Curious George (franchise)

Curious George
Curious George
	Official franchise logo
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan (1); Norton Virgien (2); Phil Weinstein (3); Doug Murphy (4 & 6); Michael LaBash (5);
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
Produced by	Ron Howard (1); David Kirschner (1); Jon Shapiro (1); Share Stallings (2–3); Deirdre Brenner (4–6);
Starring	Frank Welker; Jeff Bennett;
Music by	Heitor Pereira (1–3); Jack Johnson (1); Carbon Leaf (2); Germaine Franco (4–5); Dara Taylor (6);
Production; companies	Universal Animation Studios; Imagine Entertainment; A. Film A/S (1); Mercury Filmworks (1); Toon City Animation (1–2); Tycoon Animation (3); BV Animation Studio (3); Atomic Cartoons (4–6); Universal 1440 Entertainment (3–6);
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (1); Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2–6);
Release date	2006–2022
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$72.1 million

Curious George is an American media franchise based on the television series of the same name by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. The series began with the 2006 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 Bloosmberry 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 4: 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 5: 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 6: Cape Ahoy (2021) edit

Curious George: Cape Ahoy is the sixth and final film in the franchise. 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 ended on March 17, 2022.

Reception edit

Box office performance edit

Title	Release date (United States)	Budget	Box office gross				Box office ranking		Ref(s)
Title	Release date (United States)	Budget	Opening weekend (North America)	North America	Other territories	Worldwide	All time North America	All time worldwide	Ref(s)
Curious George	February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10)	$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 (2009-11-18)	—			$2,240,069	$2,240,069	—		^[4]
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	July 23, 2015 (2015-07-23)	—			$1,313,940	$1,313,940	—		^[5]
Curious George 4: Royal Monkey	September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10)	—
Curious George 5: Go West, Go Wild	September 8, 2020 (2020-09-08)	—
Curious George 6: Cape Ahoy	September 30, 2021 (2021-09-30)	—
Totals		$50 million	$14,703,405	$58,360,760	$15,059,173	$73,419,933			^[3]

Critical and public response edit

Film	Critical		Public
Film	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 4: Royal Monkey	TBA (1 review)^[11]	—	—
Curious George 5: Go West, Go Wild	TBA (0 review)^[12]	—	—
Curious George 6: Cape Ahoy	TBA (1 review)^[13]	—	—

Cast and characters edit

List indicator(s)

This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.

An empty, dark 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
Character	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 Kaminsky^S^U
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
Clovis	Eugene Levy
Ms. Plushbottom	Joan Plowright
Edu	Michael Chinyamurindi
Kayla	Deleted scene	Jeff McNeal
Hark Hanson		Matt Lauer
Danno Wolfe		Jamie Kennedy
Mr. Piccadilly		Tim Curry
Humble Stationmaster		Jerry Lewis
Miss Fisher		Cree Summer
Farmer Dan		Clint Howard
Anna		Trupti Potdukhe
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				Dee Bradley Baker
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						Dee Bradley Baker
Rocco						Luka Jones
Gwen						Kimberly D. Brookes
Chef Pisghetti		Silent cameo					Jim Cummings
The Doorman		Silent cameo					Bill Chott Lex Lang
Hundley							Bill Chott Lex Lang
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
2006	Curious George	Matthew O'Callaghan	Ron Howard David Kirschner Jon Shapiro	screenplay: Ken Kaufman story: Ken Kaufman Mike Werb	Heitor Pereira	Julie Rogers
2010	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	Share Stallings	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	Germaine Franco	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 edit

Video game	Date released	Game system compatible
Curious George	NA: February 1, 2006	Xbox
	NA: February 1, 2006	GameCube
	EU: November 24, 2006	GameCube
	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 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.

[1] "CURIOUS GEORGE ROYAL MONKEY Arrives on DVD, Digital 9/10". Archived from the original on 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2019-08-07.

[Variety-2] "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.

[BOM-3] "Curious George (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[4] "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21.

[5] "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle". Box Office Mojo.

[6] "Curious George (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[7] "Curious George". Metacritic. Archived from the original on February 1, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[CinemaScore-8] "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Archived from the original on April 13, 2022. Retrieved April 15, 2022.

[auto1-9] "Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[auto-10] "Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.

[11] "Curious George: Royal Monkey". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

[12] "Curious George: Go West, Go Wild". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

[13] "Curious George: Cape Ahoy". Archived from the original on 2023-01-21. Retrieved 2023-01-21 – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

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Curious George
Official franchise logo
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan (1) Norton Virgien (2) Phil Weinstein (3) Doug Murphy (4 & 6) Michael LaBash (5)
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
Produced by	Ron Howard (1) David Kirschner (1) Jon Shapiro (1) Share Stallings (2–3) Deirdre Brenner (4–6)
Starring	Frank Welker Jeff Bennett
Music by	Heitor Pereira (1–3) Jack Johnson (1) Carbon Leaf (2) Germaine Franco (4–5) Dara Taylor (6)
Production companies	Universal Animation Studios Imagine Entertainment A. Film A/S (1) Mercury Filmworks (1) Toon City Animation (1–2) Tycoon Animation (3) BV Animation Studio (3) Atomic Cartoons (4–6) Universal 1440 Entertainment (3–6)
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (1) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2–6)
Release date	2006–2022
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$72.1 million