Curious George (film series)

Curious George
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan (1) Norton Virgien (2) Phil Weinstein (3)
Produced by	Ron Howard (1) David Kirschner (1) Jon Shapiro (1) Share Stallings (2-3)
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	Will Ferrell Drew Barrymore David Cross Eugene Levy Joan Plowright Dick Van Dyke
Music by	Heitor Pereira Jack Johnson (1) Carbon Leaf (2)
Production company	Universal Animation Studios Imagine Entertainment A. Film A/S (1) Toon City Animation (2) Universal 1440 Entertainment (3)
Distributed by	Universal Studios (1) Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (2-3)
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
Box office	$69.83 million

Curious George is a trilogy of traditionally animated adventure comedy films based on the book series of the same name by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey.

Films

Curious George (2006)

Main article: Curious George (film)

Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2009)

Main article: Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)

Main article: Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

Reception

For more details on the reception of each film, see Curious George (film) § Reception, Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! § Reception, and Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle § Reception.

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	February 10, 2006 (2006-02-10)	$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 (2010-03-02)	N/A
Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle	June 23, 2015 (2015-06-23)	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-

Recurring cast and characters

Character	Curious George (2006)	Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010)	Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle (2015)
Curious George	Frank Welker
Ted Shackleford / The Man in the Yellow Hat	Will Ferrell	Jeff Bennett
Maggie Dunlop	Drew Barrymore	Nickie Bryar
Mr. Bloomsberry	Dick Van Dyke	Fred Tatasciore
Junior Bloomsberry	David Cross	Silent Cameo

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	‹See Tfd› NA: February 1, 2006	Xbox
	‹See Tfd› NA: February 1, 2006	GameCube
	‹See Tfd› EU: November 24, 2006	GameCube
	‹See Tfd› NA: February 1, 2006	Game Boy Advance
	‹See Tfd› EU: December 1, 2006
	‹See Tfd› AUS: December 14, 2006
	‹See Tfd› NA: February 1, 2006	PlayStation 2
	‹See Tfd› EU: December 1, 2006
	‹See Tfd› AUS: December 14, 2007
	‹See Tfd› NA: February 1, 2006	Microsoft Windows

References

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

Curious George series by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey

Books	Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys Curious George Curious George Takes a Job Curious George Rides a Bike Curious George Gets a Medal Curious George Flies a Kite Curious George Learns the Alphabet Curious George Goes to the Hospital

Films	Curious George (soundtrack, video game) Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle

TV series	Characters Episodes

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