Finding Nemo
is a 2003 American animated
comedy-drama
adventure film
[2]
produced by
Pixar Animation Studios
for
Walt Disney Pictures
. Directed by
Andrew Stanton
and co-directed by
Lee Unkrich
, the screenplay was written by Stanton,
Bob Peterson
, and
David Reynolds
from a story by Stanton. The film stars the voices of
Albert Brooks
,
Ellen DeGeneres
,
Alexander Gould
,
Willem Dafoe
, and
Geoffrey Rush
. It tells the story of an overprotective
clownfish
named Marlin (Brooks) who, along with a forgetful
regal blue tang
named Dory (DeGeneres), searches for his missing son Nemo (Gould). Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself.
Finding Nemo
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Directed by
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Screenplay by
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Story by
| Andrew Stanton
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Produced by
| Graham Walters
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Edited by
| David Ian Salter
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Music by
| Thomas Newman
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Production
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Distributed by
| Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
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Release dates
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- May?18,?2003
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2003-05-18
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(
Los Angeles
)
- May?30,?2003
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2003-05-30
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(United States)
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Running time
| 100 minutes
[1]
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Country
| United States
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Language
| English
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Budget
| $94?million
[1]
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Box office
| $940.3?million
[1]
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Pre-production of the film began in early 1997. The inspiration for
Finding Nemo
sprang from multiple experiences, going back to Stanton's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home. To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography.
Thomas Newman
composed the score for the film.
Premiering in
Los Angeles
on May 18,
Finding Nemo
was released in theaters in the United States on May 30, 2003. Upon its release, it received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised the visual elements, screenplay, animation, Newman's score and characters that have been cited as funny to both young moviegoers and their parents.
[3]
It became the
highest-grossing animated film
at the time of its release, and the
second-highest-grossing film of 2003
, earning a total of $871?million worldwide by the end of its initial theatrical run.
[4]
The film received four nominations at the
76th Academy Awards
, and won the award for
Best Animated Feature
, becoming the first Pixar film to do so.
Finding Nemo
is the best-selling
DVD
title of all time, with over 40 million copies sold as of 2006
[update]
,
[5]
and was the highest-grossing
G-rated
film of all time before Pixar's own
Toy Story 3
overtook it. The film was re-released in
3D
in 2012. In 2008, the
American Film Institute
named it as the 10th greatest American animated film as part of their
10 Top 10
lists.
[6]
A sequel,
Finding Dory
, was released in June 2016.
Plot
Clownfish
Marlin and his wife, Coral, live happily in an
anemone
in the
Great Barrier Reef
. They are about to become parents, waiting for their many eggs to hatch. A
barracuda
approaches the anemone and knocks Marlin unconscious. Upon awakening, Marlin discovers that Coral and all but one of the eggs have been eaten by the barracuda; the last remaining egg is cracked. Marlin vows to keep his only surviving child safe.
Marlin becomes overprotective of his son, Nemo. On Nemo's first day at school, the two have a heated argument regarding Marlin's parenting approach. Nemo defiantly swims to a speedboat and is captured by scuba divers. Marlin frantically pursues the boat in vain. Marlin meets Dory, a
blue tang
with
acute short-term memory loss
, who offers to help him. The two encounter Bruce, Anchor, and Chum, three sharks who have sworn to abstain from eating fish. Marlin finds a diver's mask that fell from the boat and accidentally injures Dory with it. The scent of her blood sends Bruce into a frenzy and he accidentally sets off old
naval mines
; the sharks, Marlin, and Dory are able to swim to safety before the mines blow up.
Nemo is placed in a fish tank in the office of dentist Philip Sherman in
Sydney
. He meets the "Tank Gang", led by Gill, a scarred
Moorish idol
. Sherman plans to give Nemo to his niece, Darla, who killed her previous pet fish. Gill, who also wishes to return to the ocean, devises an escape plan: Nemo, the smallest fish in the tank, will block the aquarium's filter tube with a pebble, obliging Sherman to put the fish into bags while he cleans the tank. This will allow them to roll out the window and into the harbor. Nemo attempts to block the filter but fails and is almost killed by the filter's machinery, causing Gill to feel deeply regretful.
