Finding Nemo (franchise) "Finding Nemo" is the second highest-grossing film of 2003, behind "". It was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010 when "Toy Story 3" surpassed it. "Finding Dory" is the third-highest-grossing film of 2016, behind "Civil War" and "Rogue One". Finding Nemo is the 6th highest-grossing animated franchise and holds the highest average box office gross per film among all animated franchises in box office history ($983.8million) . Both films received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with the first film winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. It was a financial blockbuster as it grossed over $921 million worldwide. It is
Finding Nemo 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