Curious George (franchise)

Curious George
Directed by
  • Matthew O'Callaghan (1)
  • Norton Virgien (2)
  • Phil Weinstein (3)
Produced by
Written by
  • Ken Kaufman (1)
  • Mike Werb (1)
  • Chuck Tately (2-3)
  • Darrell Rooney (2)
Based on Curious George
by Margret Rey
H.A. Rey
Starring
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by
Country United States
Language English
Budget $50 million
Box office $69.83 million

Curious George is a multi-media franchise based on the book series of the same name by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. The series began with the 2006 theatrical release of Curious George. The film's success led it to receiving two direct-to-video sequels, a television series (which aired three specials during its run) as well as a video game.

Films

Curious George (2006)

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey (2009)

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)

Television series

Curious George (2006-2015)

Reception

Box office performance

Title Release date
(United States)
Budget Box office gross Box office ranking Ref(s)
Opening weekend
(North America)
North America Other territories Worldwide All time
North America
All time
Worldwide
Curious George February 10, 2006 $50 million $14,703,405 $58,360,760 $11,474,055 $69,834,815 #1,266 TBD [1]
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! March 2, 2010 N/A
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle June 23, 2015 N/A
Totals $50 million $14,703,405 $58,360,760 $11,474,055 $69,834,815 [1]

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Curious George 69% (103 reviews)[2] 62 (28 reviews)[3] A-[4]
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! TBA (1 review)[5] N/A N/A
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle TBA (1 review)[6] N/A N/A
Total 69% 28 A-

Cast and characters

Character Films Television series
Curious George Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Curious George
2006 2009 2015 2006-2015
Curious George Frank Welker
Ted Shackleford "The Man with the Yellow Hat" Will Ferrell Jeff Bennett
Mr. Bloomsberry Dick Van Dyke Fred Tatasciore
Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop Drew Barrymore Nickie Bryar
Junior Bloomsberry David Cross Silent cameo
Ivan Ed O'Ross
Clovis Eugene Levy
Ms. Plushbottom Joan Plowright
Edu Michael Chinyamurindi
Kayla Jeff McNeal
Danno Wolfe Jamie Kennedy
Mr. Piccadilly Tim Curry
Miss Fisher Cree Summer
Farmer Dan Clint Howard
Humbleton Stationmaster Jerry Lewis
Anna Trupti Potdukhe
Houston John Goodman
Dr. Kulinda Angela Bassett
Tech Andrew Alexander Polinsky
The Doorman Bill Chott
(season 1)
Lex Lang
(season 2 onwards)
Professor Wiseman Rolonda Watts
Chef Pisghetti Jim Cummings
Netti Susan Silo
Stew Kevin Michael Richardson
Jeff Bennet
Steve Elizabeth Daily

Crew

Year Film Director Producer Writer Composer Editor
2006 Curious George Matthew O'Callaghan Ron Howard
Brian Grazer
Jon Shapiro
screenplay:
Ken Kaufman
story:
Ken Kaufman
Mike Werb
Heitor Pereira Julie Rogers
2010 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Norton Virgien Ron Howard
Brian Grazer
Share Stallings
screenplay:
Chuck Tately
story:
Chuck Tately
Darrell Rooney
John Bryant
2015 Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Phil Weinstein Share Stallings Chuck Tately Roger Hinze

Other media

Video games

Video game Date released Game system compatible
Curious George
  • NA: February 1, 2006
Xbox
  • NA: February 1, 2006
GameCube
  • EU: November 24, 2006
  • NA: February 1, 2006
Game Boy Advance
  • EU: December 1, 2006
  • AU: December 14, 2006
  • NA: February 1, 2006
PlayStation 2
  • EU: December 1, 2006
  • AU: December 14, 2007
  • NA: February 1, 2006
Microsoft Windows

References

  1. 1 2 "Curious George (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  2. "Curious George (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  3. "Curious George". Metacritic. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  4. "Cinemascore". CinemaScore. CinemaScore. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  5. "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
  6. "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 28, 2016.
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