The diver's mask falls into a deep trench. As Marlin and Dory search for it, they are attacked by an
anglerfish
but manage to trap it using the mask. Dory memorizes the address written on the mask. A school of
moonfish
give the pair directions to the
East Australian Current
. On their way, Marlin and Dory become trapped in a forest of
jellyfish
. After being stung and knocked unconscious, they awaken in the East Australian Current with a large group of
sea turtles
, including Crush and his son, Squirt. The story of Marlin's quest is relayed by the turtles all across the ocean to Sydney, where it reaches Nigel, a
pelican
who regularly converses with the Tank Gang. Nigel tells the Tank Gang of Marlin's journey, motivating Nemo to try blocking the filter again. Nemo is successful, and the aquarium quickly becomes covered in
green algae
.
After exiting the current, Marlin and Dory get lost and are consumed by a
blue whale
. The whale expels them through its
blowhole
into
Sydney Harbour
. Nigel takes Marlin and Dory to Sherman's office, where Nemo is
playing dead
to avoid being given to Darla; this causes Marlin to believe Nemo is really dead. Sherman forces Nigel out of his office, and Gill helps Nemo escape through the sink drain that leads to the ocean.
Deeply shaken, Marlin mournfully says goodbye to Dory and begins heading home. Nemo meets Dory, who helps him reunite with Marlin. However, a
fishing trawler
captures her in a
net
along with a school of
groupers
. Nemo and Marlin work together, instructing the fish to swim down. Their combined force breaks the net, saving Dory. Some time later, Marlin, who has become more confident and outgoing, drops Nemo off at school. Dory joins Marlin, and together, they wave goodbye to Nemo as he leaves with his class.
Meanwhile, after the dentist's new filter breaks, the Tank Gang escapes into Sydney Harbour in their plastic bags. Now successfully in the ocean but still stuck in the bags, they ponder what to do next.
Voice cast
- Albert Brooks
as Marlin, a cynical
clownfish
and Nemo's overprotective father.
- Ellen DeGeneres
as
Dory
, a
regal blue tang
with
short-term memory loss
.
- Alexander Gould
as Nemo, Marlin's only surviving son, who is excited about life and exploring the ocean, but gets captured and domesticated as a pet.
- Willem Dafoe
as Gill, a
scarred
moorish idol
fish living in an aquarium in Philip Sherman's dentistry clinic, and the leader of the Tank Gang.
- Brad Garrett
as Bloat, the aquarium's
porcupinefish
.
- Allison Janney
as Peach, the aquarium's
sea star
.
- Stephen Root
as Bubbles, the aquarium's
yellow tang
fish.
- Austin Pendleton
as Gurgle, the aquarium's
obsessive-compulsive
royal gramma
fish.
- Vicki Lewis
as Deb, the aquarium's
striped damselfish
.
- Lewis is also credited for voicing "Flo", the name Deb gives her reflection that she believes is her twin sister.
- Joe Ranft
as Jacques, the aquarium's
cleaner shrimp
.
- Geoffrey Rush
as Nigel, an
Australian pelican
, who often visits the dentist clinic and is friends with the aquarium fish.
- Andrew Stanton
as Crush, a
green sea turtle
.
- Elizabeth Perkins
as Coral, Marlin's wife and Nemo's mother.
- Nicholas Bird
as Squirt, Crush's son.
- Bob Peterson
as Mr. Ray, a
spotted eagle ray
and Nemo's schoolteacher.
- Barry Humphries
as Bruce, a
great white shark
, who, despite abstaining from eating fish, continues to fight his instinctive will to eat them; he is also friends with Anchor and Chum.
- Eric Bana
as Anchor, a
hammerhead shark
who is friends with Bruce and Chum.
- Bruce Spence
as Chum, a
mako shark
who is friends with Bruce and Anchor.
- Bill Hunter
as Philip Sherman, a dentist who keeps Nemo and the Tank Gang in an aquarium.
- LuLu Ebeling as Darla, Sherman's rambunctious young niece.
- Jordy Ranft as Tad, a
butterfly fish
fingerling and Nemo's school friend.
- Erica Beck as Pearl, a young
flapjack octopus
and Nemo's school friend.
- Erik Per Sullivan
as Sheldon, a young
seahorse
, and Nemo's school friend.
- John Ratzenberger
as the school of
moonfish
.
[7]
Production
Development
The inspiration for
Finding Nemo
sprang from multiple experiences, going back to director
Andrew Stanton
's childhood, when he loved going to the dentist to see the fish tank, assuming that the fish were from the ocean and wanted to go home.
