[10] Stanton then cast Albert Brooks in the role, and in his opinion, it "saved" the film. 2 spot behind Resident Evil: Retribution. [109][110] Queensland used Finding Nemo to draw tourists to promote itself to vacationers. [74] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale. And as an entertainer, the fact that they were called clownfishit was perfect. 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. Twinkle twinkle little star! Both Exploring the Reef and Knick Knack can also be selected in the main menu. In Japan, its highest-grossing market after North America, it grossed 11.2billion ($102.4million), becoming the highest-grossing foreign animated film in local currency (yen). For a character who has to go on a dangerous journey, Stanton felt a clownfish was the perfect type of fish for the character. [7] 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. Darla "[87], 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. "[91] The 3D re-release prompted a retrospective on the film nine years after its initial release. Marlin pursues the boat in vain and meets Dory, a blue tang with acute short-term memory loss, who offers her help.

They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and fastidious and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. They awaken in the East Australian Current with a group of sea turtles, including Crush and his son, Squirt. Find happy place, find happy place! On Nemo's first day of school, Marlin embarrasses Nemo, and the two argue. [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. 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. His wife, Coral, and almost all of their eggs are killed in a barracuda attack. Marlin, seeing Nemo's act, believes Nemo is dead. [68] Following in biggest grosses are the U.K., Ireland and Malta, where it grossed 37.2million ($67.1million), France and the Maghreb region ($64.8million), Germany ($53.9million), and Spain ($29.5million). For the franchise, see, In 2020, the category was transferred to the, Learn how and when to remove this template message, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, List of Pixar awards and nominations: Finding Nemo, "10 Years Ago, Finding Nemo Was Disappointing by Pixar Standards", "Megan Mullally Megan Mullally Dropped From Finding Nemo", "For Finding Nemo, Animators Dove into Fish Study", "31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003)", "Profile of Gini Santos - Pixar Animator Brings Asian Flare and Female Perspective", "9 The Shining References Buried in Pixar Films", "Every Character From 'Finding Nemo,' Ranked", "Navajo Version of 'Finding Nemo' Aims to Promote Language", "Navajo the chosen one for new "Star Wars" dub", "iTunes Music Finding Nemo (An Original Soundtrack) by Thomas Newman", "Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Magical World - 2003 Special Edition DVD Review", "A Bug's Life (1998): 2003 Collector's Edition", "Kids aren't fooling - they really want to find Nemo", "FRITO-LAY, KELLOGG AND OTHERS GEAR UP FOR 'NEMO', "Hasbro Sues Kellogg Over Cereal Promotion", "The No. : [taps at the fish tank] ", "Adorable Pixar sequel 'Finding Dory' swims into our hearts", "Disney Shifts 'Maleficent', 'Good Dinosaur' & 'Finding Dory' Release Dates", "Finding Dory could be the first Pixar film to include a lesbian couple", "Why 'Finding Dory 2' Isn't Already Greenlit and 6 Other Lessons From Summer of Sequels", "What Critics Are Saying About 'Finding Dory', "Aggregate score for GBA at GameRankings", "The Seas with Nemo & Friends | Walt Disney World Resort", "Finding Nemo: Submarine Voyage at Disneyland", "Finding Nemo-The Musical | Walt Disney World Resort", Exploring the Reef with Jean-Michel Cousteau, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension, Walt Disney Animation Studios short films, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature, DallasFort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film, Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, National Board of Review Award for Best Animated Feature, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Animated Film, Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film, Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finding_Nemo&oldid=1098230504, Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners, Best Animated Feature Annie Award winners, Best Animated Feature Broadcast Film Critics Association Award winners, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Articles containing potentially dated statements from 2006, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Articles needing additional references from November 2016, All articles needing additional references, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. 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. There, after seeing the shark tube and various exhibits, he felt that the underwater world could be done beautifully in computer animation.

[43] 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. [124][125], A video game based on the film was released in 2003, for PC, Xbox, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, and Game Boy Advance. [35] 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. [52] The film sold an estimated 56.4 million tickets in the United States during its initial theatrical run. "[13][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. [47], 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. [103], Finding Nemo won the Academy Award and Saturn Award for Best Animated Film. [slowly falling off the glass] golightly carboncostume | Marlin's departure causes Dory to lose her memory. [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. "[79] 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. Additionally, it surpassed its predecessor Monsters, Inc. for having the highest domestic opening weekend for an animated film. When Mullally refused, she was dismissed. : Marlin is a clownfish who lives in an anemone in the Great Barrier Reef. [111] According to National Geographic, "Ironically, Finding Nemo, a movie about the anguish of a captured clownfish, caused home-aquarium demand for them to triple. [5] A sequel, Finding Dory, was released in June 2016. This featurette can be found on the second disc of the Collector's Edition DVD release of A Bug's Life, which was released on May 27, 2003, three days before the film's release. Meanwhile, after the dentist's filter breaks, the Tank Gang escapes into Sydney Harbour after being placed in bags. [15], The Great white shark, Bruce, is in reference to the animatronic shark used in the Universal film Jaws.

