Editing Finding Nemo (section)

====Original theatrical run====
During its original theatrical run, ''Finding Nemo'' grossed $339.7 million in the United States and Canada and $531.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $871.0 million.<ref name="BOinitial"/> It was the [[2003 in film#Highest-grossing films|second-highest-grossing film of 2003]], behind ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''.<ref name="Top2003Films">{{Cite web |title=Top 2003 Movies at the Worldwide Box Office |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2003 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220120105133/https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/worldwide/all-movies/cumulative/released-in-2003 |archive-date=January 20, 2022 |access-date=January 20, 2022 |website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bukszpan |first=Daniel |date=April 14, 2011 |title=The Highest Grossing Children's Movies of All-Time |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2011/04/14/The-Highest-Grossing-Childrens-Movies-of-All-Time.html |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=[[CNBC]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403202622/https://www.cnbc.com/2011/04/14/The-Highest-Grossing-Childrens-Movies-of-All-Time.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Finding Nemo'' also defeated ''[[The Matrix Reloaded]]'' to become the highest-grossing film of the 2003 summer season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gibson|first=Kendis|author-link=Kendis Gibson|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/14/hln.connect.hits.misses/|title=Summer movie sizzlers and stinkers|website=[[CNN]]|date=August 14, 2003|access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=February 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203163621/http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/14/hln.connect.hits.misses/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film sold an estimated 56.4 million tickets in the United States during its initial theatrical run.<ref name="BOM" />

On its opening weekend, ''Finding Nemo'' earned $70.6 million in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105449535976066600|title='Finding Nemo' Takes Top Spot At Box Office on First Weekend|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=June 2, 2003|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030033229/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB105449535976066600|url-status=live}}</ref> When the film opened, it was ranked number one at the box office, dethroning ''[[Bruce Almighty]]'' and ''[[The Italian Job (2003 film)|The Italian Job]]''.<ref name="SinksBruce">{{cite news |last=Breznican |first=Anthony |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98992509/nemo-sinks-bruce-at-box-office/ |title='Nemo' sinks 'Bruce' at box office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403180509/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98992509/nemo-sinks-bruce-at-box-office/ |date=June 2, 2003 |access-date=April 3, 2022 |archive-date=April 3, 2022 |page=26 |work=The Associated Press |publisher=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> Additionally, it surpassed its predecessor ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' for having the highest domestic opening weekend for an animated film.<ref name="SinksBruce" /> It would hold this record until ''[[Shrek 2]]'' took it the following year.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Susman|first=Gary|title=''Shrek 2'' breaks box office records|url=https://ew.com/article/2004/05/24/shrek-2-breaks-box-office-records/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 7, 2022|date=May 24, 2004|archive-date=May 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503233918/https://ew.com/article/2004/05/24/shrek-2-breaks-box-office-records/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Finding Nemo'' achieved the third-highest opening weekend for a 2003 film at the time of its release, behind ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Karger|first=Dave|title=''The Hulk'' tramples its box office competition|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/06/20/hulk-tramples-its-box-office-competition/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 16, 2022|date=June 20, 2003|archive-date=August 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805020600/https://ew.com/article/2003/06/20/hulk-tramples-its-box-office-competition/|url-status=live}}</ref> During its second weekend, the film dropped to second place behind ''[[2 Fast 2 Furious]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fyi/furious-too-fast-for-nemo-at-box-office/101-384272654|title='Furious' too fast for 'Nemo' at box office|date=June 8, 2003 }}</ref> It declined by 34% while making $45.8 million.<ref>{{Cite news |last=DiOrio |first=Carl |date=June 8, 2003 |title=Hot wheels squish fish |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/hot-wheels-squish-fish-1117887556/ |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408190537/https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/hot-wheels-squish-fish-1117887556/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Nevertheless, the film returned to the number one spot the following week. At that point, it earned $29.2 million, bringing the total domestic gross to $192.3 million. ''Finding Nemo'' was the first film to reclaim the number one spot since ''[[Die Another Day]]'' and ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' in 2002.