In 1992, shortly after his son was born, he and his family took a trip to
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
(which was called Marine World at the time). There, after seeing the shark tube and various exhibits, he felt that the underwater world could be done beautifully in computer animation.
[9]
Later, in 1997, he took his son for a walk in the park but realized that he was overprotecting him and lost an opportunity to have a father-son experience that day.
In an interview with
National Geographic
magazine, Stanton said that the idea for the characters of Marlin and Nemo came from a photograph of two clownfish peeking out of an
anemone
:
It was so arresting. I had no idea what kind of fish they were, but I couldn't take my eyes off them. And as an entertainer, the fact that they were called clownfish?it was perfect. There's almost nothing more appealing than these little fish that want to play peekaboo with you.
[10]
In addition, clownfish are colorful, but do not tend to come out of an anemone often. For a character who has to go on a dangerous journey, Stanton felt a clownfish was the perfect type of fish for the character.
Pre-production of the film began in early 1997. Stanton began writing the screenplay during the post-production of
A Bug's Life
. As a result,
Finding Nemo
began production with a complete screenplay, something that co-director
Lee Unkrich
called "very unusual for an animated film".
The artists took
scuba diving
lessons to study the coral reef.
Stanton originally planned to use flashbacks to reveal how Coral died but realized that by the end of the film there would be nothing to reveal, deciding to show how she died at the beginning of the movie.
The character of Gill also was different from the character seen in the final film. In a scene that was eventually deleted, Gill tells Nemo that he's from a place called Bad Luck Bay and that he has brothers and sisters in order to impress the young clownfish, only for the latter to find out that he was lying by listening to a patient reading a children's storybook that shares exactly the same details.
Casting
William H. Macy
was the first actor cast as Marlin. Although Macy had recorded most of the dialogue, Stanton felt that the character needed a lighter touch.
[11]
Stanton then cast
Albert Brooks
in the role, and in his opinion, it "saved" the film.
Brooks liked the idea of Marlin being this clownfish who isn't funny and recorded outtakes of telling very bad jokes.
The idea for the initiation sequence came from a story conference between Stanton and
Bob Peterson
while they were driving to record the actors. Although he originally envisioned the character of Dory as male, Stanton was inspired to cast
Ellen DeGeneres
when he watched an episode of
Ellen
in which he saw her "change the subject five times before finishing one sentence".
The pelican character named Gerald (who in the final film ends up swallowing and choking on Marlin and Dory) was originally a friend of Nigel. They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and
fastidious
and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. The filmmakers could not find an appropriate scene for them that did not slow the pace of the picture, so Gerald's character was minimized.
Stanton himself provided the voice of Crush the sea turtle. He originally did the voice for the film's
story reel
and assumed they would find an actor later. When Stanton's performance became popular in test screenings, he decided to keep his performance in the film. He recorded all his dialogue while lying on a sofa in Unkrich's office.
Crush's son Squirt was voiced by Nicholas Bird, the young son of fellow Pixar director
Brad Bird
. According to Stanton, the elder Bird was playing a tape recording of his young son around the Pixar studios one day. Stanton felt the voice was "this generation's
Thumper
" and immediately cast Nicholas.
Megan Mullally
was originally going to provide a voice in the film. According to Mullally, the producers were stunned to learn that the voice of her character
Karen Walker
on the television show
Will & Grace
was not her natural speaking voice. The producers hired her anyway, and then strongly encouraged her to use her Karen Walker voice for the role. When Mullally refused, she was dismissed.
[12]
Animation
To ensure that the movements of the fish in the film were believable, the animators took a crash course in fish biology and oceanography. They visited aquariums, went diving in Hawaii, and received in-house lectures from an
ichthyologist
.
[13]
As a result, Pixar's animator for Dory,
Gini Cruz Santos
, integrated "the fish movement, human movement, and facial expressions to make them look and feel like real characters."
[14]
Production designer
Ralph Eggleston
created pastel drawings to give the lighting crew led by
Sharon Calahan
ideas of how every scene in the film should be lit.
[15]
The
Great white shark
, Bruce, is in reference to the
animatronic
shark used in the
Universal
film
Jaws
. The shark they had used on set was nicknamed "Bruce" after Bruce Raiman, who was
Steven Spielberg
's divorce lawyer.
[16]
The line "Here's Brucey!" is a reference to the
Jack Nicholson
line from the 1980 horror film,
The Shining
.