A pool raft was available with two Pop-Tart UPCs and shipping, handled by Draft Worldwide of Chicago. 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.[7]. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was written by Stanton, Bob Peterson, and David Reynolds from a story by Stanton. After that, they do some really cool stuff. [7] Brooks liked the idea of Marlin being this clownfish who isn't funny and recorded outtakes of telling very bad jokes. [107] The demand for clownfish was supplied by large-scale harvesting of tropical fish in regions like Vanuatu. Stanton began writing the screenplay during the post-production of A Bug's Life. [60], By July 2003, Finding Nemo had earned $274.9 million, becoming the top-grossing movie of the year. [3] It was the second-highest-grossing film of 2003. Marlin and Nemo reconcile. Peach "[80], 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. [105], 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. The result: a true sunken treasure. [76] 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. Finding Nemo is a 2003 American computer-animated adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. That's in the first two minutes. Marlin discovers a diver's mask that fell from the boat; he accidentally hits Dory with it, giving her a nosebleed. After Sherman throws Nigel out (along with Marlin and Dory), Gill helps Nemo escape through a drain that leads to the ocean. WHY ARE YOU SLEEPING? ; Walt Disney Pictures Presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios Film, "5 Things You Didn't Know About 'Finding Nemo', "Finding Nemo: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD Review", "Pre-Order Finding Nemo on Blu-ray and 3D Blu-ray", "A bunch of Pixar movies, including Up and A Bug's Life, come to 4K Blu-ray", "Top 2003 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office", "People Fish tale 'Finding Nemo' refuses go to belly-up, wins box office race", "Terminator 3 blasts rivals at weekend box-office", "Finding Nemo (2003) - Financial Information", "In brief: Dead Man's Chest is Disney's biggest treasure", "Foreign Box Office: 'Resident Evil: Retribution' Rules Overseas, Grossing $50 Million in 65 Markets", "Weekend Report: 'Resident Evil 5,' 'Nemo 3D' Lead Another Slow Weekend", "53 Movies With A+ CinemaScore Since 2000, From 'Remember the Titans' to 'Just Mercy' (Photos)", "Gods and Sea Monsters Page 1 - Movies New York", "FILM REVIEW; Vast Sea, Tiny Fish, Big Crisis", "USATODAY.com Sweet and funny 'Nemo' works just swimmingly", "Pixar splashes 'Finding Nemo' in a sea of colors", "FINDING NEMO Review | Movie Reviews and News", "Miscellaneous: At the Movies - 'Finding Nemo' (05/29/03)", "The 100 best films of the 21st century, according to the critics", "The 50 best animated movies of all time, according to critics", "The 100 best animated movies of all time", "We Ranked the 51 Best Animated Movies of All Time, From, "101 Greatest Screenplays Of The 21st Century: Horror Pic Tops Writers Guild's List", "Finding Nemo - 2003 Academy Awards Profile", "Finding-Nemo Cast, Crew, Director and Awards", "AFI Crowns Top 10 Films in 10 Classic Genres", "Tourism authorities hope "Nemo" will lead Chinese tourists to Australia", "Nemo: Leave him in the ocean, not in the lounge room", "Finding Dory: There's a The Wire reunion happening in Pixar's film", "Finding Dory: The forgetful Little Blue Fish from 'Nemo' Makes a Splash of Her Own", "Finding Dory review Pixar sequel treads water", "Film review: Is Finding Dory a worthy sequel? Dentist "[89] 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. He meets the "Tank Gang", including yellow tang Bubbles, starfish Peach, cleaner shrimp Jacques, blowfish Bloat, royal gramma Gurgle, and twin damselfish Deb and Flo, led by Gill, a Moorish idol.

[113] 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. Marlin and Dory see Nemo off as he goes to school. [106], 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. Marlin and Dory wake up unharmed, but the mask falls into a deep trench. They live in the Amazon! Nemo attempts the maneuver, but fails and is almost killed. Finding Nemo was acknowledged as the 10th best film in the animation genre. "[86] 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. There are sneak peeks for The Incredibles, Home on the Range, The Lion King 1 and other upcoming film releases. [71] For the opening weekend of its 3D re-release in North America, Finding Nemo grossed $16.7million, debuting at the No. The shark they had used on set was nicknamed "Bruce" after Bruce Raiman, who was Steven Spielberg's divorce lawyer.

"[88] 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. Stanton felt the voice was "this generation's Thumper" and immediately cast Nicholas. Along the way, Marlin learns to take risks and comes to terms with Nemo taking care of himself. [22][23] The project was thought as a means to preserve Navajo language, teaching the language to kids through a Disney movie. [46] On the first disc, the menus take place in the ocean and bonus features include the in-depth documentary Making Nemo, visual commentary with deleted scenes and design galleries. [45] This DVD consists of two separate discs direct from the digital source. It stayed in the Top 10 until August 14 (11 weeks total). The producers hired her anyway, and then strongly encouraged her to use her Karen Walker voice for the role. [64] In North America, it was surpassed by both Shrek 2 in 2004 and Toy Story 3 in 2010. [3] The film was also nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one for Best Animated Feature, becoming the first Pixar film to do so. At that point, it earned $29.2 million, bringing the total domestic gross to $192.3 million. 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. After returning home to the reef, Marlin is more confident, while Dory has remained friends with Bruce, Anchor, and Chum. [133][134][135], 2003 animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, This article is about the film. 1 Film of the Year Becomes The No. William H. Macy was the first actor cast as Marlin. "[78] 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. [51] Finding Nemo also defeated The Matrix Reloaded to become the highest-grossing film of the 2003 summer season. 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.