Rio
1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.
2011 | 96m | English
Popularity: 12 (history)
| Director: | Carlos Saldanha |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Carlos Saldanha, Don Rhymer, Earl Richey Jones, Todd Jones, Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia, Sam Harper |
| Staring: |
| Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 03, 2011 |
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| Director: | Carlos Saldanha |
| Writer: | Carlos Saldanha, Don Rhymer, Earl Richey Jones, Todd Jones, Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia, Sam Harper |
| Genres: | Animation, Family, Comedy, Adventure |
| Keywords | pet, carnival, musical, jungle, animals, pets, brazil, rio de janeiro, villain, parrot, canary, samba, duringcreditsstinger, cartoon bird, smugglers |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios, 20th Century Fox Animation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $483,866,772
Budget: $90,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 02, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jesse Eisenberg | Blu (voice) |
| Anne Hathaway | Jewel (voice) |
| Leslie Mann | Linda (voice) |
| Jane Lynch | Alice / Goose (voice) |
| will.i.am | Pedro (voice) |
| George López | Rafael (voice) |
| Wanda Sykes | Chloe / Goose (voice) |
| Jamie Foxx | Nico (voice) |
| Rodrigo Santoro | Tulio (voice) |
| Jemaine Clement | Nigel (voice) |
| Jake T. Austin | Fernando (voice) |
| Tracy Morgan | Luiz (voice) |
| Carlos Ponce | Marcel (voice) |
| Karen Disher | Mother Bird (voice) |
| Jason Fricchione | Truck Driver (voice) |
| Sofia Scarpa Saldanha | Young Linda (voice) |
| Kelly Keaton | Bookstore Customer / Lady Tourist (voice) |
| Gracinha Leporace | Dr. Barbosa (voice) |
| Phil Miler | Aviary Intern / Waiter (voice) |
| Bernardo de Paula | Sylvio / Kipo (voice) |
| Carlos Saldanha | Second Waiter (voice) |
| Renato D'Angelo | Police Officer (voice) |
| Jeffrey Garcia | Tipa (Heavy Smuggler) / Bat (voice) |
| Davi Vieira | Armando (Tall Smuggler) (voice) |
| Thomas F. Wilson | Trapped Bird / Screaming Hang Glider (voice) |
| Cindy Slattery | Neurotic Bird (voice) |
| Justine Warwick | Scaredy Bird (voice) |
| Bebel Gilberto | Eva (voice) |
| Judah Friedlander | Tourist (voice) |
| Francisco Ramos | Lead Marmoset (voice) |
| Tim Nordquist | Other Hang Glider (voice) |
| Miriam Wallen | Green Bird (voice) |
| Sérgio Mendes | Samba School Director (voice) |
| Ester Dean | Boy in Gondola (voice) |
| Priscilla Avila | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Anzolin Borges | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Claudia Bretas | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Carlinhos Brown | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Ubirajara de Castro | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Shanti Correa | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Wendy Cutler | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Heber Moreira | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Flávia de Mellow | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Andrea De Oliveira | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Holly Dorff | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Matheus dos Santos | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lucas dos Santos | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Andrea Ferraz | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Marcos Daniel Ferreira | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Hanna Frankel | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Johnny Gidcomb | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Jean Gilpin | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Julia Saraiva Gomez | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Nicholas Guest | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Rif Hutton | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Julia Kamanchek Lopes | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Lorrayne Mathias | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mikael Mutti | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Leo Nobre | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Mina Olivera | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Bianca Rossini | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Julia Scarpa Saldanha | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Manoela Scarpa Saldanha | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Adriana Souza | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Maxwell Wippich | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Matthew Wolf | Additional Voices (voice) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ester Dean | Songs |