<ref name="ScalesToTop">{{cite magazine|last=Karger|first=Dave|title=''Finding Nemo'' scales to the top at the box office|url=https://ew.com/article/2003/06/13/finding-nemo-scales-top-box-office/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=February 7, 2022|date=June 13, 2003|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408050200/https://ew.com/article/2003/06/13/finding-nemo-scales-top-box-office/|url-status=live}}</ref> It would also outgross the weaker openings of ''[[Rugrats Go Wild]]'', ''[[Hollywood Homicide]]'' and ''[[Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Audiences Find 'Nemo'|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/audiences-find-nemo/|date=June 16, 2003|access-date=2022-02-07|work=[[CBS News]]|language=en-US|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207143408/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/audiences-find-nemo/|url-status=live}}</ref> By the film's 20th day of release, ''Finding Nemo'' had earned over $200 million.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/06-16/177308_people_fish_tale__finding_nemo_.html|title=People Fish tale 'Finding Nemo' refuses go to belly-up, wins box office race|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[The Kitsap Sun]]|date=June 16, 2003|access-date=February 7, 2022|archive-date=February 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207143409/https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2003/06-16/177308_people_fish_tale__finding_nemo_.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the film's fourth weekend, it was overtaken by ''[[Hulk (film)|Hulk]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jun/23/news|title=Hulk smash box office record|website=The Guardian|date=June 23, 2003|access-date=January 24, 2022|archive-date=January 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124200600/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/jun/23/news|url-status=live}}</ref> Despite this, ''Finding Nemo'' continued to draw in large crowds and families throughout the summer season while outgrossing another animated film, ''[[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Holson |first=Laura M. |title=Animated Film Is Latest Title To Run Aground At DreamWorks |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |access-date=April 6, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=July 21, 2003 |archive-date=April 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406233353/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/21/business/animated-film-is-latest-title-to-run-aground-at-dreamworks.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

By July 2003, ''Finding Nemo'' had earned $274.9 million, replacing ''The Matrix Reloaded'' as the top-grossing movie of the year domestically.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2003/07/t3-terminates-competition-nemo-beats-neo/|title=T3 Terminates Competition, Nemo Beats Neo|date=July 7, 2003|access-date=April 4, 2023|archive-date=November 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111234329/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2003/07/t3-terminates-competition-nemo-beats-neo/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film even surpassed ''[[Shrek]]'' to become the second highest-grossing animated film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wltx.com/article/news/local/fyi/terminator-3-blasts-rivals-at-weekend-box-office/101-384268412|title=Terminator 3 blasts rivals at weekend box-office|date=July 6, 2003|website=[[WLTX]]}}</ref> Later that month, the film had earned over $300 million, becoming the highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, surpassing ''[[The Lion King]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Verrier |first=Richard |date=July 29, 2003 |title='Nemo' Becomes the Big Fish at the Animation Box Office |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-29-fi-nemo29-story.html |access-date=February 7, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=February 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207143409/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-29-fi-nemo29-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the summer season, ''Finding Nemo'' was one of five films to reach $200 million at the box office in a single summer season, with the others being ''X2'', ''The Matrix Reloaded'', ''Bruce Almighty'' and Disney's own ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Analysis: Hollywood's hot summer |url=https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/09/02/Analysis-Hollywoods-hot-summer/47631062534986/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=September 2, 2003 |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301174947/https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2003/09/02/Analysis-Hollywoods-hot-summer/47631062534986/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of its theatrical run, ''Finding Nemo'' grossed $339.7&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada and $531.3&nbsp;million in international territories, totaling $871.0&nbsp;million worldwide. In all three occasions, it had outgrossed ''The Lion King'' to become the highest-grossing animated film. It stayed in the Top 10 until August 14 (11 weeks total).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Finding-Nemo#tab=box-office | title=Finding Nemo (2003) - Financial Information | access-date=April 15, 2022 | archive-date=November 28, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128034820/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Finding-Nemo#tab=box-office | url-status=live }}</ref> In North America, it was surpassed by both ''Shrek 2'' in 2004 and ''[[Toy Story 3]]'' in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |title=WORLDWIDE GROSSES |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=September 10, 2010 |archive-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022040157/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Finding Nemo'' would hold the record for having the highest international gross for an animated film until 2009 when it was taken by ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eller |first=Claudia |date=August 18, 2009 |title='Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' racking up record sales overseas |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-18-fi-ct-iceage18-story.html |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=May 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504165457/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-18-fi-ct-iceage18-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Outside North America, it stands as the fifth highest-grossing animated film. Worldwide, it currently ranks as the ninth highest-grossing animated film. Moreover, it was the highest-grossing Disney film for three years before ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest]]'' surpassed it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/21/news2|title=In brief: Dead Man's Chest is Disney's biggest treasure|website=The Guardian|date=August 21, 2006|access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123164148/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/aug/21/news2|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Finding Nemo'' was also the fourth animated film to make $500 million worldwide, joining ''Monsters, Inc.'