Curious George (franchise)
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| Based on | Curious George by Margret Rey H.A. Rey |
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Release date | 2006–present |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $72.1 million |
Curious George is an American media franchise based on the animated television series of the same name by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. The series began with the theatrical release of the first film in 2006. The film's success led it to receiving direct-to-video sequels, a television series (which aired three specials during its run) as well as a video game.
It stars a tailless monkey by the name George and his owner known as the Man with the Yellow Hat, or Ted as he is named in the films.
Films
[edit]Curious George (2006)
[edit]Curious George is the first film in the Curious George series. In an attempt to save the Bloomsberry Museum, a museum director named Ted goes to Africa to find a forty-foot idol, while encountering a monkey he later names George, who goes onto the boat to America with Ted, to Ted's apartment, causing a strict doorman named Ivan to go furious. After plenty of mishap, it is eventually George who saved the museum. It was released in theaters on February 10, 2006.
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)
[edit]Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! is the second film in the Curious George series. It follows George and Ted go to a magic show and George finds an elephant at the show named Kayla, who they both escape the magic show, causing Mr. Piccadilly and Head of Security, Danno Wolfe, to go looking after Ted, George, and Kayla. It was released on DVD on March 2, 2010.
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
[edit]Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle is the third film in the Curious George series. In the film, George is asked to take part in a special mission to space, but a mishap during the journey lands him back to the jungle where he originally came from. It was released on DVD on June 23, 2015.
Curious George: Royal Monkey (2019)
[edit]Curious George: Royal Monkey is the fourth film in the Curious George series. It focuses on George as he gets mixed up with a royal monkey named Phillippe. It was released on DVD on September 10, 2019.[1]
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild (2020)
[edit]Curious George: Go West, Go Wild is the fifth film in the Curious George series. The film features George and Ted traveling to Cousin Ginny's farm for a relaxing vacation, but their fun is cut short when a herd of animals escape and run loose. It was released exclusively on Peacock on September 8, 2020, and via digital and DVD on December 15.[2]
Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021)
[edit]Curious George: Cape Ahoy is the sixth and most recently-released film in the Curious George series. George and Ted go on vacation to the town of Coddington with a small house owned by a treasure lover, Captain Elmer to find ancient treasure buried somewhere in his land or the beaches along with a baby seal making his way into the adventure with an endangered seal mom. There is also the legend of Captain TrumpetTooter and his abandoned, still intact, pirate ship as well as Getrude St. John, a Captain TrumpetTooter legend loving scientist and Emma, the niece of Captain Elmer who is an animal rescue scientist and would do anything to rescue the animals, including seals. It was released on Peacock on September 30, 2021.
Television series
[edit]Curious George (2006–2022)
[edit]The series explores themes of learning, forgiveness and playful curiosity, and follows George, who is a sweet but trouble making African monkey. It premiered on September 4, 2006 and its most recent episodes aired on March 17, 2022.
Reception
[edit]Box office performance
[edit]| Title | Release date (United States) |
Budget | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Ref(s) | ||||
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| Curious George | February 10, 2006 | $50 million | $14,703,405 | $58,360,760 | $11,505,164 | $69,865,924 | #1,266 | — | [3] |
| Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | November 18, 2009 | — | $2,240,069 | $2,240,069 | — | [4] | |||
| Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | July 23, 2015 | — | $1,313,940 | $1,313,940 | — | [5] | |||
| Curious George: Royal Monkey | September 10, 2019 | — | |||||||
| Curious George: Go West, Go Wild | September 8, 2020 | — | |||||||
| Curious George: Cape Ahoy | September 30, 2021 | — | |||||||
| Totals | $50 million | $14,703,405 | $58,360,760 | $15,059,173 | $73,419,933 | [3] | |||
Critical and public response
[edit]| Film | Critical | Public | ||
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| Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | ||
| Curious George | 70% (107 reviews)[6] | 62 (28 reviews)[7] | A−[8] | |
| Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | TBA (1 review)[9] | — | — | |
| Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | TBA (1 review)[10] | — | — | |
| Curious George: Royal Monkey | TBA (1 review)[11] | — | — | |
| Curious George: Go West, Go Wild | TBA (0 review)[12] | — | — | |
| Curious George: Cape Ahoy | TBA (1 review)[13] | — | — | |
Cast and characters
[edit]This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.
- An empty grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- U indicates an uncredited appearance.