| Carlinhos Brown | Music, Songs |
| Carlos Saldanha | Story, Director |
| John Powell | Original Music Composer |
| Galen T. Chu | Animation Supervisor |
| Josh Gold | Sound Effects Editor |
| Paul Downs | Animation |
| David Sloss | Animation |
| Sergio Pablos | Character Designer |
| Dominic Lewis | Additional Music |
| Michael Tanzillo | Compositors |
| Sérgio Mendes | Executive Music Producer |
| Justin Leach | Rigging Supervisor |
| Germaine Franco | Orchestrator |
| Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Brian Menz | Animation |
| Rosero McCoy | Choreographer |
| Holly Dorff | ADR Voice Casting |
| Dave Metzger | Orchestrator |
| John Ashton Thomas | Orchestrator |
| Pete Horner | Sound Effects Editor |
| Fletcher Sheridan | Playback Singer |
| Mike Reiss | Script Consultant |
| Moroni Taylor | Storyboard Artist |
| Armen Ksajikian | Musician |
| Gary Rizzo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Don Rhymer | Screenplay |
| Earl Richey Jones | Story |
| Todd Jones | Story |
| Joshua Sternin | Screenplay |
| Jennifer Ventimilia | Screenplay |
| Sam Harper | Screenplay |
| Arun Ram-Mohan | Lighting Artist |
| Carlos Zapater | Storyboard |
| Harry Hitner | Editor |
| Christian Kaplan | Casting |
| Melanie Martini | Set Dresser, Set Decoration |
| Clymene Campos Saldanha | In Memory Of |
| Caroline Rutter | Thanks |
| Jack Majdecki | Musician |
| Vicki Saulls | Sculptor |
| Alena Wooten | Sculptor |
| Nash Dunnigan | Set Designer |
| Tom Humber | Set Designer |
| Rachel Tiep-Daniels | Set Designer |
| Kevin Estrada | Still Photographer |
| Paul Mounsey | Additional Music |
| Robert V. Cavaleri | CG Supervisor |
| Stephen Jenkins | Compositors |
| Jud Estes | Compositors |
| Jason Bidwell | Compositors |
| Kristen Millette | Compositors |
| Laura Jackloski | Production Intern |
| Anthony Manciero | Production Intern |
| Kaitlin Sullivan | Production Intern |
| Daren Tillinger | Schedule Coordinator |
| Daniel Patrick O'Brien | Sequence Leads |
| Joe Bonomo | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Brian Deming | Temp Music Editor |
| Patrick Worlock | Script Supervisor |
| Kathy Graves Toon | Assistant Editor |
| William Battaglia | Assistant Editor |
| Chad N. Walker | Assistant Editor |
| Justine Warwick | Assistant Editor |
| Christopher Campbell | Associate Editor |
| Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Amy Pawlowski | Digital Intermediate |
| Miriam Wallen | Editorial Coordinator |
| Jason Fricchione | Editorial Manager |
| Sophia Ohara | Lighting Coordinator |
| Brian Grimenstein | Assistant Production Manager |
| Micah Dahlberg | Casting Associate |
| Phil Benson | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Paul Ohrt | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Alexis Jallad | Production Accountant |
| Deborah R. Scott | Production Coordinator |
| Lauren Conway Weber | Production Coordinator |
| Sean M. Murphy | Production Supervisor |
| Anthony Nisi | Production Supervisor |
| Denise L. Rottina | Production Supervisor |
| Gary Summers | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Roy Latham | ADR & Dubbing |
| Pete Anthony | Conductor |
| Cheryl Nardi | Dialogue Editor |
| Frank Rinella | Foley |
| Dennie Thorpe | Foley |
| Jana Vance | Foley |
| Luke Dunn Gielmuda | Foley Editor |
| Tom Carlson | Music Editor |
| Sue Fox | Foley Editor |
| Nico Carmine Abandolo | Musician |
| Rene Camacho | Musician |
| George Doering | Musician |
| Pedro Eustache | Musician |
| Mikael Mutti | Musician |
| Kleber Jorge Pimenta | Musician |
