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 classic." 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". During its original theatrical run, "Finding Nemo" grossed $339,714,978 in North America, and $559,492,275 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $940,335,536. It is currently the forty-third-highest-grossing film, the ninth highest-grossing animated film, and the second-highest-grossing film of 2003, behind "". Worldwide, it was the highest-grossing Pixar film, up until 2010, when "Toy Story 3"