- S indicates an appearance as a character's singing voice.
| Character | Films | Television series | ||||||
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| Curious George | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Curious George: Royal Monkey | Curious George: Go West, Go Wild | Curious George: Cape Ahoy | Curious George | ||
| George | Frank Welker | |||||||
| The Man with the Yellow Hat Ted Shackleford |
Will Ferrell | Jeff Bennett | Jeff Bennett Matt KaminskySU | |||||
| Mr. Bloomsberry | Dick Van Dyke | Fred Tatasciore | ||||||
| Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop | Drew Barrymore | Nickie Bryar | ||||||
| Junior Bloomsberry | David Cross | Silent cameo | ||||||
| Ivan | Ed O'Ross | Ed O'Ross | ||||||
| Ms. Plushbottom | Joan Plowright | |||||||
| Clovis | Eugene Levy | |||||||
| Edu | Michael Chinyamurindi | |||||||
| Kayla | Deleted scene | Jeff McNeal | ||||||
| Hark Hanson | Matt Lauer | |||||||
| Danno Wolfe | Jamie Kennedy | |||||||
| Mr. Piccadilly | Tim Curry | |||||||
| Miss Fisher | Cree Summer | |||||||
| Farmer Dan | Clint Howard | |||||||
| Anna | Trupti Potdukhe | |||||||
| Humble Stationmaster | Jerry Lewis | |||||||
| Tina | Catherine Taber | |||||||
| Hal Houston | John Goodman | |||||||
| Dr. Naja Kulinda | Angela Bassett | |||||||
| Tech Andrew | Alexander Polinsky | |||||||
| Philippe | Frank Welker | |||||||
| Princess Isabel lll | Daniela Bobadilla | |||||||
| King Gustavo V | Philip Anthony-Rodriguez | |||||||
| Ana | Eliza Jane Schneider | |||||||
| El Fuego | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Fernando | ||||||||
| Mayor | Mick Wingert | |||||||
| Doris | Adrienne C. Moore | |||||||
| Emmett | Max Mittelman | |||||||
| Sadie | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Ricochet | ||||||||
| Billy | ||||||||
| Spittoon | ||||||||
| Frick | ||||||||
| Frack | ||||||||
| Frank Stetson | Phil Morris | |||||||
| Cousin Ginny | April Stewart | |||||||
| Ginny's Mom | Adrienne Barbeau | |||||||
| Captain Elmer | Christopher Swindle | |||||||
| Emma | Hiromi Dames | |||||||
| Gertrude St. John | Rita Moreno | |||||||
| Seal Pup | Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Mama Seal | ||||||||
| Rocco | Luka Jones | |||||||
| Gwen | Kimberly D. Brookes | |||||||
| Chef Pisghetti | Silent cameo | Jim Cummings | ||||||
| The Doorman | Bill Chott Lex Lang | |||||||
| Hundley | ||||||||
| Netti | Susan Silo | |||||||
| Gnocchi | Debi Derryberry Dee Bradley Baker | |||||||
| Charkie | Kel Mitchell Rob Paulsen | |||||||
| Aunt Margaret | Silent cameo | Betty Jean Ward | ||||||
| Steve | Silent cameo | Elizabeth Daily | ||||||
| Betsy | Grey DeLisle | |||||||
| Professor Wiseman | Rolonda Watts | |||||||
| Mr. Glass | Rob Paulsen | |||||||
| Mr. Zoobel | Carlos Alazraqui | |||||||
| Compass | Rob Paulsen | |||||||
| Jumpy Squirrel | Jim Cummings | |||||||
| Allie | Lara Jill Miller | |||||||
| Marco | Grey DeLisle | |||||||
| Bill | Silent cameo | Annie Mumolo | ||||||
| Mr. Renkins | Jeff Bennett | |||||||
| Mrs. Renkins | Kath Soucie | |||||||
| Mr. Quint | Jim Cummings | |||||||
| Mrs. Quint | Candi Milo | |||||||
Crew
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Composer | Editor |
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| 2006 | Curious George | Matthew O'Callaghan | Ron Howard David Kirschner Jon Shapiro |
screenplay: Ken Kaufman story: Ken Kaufman Mike Werb |
Heitor Pereira | Julie Rogers |
| 2009 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Norton Virgien | Share Stallings | screenplay: Chuck Tately story: Chuck Tately Darrell Rooney |
John Bryant | |
| 2015 | Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle | Phil Weinstein | Chuck Tately | Roger Hinze | ||
| 2019 | Curious George: Royal Monkey | Doug Murphy | Deirdre Brenner | screenplay: Dan Wicksman Nuria Wicksman Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Joe Stillman story: Dan Wicksman Nuria Wicksman |
Germaine Franco | Keef Bartkus Nina Helene Hirten |
| 2020 | Curious George: Go West, Go Wild | Michael LaBash | screenplay: Jana Howington Sherri Stoner story: Jana Howington |
Luke Guidici | ||
| 2021 | Curious George: Cape Ahoy | Doug Murphy | screenplay: Glen Berger Chuck Tately story: Chuck Tately |
Dara Taylor | Bryan Tuck |
Other media
[edit]Video games
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References
[edit]- ^ "CURIOUS GEORGE ROYAL MONKEY Arrives on DVD, Digital 9/10". Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2019-08-07.
- ^ "Curious George New Movie, TV Series Seasons Streaming Free on Peacock". Variety. 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b "Curious George (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle". Box Office Mojo.
- ^ "Curious George (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "Curious George". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
- ^ "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
- ^ "Curious George: Royal Monkey". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ "Curious George: Go West, Go Wild". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.
- ^ "Curious George: Cape Ahoy". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.