50 Fun Facts About Finding Dory

What species of fish is Dory?

Conservationists worried the film would drive demand for the species, which cannot be bred in captivity.

Who directed the film?

He also directed Finding Nemo and voices Crush the turtle.

Who voices Dory?

She campaigned for a sequel for years on her talk show.

What are the names of Dory's parents?

Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy voice them.

Who voices Dory's mother?

Eugene Levy voices her father Charlie.

Where does Dory remember her parents living?

The film's Marine Life Institute was modelled on real aquariums the crew visited.

Which ocean flow carries Dory, Marlin and Nemo west with Crush?

In the first film it was the East Australian Current that carried Marlin to Sydney.

What creature does Dory accidentally wake in the sunken container ship?

It nearly devours Nemo, and Dory is captured while looking for help.

Dory is tagged for transfer to an aquarium in which city?

Hank wants her tag so he can go there instead of being released to the ocean.

How many limbs does Hank the octopus have?

He is nicknamed a 'septopus' after losing a tentacle.

Who voices Hank?

His casting was announced at the 2015 D23 Expo.

What kind of animal is Destiny?

She is nearsighted and used to talk to Dory through the pipes as a child.

Who voices Destiny?

The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star plays Dory's childhood friend.

Bailey the beluga has temporarily lost which ability?

He blames a concussion; Ty Burrell voices him.

Which two Modern Family actors voice Hank and Bailey?

Burrell plays Bailey and O'Neill plays Hank.

What is the name of the common loon who helps Marlin and Nemo?

Marlin has to imprint on her by staring into her eyes.

Which two British actors voice the sea lions Fluke and Rudder?

The Wire co-stars reunited on the rock; they keep shooing off a third sea lion, Gerald.

How do Dory's parents help her find her way home?

They spent years laying them down near the tire where they lived, hoping she would return.

How do Dory and Hank free the fish being trucked away from the institute?

Hank drives, with Dory steering him through the hijack.

Who turns up in the post-credits scene, still in algae-covered plastic bags?

After a year adrift they reach California, only to be scooped up by the institute.

Who replaced Alexander Gould as the voice of Nemo?

Gould's voice had deepened with adulthood; he voices a truck driver, Passenger Carl, instead.

What role does original Nemo actor Alexander Gould play in the sequel?

Passenger Carl works for the institute.

Which actress voices the institute's public-address announcements, as herself?

Dory treats the disembodied voice as a personal guide.

Which SNL pair voice the kelp bass couple Stan and Inez?

They are the fish whose conversation Dory keeps interrupting.

Who voices Crush the sea turtle?

The director reprised the surfer-dude voice from the first film.

Who voices young Dory?

She is the seven-year-old daughter of producer Lindsey Collins.

Who voices Jacques the cleaner shrimp, taking over from his late brother?

Joe Ranft, who voiced him in Finding Nemo, died in 2005.

Which Disney studio was set up in 2005 to make a Nemo sequel without Pixar?

It was shut down after Disney bought Pixar in 2006 without finishing a film.

The unmade Circle Seven script introduced Nemo's long-lost twin, named what?

It also had Marlin captured and in need of rescue.

Who co-wrote the screenplay with the director?

She called writing a lead who cannot remember things the hardest part of the job.

Which of the director's films flopping affected the sequel's timing, by his own account?

He had planned a second Carter movie; when that vanished, everything slid up.

Watching which reissue of an earlier film sparked Stanton's idea for the sequel?

He worried how easily Dory could get lost again and never find her new family.

Which three aquariums did the crew research for the film's rescue institute?

The institute's mission is 'rescue, rehabilitation and release'.

Which documentary prompted Pixar to rewrite the ending?

Characters were originally to end up in a SeaWorld-style park; the rewrite gave them an option to leave.

Who co-directed the film with Stanton?

Stanton invited him at the Brave wrap party; MacLane later directed Lightyear.

Which Pixar software was completely re-engineered for the film's lighting?

It was the renderer's biggest change in 25 years.

Who composed the score?

He returned from Finding Nemo; the album came out on the film's release day.

Which short film played before it in theaters?

The sandpiper short won the Oscar for Best Animated Short.

Which Pixar film took the November 2015 slot that Finding Dory vacated?

Dory moved to June 17, 2016.

Where did the film premiere on June 8, 2016?

It opened wide nine days later alongside Central Intelligence.

What did the film earn worldwide?

It was the third-highest-grossing film of 2016 and passed $1 billion on October 9.

How much did it earn in its record-breaking North American opening weekend?

That was 93.8% above Finding Nemo's debut and the biggest ever for an animated film at the time.

Which film did it overtake to become the highest-grossing animated film in North America?

It broke Shrek 2's 12-year-old record in just 30 days.

Which Disney film's 15-year record as top animated earner did it pass in its fourth weekend?

The same weekend it was finally knocked off the top spot by The Secret Life of Pets.

Which film topped the US box office the weekend Finding Dory fell from number one?

Dory had held off three new releases over the July 4 weekend first.

Which was the film's biggest international market?

It took $66 million there, ahead of the UK's $56.3 million.

Which country was the last to get the film, in late September 2016?

The staggered four-month rollout was timed around holidays like German Unity Day.

What approval rating did the film hold on Rotten Tomatoes as of 2026?

CinemaScore audiences gave it an A.

What did a 2019 study find about US blue tang imports after the film?

Internet searches for the species did rise, though.

What is the title of the short announced in 2026 with DeGeneres returning?

She had said in 2024 that she was 'going bye-bye' from show business.