared throughout all three games in the series, with power discs based on the film released forthe first game,and a playset based onFinding Doryalong with Dory and Nemo figures released for the console versions ofDisney Infinity 3.0in June 2016. The aforementioned playset and figures were the last new content released for the series, which was cancelled by Disney in May 2016.

Rush: A Disney•Pixar Adventure

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Main article:Kinect Rush: A Disney•Pixar Adventure

Kinect Rush: A Disney•Pixar Adventureis a video game developed byAsobo Studiooriginally released in 2012 for Xbox 360. On October 31, 2017, a remastered release without the Kinect branding titledRush: A Disney•Pixar Adventurewas released forXbox OneandMicrosoft Windows10.The remastered version adds a world based onFinding Doryalongside the original release's worlds.

Disney Magic Kingdoms

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Main article:Disney Magic Kingdoms

During a limited time Event focused on the franchise, under the name "Finding Marlin",theworld buildergameDisney Magic Kingdomsincluded Nemo, Marlin, Dory, Crush, Squirt, Bruce and Hank as playable characters, along with the attractionsCrush's Coaster,Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage,andThe Seas with Nemo and Friends.[37]Bailey and Destiny were also included as playable characters in a later update of the game.[38]In the game the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the events in the films.

Stage musical

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Main article:Finding Nemo – The Musical

Finding Nemo – The Musicalis a 40-minute show (performed five times daily), which opened on January 24, 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 composerRobert Lopezand his wife,Kristen Anderson-Lopez.It would "combine puppets, dancers, acrobats and animated backdrops".[39]

Appearance on Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman

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Main article:Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman

In the PBS KIDS ShowFetch! With Ruff Ruffman,Crush the sea turtle appeared as a guest star in the Season 5 episode, "The Ol' Shell Game", voiced again byAndrew Stanton.

Magazine

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In August 2016,Egmont Publishinglaunched a magazine, titledFinding Dory.[40]

Music

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Main articles:Finding Nemo (soundtrack)andFinding Dory (soundtrack)

Finding Nemois thesoundtrack albumof thefilm of the same name.Finding Doryis thesoundtrack albumof thefilm of the same name.The soundtracks were scored byThomas Newman.

The score was nominated for the76th Academy Awardsfor Best Original Scorebut lost againstThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.[41][42]It received 5/5 stars from the Film Score Reviews[43]and 3.5/5 stars fromSoundtrack.net.[44]

Crew

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Film Director(s) Writer(s) Producer(s) Executive Producer Composer Editor(s)
Finding Nemo Andrew Stanton
Co-directed by:Lee Unkrich 		Original Story by:Andrew Stanton
Screenplay by:Andrew Stanton,Bob PetersonandDavid Reynolds 		Graham Walters John Lasseter Thomas Newman David Ian Salter
Finding Dory Andrew Stanton
Co-directed by:Angus MacLane 		Original Story by:Andrew Stanton
Screenplay by:Andrew Stanton and Victoria Strouse 		Lindsey Collins Axel Geddes

Notes

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  1. ^sometimes referred to as simplyFinding[1][2]

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