[17]
Additionally, the music that plays for the dentist's niece Darla is the theme music from the 1960
Alfred Hitchcock
film,
Psycho
.
[18]
The film was dedicated to
Glenn McQueen
, a Pixar animator who died of
melanoma
in October 2002.
[19]
Finding Nemo
shares many plot elements with
Pierrot the Clownfish
,
[20]
a children's book published in 2002, but allegedly conceived in 1995. The author, Franck Le Calvez, sued Disney for infringement of his intellectual rights and to bar
Finding Nemo
merchandise in France. The judge ruled against him, citing the color differences between Pierrot and Nemo.
[21]
Localization
In 2016,
Disney Character Voices International
's senior vice president Rick Dempsey, in collaboration with the
Navajo Nation Museum
, created a
Navajo
dubbing of the movie titled
Nemo Ha’deest’ii
which was released in theaters March 18?24 of the same year.
[22]
[23]
The project was thought as a means to preserve Navajo language, teaching the language to kids through a Disney movie.
[24]
The studio held auditions on the reservation, but finding an age-appropriate native speaker to voice Nemo was hard, Dempsey said, as the majority of native Navajo speakers are over 40 years old.
[23]
The end credits version of the song "
Beyond the Sea
", covered in the English version by
Robbie Williams
, was also adapted into Navajo, with
Fall Out Boy
's lead singer
Patrick Stump
performing it.
[25]
In 2016,
Finding Nemo
was the second movie to receive a dub in Navajo, after
Star Wars
.
[26]
Soundtrack
Release
Marketing
Disney released a teaser trailer of
Finding Nemo
in September 2002 on the
Monsters, Inc.
home video releases. The teaser was later released online, and was attached to theatrical screenings of
The Santa Clause 2
.
[30]
Trailers for the film were later attached to the home video releases of
Treasure Planet
,
[31]
Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World
,
[32]
Inspector Gadget 2
and other Disney films.
[33]
There were also TV spots that shared "Fishy Facts" about sharks, turtles and pelicans. One of these ads, particularly the one about sharks, can be found on the second disc of the Collector's Edition DVD release of
A Bug's Life
, which was released three days before the film's release on May 27, 2003.
[34]
McDonald's
restaurants began to sell eight
Happy Meal
toys based on the film.
[35]
At the 100th
North American International Toy Fair
event in
New York City
,
Hasbro
unveiled a variety of
Finding Nemo
toys.
[36]
A
cereal
themed to the film was released by
Kellogg's
, consisting of naturally sweetened oats with fish-shaped marshmallows.
[37]
Finding Nemo
was advertised as promotional partners on other companies, like
Frito-Lay
,
Keebler
,
Pepsi
,
Ralphs
,
Dreyer's
,
Jel Sert
,
Airheads
,
Orville Redenbacher's
and
THQ
. Before May 26, 2003, stickers on over 50 million bags of potato chips alerted consumers to a sweepstakes dangling a trip for four to
Sydney, Australia
with a visit to the
Great Barrier Reef
. On May 17, 2003, Frito-Lay hosted an event at each of the
Walmart
stores, where kids could use 3D goggles to find hidden images of Nemo. Kellogg's packed eight different water toys depicting film characters inside
Frosted Flakes
,
Rice Krispies
,
Honey Smacks
and Cocoa Rice Krispies cereal boxes. The Honey Smacks, Frosted Flakes,
Cinnamon Crunch Crispix
and
Froot Loops
boxes also carried a Nemo memory card game on back panels. Plus, a Nemo-themed Marshmallow Froot Loops cereal featured four of the film's characters. Consumers could mail in two UPCs from the three Kellogg's cereals to receive a large beach towel. Besides this, the company unveiled a new type of
Pop-Tarts
inspired by
Finding Nemo
. Known as the Great Berry Reef Pop-Tarts, they had a wild berry filling and fish sprinkles. A pool raft was available with two Pop-Tart UPCs and shipping, handled by
Draft Worldwide
of
Chicago
.
Eggo
waffles would offer holographic swimming goggles with the purchase of two of its products with shipping and handling. For their snacks division, Kellogg's offered consumers who purchased two packages of select products and two gallons of milk with a giant inflatable shark. The company advertised the film on Vanilla Wafers,
Chips Deluxe
, Mini Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes, Soft Batch Chocolate Chip Cookies,
Rice Krispies Treats
and limited edition Nemo-themed cookies.