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' and ''The Lion King''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=November 17, 2003 |title='Matrix' leads o'seas plummet |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/matrix-leads-o-seas-plummet-1117895833/ |access-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-date=May 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513135742/https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/matrix-leads-o-seas-plummet-1117895833/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film had impressive box office runs in many international markets. In Japan, its highest-grossing market after North America, it grossed ¥11.2&nbsp;billion ($102.4&nbsp;million), becoming the highest-grossing foreign animated film in local currency (yen).<ref name="onebill">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2904&p=.htm|title='Toy Story 3' Reaches $1 Billion|website=Box Office Mojo|first=Ray|last=Subers|date=August 29, 2010|access-date=August 30, 2010|archive-date=April 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003444/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2904&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It has only been surpassed by ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'' (¥25.5&nbsp;billion).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/alltime/|title=歴代興収ベスト100|publisher=歴代ランキング|access-date=Dec 12, 2018|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808031813/http://www.kogyotsushin.com/archives/alltime/|url-status=live}}</ref> Plus, ''Finding Nemo'' was the second film by Buena Vista Pictures to reach $100 million in the country, just after ''[[Armageddon (1998 film)|Armageddon]]'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/nemo-finds-its-place-in-the-half-a-billion-dollar-club/4017036.article|title=Nemo finds its place in the half a billion dollar club|website=[[Screen International]]|first=Jeremy|last=Kay|date=26 January 2004|access-date=30 April 2022|archive-date=30 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430022240/https://www.screendaily.com/nemo-finds-its-place-in-the-half-a-billion-dollar-club/4017036.article|url-status=live}}</ref> For its Japanese opening weekend, the film earned $10&nbsp;million, reaching the number one spot ahead of ''[[The Last Samurai]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/nemo-finds-459m-in-stunning-weekend-for-bvi/4016422.article|title=Nemo finds $45.9m in stunning weekend for BVI}}</ref> In Mexico, it earned $4.7&nbsp;million, making it the country's second-highest opening weekend, behind ''[[Spider-Man (2002 film)|Spider-Man]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Groves |first=Don |date=July 6, 2003 |title=Heavenly B.O. o'seas for 'Angels,' 'Bruce' |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/box-office/heavenly-b-o-o-seas-for-angels-bruce-1117888907/ |access-date=October 14, 2024 }}</ref> The film also grossed £37.2&nbsp;million ($67.1&nbsp;million) in the U.K., Ireland, and Malta.<ref name="InternationalGross">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/|title=Box Office Mojo International|publisher=Boxofficemojo.com|access-date=September 10, 2010|archive-date=September 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916074942/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/|url-status=live}}</ref> It first generated a total opening weekend gross of £7.4&nbsp;million ($12.3&nbsp;million), making it the second-highest of the year, after ''The Matrix Reloaded''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/bvi-enjoys-bumper-uk-weekend-/4015498.article|title=BVI enjoys bumper UK weekend...}}</ref> At the [[Manchester]] [[UCI Cinemas]], it made a total three-day opening gross of £17,150 ($28,583), becoming the theater's highest-grossing digital film at the time, surpassing ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones]]'' and numerous other releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/uk-proves-perfect-platform-for-finding-nemo/4015385.article|title=UK proves perfect platform for Finding Nemo|website=[[Screen International]]|first=Robert|last=Mitchell|date=6 October 2003|access-date=22 March 2022|archive-date=22 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322231113/https://www.screendaily.com/uk-proves-perfect-platform-for-finding-nemo/4015385.article|url-status=live}}</ref> Making £28.7&nbsp;million ($35.7&nbsp;million), ''Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing film released in October 2003 in the region, beating ''[[Bad Boys II]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://the-media-leader.com/nemo-is-box-office-catch-of-the-day-in-october/|title=Nemo Is Box Office Catch Of The Day In October|date=November 25, 2003|access-date=April 6, 2023|archive-date=April 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406182329/https://the-media-leader.com/nemo-is-box-office-catch-of-the-day-in-october/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following in biggest grosses are France and the Maghreb region ($64.8&nbsp;million), Germany ($53.9&nbsp;million), and Spain ($29.5&nbsp;million).<ref name="InternationalGross" />