Finding Nemo – The Musical and Dory, respectively. "Avenue Q" star Stephanie D'Abruzzo also appeared on the recording, as Sheldon/Deb. "Finding Nemo" was the first non-musical animated film to which Disney added songs to produce a stage musical. In 2009, "Finding Nemo – The Musical" was honored with a Thea Award for Best Live Show from the Themed Entertainment Association. Finding Nemo – The Musical Finding Nemo – The Musical is a live action musical stage show based on Disney/Pixar's 2003 film "Finding Nemo", located at the Theater in the Wild in DinoLand U.S.A at Disney's Animal Kingdom. The stage musical Tarzan Rocks! occupied the
Finding Nemo surpassed it. The film sold an estimated 56,337,500 tickets in the US in its initial theatrical run. In North America, "Finding Nemo" set an opening weekend record for an animated feature, making $70,251,710 (first surpassed by "Shrek 2") and ended up spending 11 weeks in the top 10 domestically (including 7 weeks in the top 5), remaining there until August 14. It became the highest-grossing animated film in North America ($339.7 million), outside North America ($528.2 million), and worldwide ($867.9 million), in all three occasions out-grossing "The Lion King". In North America, it was surpassed by both "Shrek 2" in