[38]
On May 20, 2003, Kellogg's recalled Frosted Flakes cereal boxes due to their extremely close resemblance of a Hasbro memory card game. A lawsuit was filed against the company, which included a full-page reproduction of the front of a Frosted Flakes box with the cereal's familiar
Tony the Tiger
mascot grinning next to Nemo, Dory & Crush from the film. Disney had licensed the characters to use on the game cards. Hasbro had filed the suit to protect its trademark against blatant infringement.
[39]
Theatrical
Finding Nemo
was not only the fifth Pixar film, but was also the first one to be released during the summer instead of November, much like its four predecessors.
[40]
The film premiered in
Los Angeles
on May 18, 2003,
[41]
and opened in theaters with
The Italian Job
and
Wrong Turn
on May 30, 2003.
[42]
Home media
Finding Nemo
was released on
VHS
and
DVD
on November 4, 2003, both
THX
-certified and taken from the digital source.
[43]
[44]
The 2-disc DVD release sold more than 8 million copies on the first day of release, taking
Spider-Man
'
s record for having the highest single-day DVD sales.
[45]
It also surpassed
Monsters, Inc.
for having the highest single-day record for an animated movie.
[46]
Within two weeks, it went on to become the best-selling DVD of its time, selling over 15 million copies and beating
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
.
[47]
With over 40 million copies sold,
Finding Nemo
currently holds the record for the best-selling DVD release of all time.
[48]
The first disc features a widescreen version, documentaries, galleries and an audio/visual commentary, and the second disc features a full-frame version, games, bonus shorts (
Knick Knack
, which was shown alongside the film in theaters, and
Exploring the Reef
)
,
and the advertising campaign. Both discs also feature introductions from Stanton and Unkrich and "virtual aquariums" based on the film's various settings.
[49]
[50]
The film was then released on both
Blu-ray 3D
and
Blu-ray
on December 4, 2012, with both a 3-disc and a 5-disc set.
[51]
In 2019,
Finding Nemo
was released on
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
.
[52]
[53]
Reception
Box office
Original theatrical run
During its original theatrical run,
Finding Nemo
grossed $339.7 million in the United States and Canada and $531.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $871.0 million.
[4]
It was the
second-highest-grossing film of 2003
, behind
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
.
[54]
[55]
Finding Nemo
also defeated
The Matrix Reloaded
to become the highest-grossing film of the 2003 summer season.
[56]
The film sold an estimated 56.4 million tickets in the United States during its initial theatrical run.
[1]
On its opening weekend,
Finding Nemo
earned $70.6 million in the United States and Canada.
[57]
When the film opened, it was ranked number one at the box office, dethroning
Bruce Almighty
.
[58]
Additionally, it surpassed its predecessor
Monsters, Inc.
for having the highest domestic opening weekend for an animated film.
[58]
It would hold this record until
Shrek 2
took it the following year.
[59]
During its second weekend, the film dropped to second place behind
2 Fast 2 Furious
.
[60]
It declined by 34% while making $45.8 million.
[61]
Nevertheless, the film returned to the number one spot the following week. At that point, it earned $29.2 million, bringing the total domestic gross to $192.3 million.
Finding Nemo
was the first film to reclaim the number one spot since
Die Another Day
and
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
in 2002.
[62]
It would also outgross the weaker openings of
Rugrats Go Wild
,
Hollywood Homicide
and
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
.
[63]
By the film's 20th day of release,
Finding Nemo
had earned over $200 million.
[64]
During the film's fourth weekend, it was overtaken by
Hulk
.
[65]
Despite this,
Finding Nemo
continued to draw in large crowds and families throughout the summer season while outgrossing another animated film,
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
.
[66]
By July 2003,
Finding Nemo
had earned $274.9 million, beating
The Matrix Reloaded
and becoming the top-grossing movie of the year.
[67]
The film even surpassed
Shrek
to become the second highest-grossing animated film.
[68]
Later that month, the film had earned over $300 million, becoming the highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, surpassing
The Lion King
.
[69]
By the end of the summer season,
Finding Nemo
was one of five films to reach $200 million at the box office in a single summer season, with the others being
X2
,
The Matrix Reloaded
,
Bruce Almighty
and Disney's own
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
.
[70]
At the end of its theatrical run,
Finding Nemo
grossed $339.7?million in the United States and Canada and $531.3?million in international territories, totaling $871.0?million worldwide. In all three occasions, it had outgrossed
The Lion King
to become the highest-grossing animated film. It stayed in the Top 10 until August 14 (11 weeks total).
