Curious George (franchise)

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Infobox film 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

Curious George (2006)

Template:Main 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)

Template:Main 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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Curious George (2006–2022)

Template:Main 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

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Box office performance

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	Template:Start date	$50 million	$14,703,405	$58,360,760	$11,505,164	$69,865,924	#1,266	Template:N/A	^[3]
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Template:Start date	colspan="3" Template:N/A	$2,240,069	$2,240,069	colspan="2" Template:N/A	^[4]
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	Template:Start date	colspan="3" Template:N/A	$1,313,940	$1,313,940	colspan="2" Template:N/A	^[5]
Curious George: Royal Monkey	Template:Start date	colspan="8" Template:N/A
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild	Template:Start date	colspan="8" Template:N/A
Curious George: Cape Ahoy	Template:Start date	colspan="8" Template:N/A
Totals		$50 million	$14,703,405	$58,360,760	$15,059,173	$73,419,933			^[3]

Critical and public response

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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!	Template:TableTBA (1 review)^[9]	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	Template:TableTBA (1 review)^[10]	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Curious George: Royal Monkey	Template:TableTBA (1 review)^[11]	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Curious George: Go West, Go Wild	Template:TableTBA (0 review)^[12]	Template:N/A	Template:N/A
Curious George: Cape Ahoy	Template:TableTBA (1 review)^[13]	Template:N/A	Template:N/A

Cast and characters

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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
[[Curious George#The Man dressed in Yellow\|The Man with the Yellow Hat Template:Small]]	Will Ferrell	Jeff Bennett					Jeff Bennett Matt KaminskyTemplate:Ref Template:Ref
Mr. Bloomsberry	Dick Van Dyke	Fred Tatasciore
Margaret "Maggie" Dunlop	Drew Barrymore	Nickie Bryar
Junior Bloomsberry	David Cross	Template:N/A
Ivan	Ed O'Ross			Ed O'Ross
Ms. Plushbottom	Joan Plowright
Clovis	Eugene Levy
Edu	Michael Chinyamurindi
Kayla	Template:N/A	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				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		rowspan="2" Template:N/A					Jim Cummings
The Doorman						Bill Chott Lex Lang
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Netti							Susan Silo
Gnocchi							Debi Derryberry Dee Bradley Baker
Charkie							Kel Mitchell Rob Paulsen
Aunt Margaret	colspan="2" Template:N/A					Bill Chott Lex Lang	Betty Jean Ward
Steve		rowspan="3" Template:N/A					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		rowspan="5" Template:N/A					Annie Mumolo
Mr. Renkins						Jeff Bennett
Mrs. Renkins						Kath Soucie
Mr. Quint						Jim Cummings
Mrs. Quint						Candi Milo

Crew

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer	Composer	Editor
2006	Curious George	Matthew O'Callaghan	Ron Howard David Kirschner Jon Shapiro	Template:Small Ken Kaufman Template:Small Ken Kaufman Mike Werb	Heitor Pereira	Julie Rogers
2009	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!	Norton Virgien	Share Stallings	Template:Small Chuck Tately Template:Small 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	Template:Small Dan Wicksman Nuria Wicksman Cliff Ruby Elana Lesser Joe Stillman Template:Small Dan Wicksman Nuria Wicksman	Germaine Franco	Keef Bartkus Nina Helene Hirten
2020	Curious George: Go West, Go Wild	Michael LaBash		Template:Small Jana Howington Sherri Stoner Template:Small Jana Howington	Germaine Franco	Luke Guidici
2021	Curious George: Cape Ahoy	Doug Murphy		Template:Small Glen Berger Chuck Tately Template:Small Chuck Tately	Dara Taylor	Bryan Tuck

Other media

Video games

Video game	Date released	Game system compatible
Curious George	Template:Vgrelease	Xbox
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