Finding Nemo

Finding Nemo is a computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution in the United States on May 30 2003, and in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2003. This is the first Disney-Pixar film not to premiere in the United States in November, making it the first to be released in the UK in the same year, rather than the next.

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Computer-animated - Film - Pixar Animation Studios - Walt Disney Pictures - Buena Vista Distribution - United States - May 30 - 2003 - United Kingdom - 10 October

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Finding Nemo set a record as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated feature, making $70 million (surpassed in 2004 by Shrek 2). It was, for a time, the highest grossing animated film of all time, eclipsing the record set by The Lion King. In less than four weeks of the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, it surpassed Finding Nemos domestic gross. By March 2004, Finding Nemo was one of the top ten highest-grossing films ever, having earned over US$850 million. The film received an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film in 2004. The film also received a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards in 2004 for favorite movie.

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2004 - Shrek 2 - The Lion King - 2004 - Highest-grossing films - Academy Award - Nickelodeon - Kids Choice Awards

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The title character's name alludes to Captain Nemo, the submarine captain in two of Jules Verne's novels: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island.

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Captain Nemo - Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - The Mysterious Island

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The movie was released on a two-disc DVD on November 4, 2003.

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November 4 - 2003

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