[71]
In North America, it was surpassed by both
Shrek 2
in 2004 and
Toy Story 3
in 2010.
[72]
Finding Nemo
would hold the record for having the highest international gross for an animated film until 2009 when it was taken by
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
.
[73]
Outside North America, it stands as the fifth highest-grossing animated film. Worldwide, it currently ranks as the ninth highest-grossing animated film. Moreover, it was the highest-grossing Disney film for three years before
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
surpassed it.
[74]
Finding Nemo
was also the fourth animated film to make $500 million worldwide, joining
Monsters, Inc.
,
Aladdin
and
The Lion King
.
[75]
The film had impressive box office runs in many international markets. In Japan, its highest-grossing market after North America, it grossed ¥11.2?billion ($102.4?million), becoming the highest-grossing foreign animated film in local currency (yen).
[76]
It has only been surpassed by
Frozen
(¥25.5?billion).
[77]
Plus,
Finding Nemo
was the second film by Buena Vista Pictures to reach $100 million in the country, just after
Armageddon
in 1999.
[78]
The film also grossed £37.2?million ($67.1?million) in the U.K., Ireland, and Malta.
[79]
At the
Manchester
UCI Cinemas
, it made a total three-day opening gross of £17,150 ($28,583), becoming the theater's highest-grossing digital film at the time, surpassing
Star Wars: Episode II ? Attack of the Clones
and numerous other releases.
[80]
Making £28.7?million ($35.7?million),
Finding Nemo
was the highest-grossing film released in October 2003 in the region, beating
Bad Boys II
.
[81]
Following in biggest grosses are France and the Maghreb region ($64.8?million), Germany ($53.9?million), and Spain ($29.5?million).
[79]
3D re-release
After the success of the 3D re-release of
The Lion King
,
Disney
re-released
Finding Nemo
in 3D on September 14, 2012,
[82]
with a conversion cost estimated to be below $5?million.
[83]
For the opening weekend of its 3D re-release in North America,
Finding Nemo
grossed $16.7?million, debuting at the No. 2 spot behind
Resident Evil: Retribution
.
[84]
The film earned $41.1?million in North America and $28.2?million internationally, for a combined total of $69.3?million, and a cumulative worldwide total of $940.3?million.
[1]
Critical response
On the
review aggregator
website
Rotten Tomatoes
, 99% of 270 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The website's consensus reads, "Breathtakingly lovely and grounded by the stellar efforts of a well-chosen cast,
Finding Nemo
adds another beautifully crafted gem to Pixar's crown."
[85]
Metacritic
(which uses a weighted average) assigned the film a score of 90 out of 100 based on 38 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
[86]
Audiences polled by
CinemaScore
gave the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.
[87]
Roger Ebert
gave the film four out of four stars, calling it "one of those rare movies where I wanted to sit in the front row and let the images wash out to the edges of my field of vision".
[88]
Ed Park
of
The Village Voice
gave the film a positive review, saying "It's an ocean of eye candy that tastes fresh even in this ADD-addled era of
SpongeBob SquarePants
."
[89]
Mark Caro of the
Chicago Tribune
gave the film four out of four stars, saying "You connect to these sea creatures as you rarely do with humans in big-screen adventures. The result: a true sunken treasure."
[90]
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert of
LA Weekly
gave the film a positive review, saying "As gorgeous a film as Disney's ever put out, with astonishing qualities of light, movement, surface and color at the service of the best professional imaginations money can buy."
[91]
Jeff Strickler of the
Star Tribune
gave the film a positive review, saying it "proves that even when Pixar is not at the top of its game, it still produces better animation than some of its competitors on their best days."
[91]
Gene Seymour of
Newsday
gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "The underwater backdrops take your breath away. No, really. They're so lifelike, you almost feel like holding your breath while watching."
[91]
Rene Rodriguez of the
Miami Herald
gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Parental anxiety may not be the kind of stuff children's films are usually made of, but this perfectly enchanting movie knows how to cater to its kiddie audience without condescending to them."
[92]
Kenneth Turan
of the
Los Angeles Times
gave the film three-and-a-half out of five, saying "The best break of all is that Pixar's traditionally untethered imagination can't be kept under wraps forever, and "Nemo" erupts with sea creatures that showcase Stanton and company's gift for character and peerless eye for skewering contemporary culture."
[93]
Stephen Holden
of
The New York Times
gave the film four out of five stars, saying "Visual imagination and sophisticated wit raise
Finding Nemo
to a level just below the peaks of Pixar's
Toy Story
movies and
Monsters, Inc.
."
[94]
Terry Lawson of the
Detroit Free Press
gave the film three out of four, saying "As we now expect from Pixar, even the supporting fish in "
Finding Nemo
" are more developed as characters than any human in the
Mission: Impossible
movies."
[95]
Claudia Puig of
USA Today
gave the film three and half out of four, saying "
Finding Nemo
is an undersea treasure. The most gorgeous of all the Pixar films?which include
Toy Story
1
and
2
,
A Bug's Life
and
Monsters, Inc.
?Nemo treats family audiences to a sweet, resonant story and breathtaking visuals. It may lack
Monsters, Inc.
'
s clever humor, but kids will identify with the spunky sea fish Nemo, and adults will relate to Marlin, Nemo's devoted dad."
[96]
Bruce Westbrook of the
Houston Chronicle
gave the film an A?, saying "
Finding Nemo
lives up to Pixar's high standards for wildly creative visuals, clever comedy, solid characters and an involving story."
[97]
Tom Long of
The Detroit News
gave the film an A?, saying "A simple test of humanity: If you don't laugh aloud while watching it, you've got a battery not a heart."
[91]
Moira MacDonald of
The Seattle Times
gave the film four out of four, saying "Enchanting; written with an effortless blend of sweetness and silliness, and animated with such rainbow-hued beauty, you may find yourself wanting to freeze-frame it."
[91]
Daphne Gordon of the
Toronto Star
gave the film four out of five, saying "One of the strongest releases from Disney in years, thanks to the work of Andrew Stanton, possibly one of the most successful directors you've never heard of."
[91]
Ty Burr
of
The Boston Globe
gave the film three and a half out of four, saying "
Finding Nemo
isn't quite up there with the company's finest work?there's finally a sense of formula setting in?but it's hands down the best family film since
Monsters, Inc.
"
[91]
C.W. Nevius of
The San Francisco Chronicle
gave the film four out of four, saying "The visuals pop, the fish emote and the ocean comes alive. That's in the first two minutes. After that, they do some really cool stuff."
[98]
Ann Hornaday of
The Washington Post
gave the film a positive review, saying "
Finding Nemo
will engross kids with its absorbing story, brightly drawn characters and lively action, and grown-ups will be equally entertained by the film's subtle humor and the sophistication of its visuals."
[91]
David Ansen of
Newsweek
gave the film a positive review, saying "A visual marvel, every frame packed to the gills with clever details,
Finding Nemo
is the best big-studio release so far this year."
[99]
Richard Corliss of
Time
gave the film a positive review, saying "Nemo, with its ravishing underwater fantasia, manages to trump the design glamour of earlier Pixar films."
[100]
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of
Entertainment Weekly
gave the film an A, saying "In this seamless blending of technical brilliance and storytelling verve, the Pixar team has made something as marvelously soulful and innately, fluidly American as jazz."
[101]
Carrie Rickey of
The Philadelphia Inquirer
gave the film three out of four, saying "As eye-popping as Nemo's peepers and as eccentric as this little fish with asymmetrical fins."
[91]
David Germain of the
Associated Press
gave the film a positive review, saying "
Finding Nemo
is laced with smart humor and clever gags, and buoyed by another cheery story of mismatched buddies: a pair of fish voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres."
[102]
Anthony Lane of
The New Yorker
gave the film a positive review, saying "The latest flood of wizardry from Pixar, whose productions, from
Toy Story
onward, have lent an indispensable vigor and wit to the sagging art of mainstream animation."
[103]
The 3D re-release prompted a retrospective on the film nine years after its initial release. Stephen Whitty of
The Star-Ledger
described it as "a genuinely funny and touching film that, in less than a decade, has established itself as a timeless classic."
[104]
On the 3D re-release, Lisa Schwarzbaum of
Entertainment Weekly
wrote that its emotional power was deepened by "the dimensionality of the oceanic deep" where "the spatial mysteries of watery currents and floating worlds are exactly where 3D explorers were born to boldly go".
[105]
Finding Nemo
was included on a number of best-of lists. The film appeared on professional rankings from
BBC
and
The Independent
based on retrospective appraisal, as one of the greatest films of the twenty-first century.
[106]
[107]
Several publications have listed it as one of the best animated films, including:
IGN
(2010),
[108]
Insider
,
USA Today
,
Elle
(all 2018),
[109]
[110]
[111]
Parade
,
Complex
, and
Time Out New York
(all 2021).
[112]
[113]
[114]
In December 2021, the film's screenplay was listed number 60 on the
Writers Guild of America
's "101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st Century (So Far)".
[115]
Accolades
Finding Nemo
won the
Academy Award
and
Saturn Award
for Best Animated Film.
[116]
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
.
[117]
The film received many other awards, including:
Kids Choice Awards
for Favorite Movie and Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie (
Ellen DeGeneres
), and the
Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
(Ellen DeGeneres).
[117]
The film was also nominated for two
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
, for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Ellen DeGeneres), a
Golden Globe Award
for Best Motion Picture?? Musical or Comedy, and two
MTV Movie Awards
, for Best Movie and Best Comedic Performance (Ellen DeGeneres).
[117]
In June 2008, the
American Film Institute
revealed its "Ten Top Ten", the best 10 films in 10 "classic" American film genres, after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
Finding Nemo
was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre.
[6]
It was the most recently released film among all 10 lists, and one of only three movies made after the year 2000 (the others being
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
and
Shrek
).
[118]
American Film Institute
recognition:
Environmental concerns and consequences
The film's use of clownfish prompted mass purchase of the fish breed as pets in the United States, even though the story portrayed the use of fish as pets negatively and suggested that saltwater aquariums are notably tricky and expensive to maintain.
[119]
The demand for clownfish was supplied by large-scale harvesting of tropical fish in regions like
Vanuatu
.
[120]
The
Australian Tourism Commission
(ATC) launched several marketing campaigns in China and the United States to improve tourism in Australia, many of them utilizing
Finding Nemo
clips.
[121]
[122]
Queensland
used
Finding Nemo
to draw tourists to promote itself to vacationers.
[123]
According to
National Geographic
, "Ironically,
Finding Nemo
, a movie about the anguish of a captured clownfish, caused home-aquarium demand for them to triple."
[124]
The reaction to the film by the general public has led to environmental devastation for the clownfish, and has provoked an outcry from several environmental protection agencies, including the
Marine Aquarium Council
, Australia.
[
citation needed
]
The demand for tropical fish skyrocketed after the film's release, causing reef species decimation in Vanuatu and several other reef areas.
[125]
After seeing the film, some aquarium owners released their pet fish into the ocean, but failed to release them into the correct oceanic habitat, which
introduced species that are harmful
to the indigenous environment, a practice that is harming reefs worldwide.
[126]
[127]
A 2017 study by researchers from
James Cook University
in Australia found little evidence for fan-based purchases of wild-caught fish immediately (within 1.5 years of release) following the film.
[128]
Legacy
Sequel
A spin-off sequel
[a]
to this film was released in June 2016, titled
Finding Dory
.
[135]
It focuses on Dory having a journey to reunite with her parents (
Diane Keaton
and
Eugene Levy
).
[130]
[136]
Like the previous film,
Finding Dory
was a financial success and fared well with critics.
[137]
[138]
Video games
A video game based on the film was released in 2003, for
Microsoft Windows
,
Xbox
,
PlayStation 2
,
GameCube
, and
Game Boy Advance
. The goal of the game is to complete different levels under the roles of Nemo, Marlin or Dory. It includes cut scenes from the movie, and each clip is based on a level. It was also the last Pixar game developed by
Traveller's Tales
. Upon release, the game received mixed reviews.
[139]
[140]
[141]
[142]
[143]
[144]
A Game Boy Advance sequel, titled
Finding Nemo: The Continuing Adventures
, was released in 2004.
[145]
Theme park attractions
Finding Nemo
has inspired numerous attractions and properties at
Disney Parks
around the world, including:
Turtle Talk with Crush
, which opened in 2004 at
Epcot
, 2005 in
Disney California Adventure Park
, 2008 in
Hong Kong Disneyland
, and 2009 in
Tokyo DisneySea
;
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
, which opened in 2007 in
Disneyland Park
;
The Seas with Nemo & Friends
, which opened in 2007 at Epcot;
Finding Nemo ? The Musical
, which opened in 2007 in
Disney's Animal Kingdom
; and
Crush's Coaster
, which opened in 2007 at
Walt Disney Studios Park
.
[146]
[147]
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