| James Thatcher | Musician |
| Kevin Connolly | Musician |
| Rick Giovinazzo | Orchestrator |
| Andrew Kinney | Orchestrator |
| Jon Kull | Orchestrator |
| Taylor Graves | Playback Singer |
| Shawn Murphy | Scoring Mixer |
| Teresa Eckton | Sound Effects Editor |
| Malcolm Fife | Sound Effects Editor |
| Ronald G. Roumas | Sound Recordist |
| Tighe Sheldon | Sound Recordist |
| Tori Davis | Additional Effects Development |
| Jean Gillmore | Additional Effects Development |
| Derek Stratton | Additional Effects Development |
| Nathan Wall | Animation |
| Rachel Fite | Animation |
| Amila Puhala | Animation |
| Patrik Puhala | Animation |
| Joseph Antonuccio | Animation |
| Pako Bagur | Animation |
| Dan Barker | Animation |
| Sebastien Bruneau | Animation |
| Tab Burton | Animation |
| Andrew Coats | Animation |
| A.J. Conrad | Animation |
| Pete Devlin | Animation |
| Paul Diaz | Animation |
| Matthew Doble | Animation |
| Carolyn Ee-Kaiser | Animation |
| Nathan Engelhardt | Animation |
| Scott Farrell | Animation |
| Isaak Fernandez | Animation |
| Lance Fite | Animation |
| Richard A. Fournier | Animation |
| Hector Godoy Garcia | Animation |
| Tom Grevera | Animation |
| Matthew Hasselmann | Animation |
| Seth Hippen | Animation |
| Ryan Hobbiebrunken | Animation |
| James Young Jackson | Animation |
| Ken Kaiser | Animation |
| Kevin Koch | Animation |
| Sheldon Kruger | Animation |
| Scott C. Lemmer | Animation |
| YuehChih Eric Lin | Animation |
| Lluis Llobera | Animation |
| Venece Lyman | Animation |
| Jason Martinsen | Animation |
| Guido Muzzarelli | Animation |
| Mir Ural Noorata | Animation |
| Elena Ortego | Animation |
| Keith Paciello | Animation |
| Bobby Pontillas | Animation |
| Robyne Powell | Animation |
| Michael Richard | Animation |
| Gregory Rizzi | Animation |
| Thom Roberts | Animation |
| Raymond Ross | Animation |
| Marcelo Sakai | Animation |
| Julen Santiago | Animation |
| Graham Silva | Animation |
| Justin Weg | Animation |
| Joshua Spencer | Animation Department Coordinator |
| Dallas Alan Dietrich | Animation Production Assistant |
| Kristen Drewski | Animation Production Assistant |
| Sangjun Lee | Character Designer |
| Sylvain Deboissy | Character Designer |
| Jason Sadler | Character Designer |
| David V. Mei | Character Modelling Supervisor |
| Brian Anderson | Creature Technical Director |
| Ignacio Barrios | Creature Technical Director |
| Jeff Brodsky | Creature Technical Director |
| Brendan Condit | Creature Technical Director |
| Casey Dame | Creature Technical Director |
| Ian Etra | Creature Technical Director |
| James Gu | Creature Technical Director |
| Sabine Heller | Creature Technical Director |
| Yu-Li Liao | Creature Technical Director |
| Marin Petrov | Creature Technical Director |
| Todd Edward James Hill | Creature Technical Director |
| Stewart Pomeroy | Digital Compositors |
| Elvis Au | Digital Compositors |
| Jonathan King | Digital Compositors |
| Jenn Epstein | Digital Compositors |
| Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman | Digital Compositors |
| Joerg Volk | Key Animation |
| Jeff Gabor | Lead Animator |
| Melvin Tan | Lead Animator |
| Daveed Kaplan | Modeling |
| Ramón López Seco de Herrera | Modeling |
| Adam McMahon | Modeling |
| Dinis 'Dennis' Morais | Modeling |
| Florian Perret | Modeling |
| Dave Strick | Modeling |
| Motoko Wada | Modeling |
| Bryan Useo | Pre-Visualization Supervisor |
| Daniel Sampaio Lima | VFX Artist |
| Heather Brown | VFX Artist |
| Anthony Fung | VFX Artist |
| Aimee Johnson | VFX Artist |
| Baaron Schulte | VFX Artist |
| Peter Chan | Visual Development |
| Randy Gaul | Visual Development |
| Carlos Nieto Lopez | Visual Development |
| Clayton Stillwell | Visual Development |
| Travis Price | Visual Effects |
| Taylor Shaw | Visual Effects |
| Doug Spilatro | Visual Effects |
| Alex Frenklakh | Visual Effects Technical Director |
| Alec Holland | Script Consultant |
| Renato Falcão | Director of Photography |
| Tansal Arnas | Production Supervisor |
| Jemaine Clement | Musician |
| Juan Peralta | Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Randy Kerber | Orchestrator |
| Gwendolyn Yates Whittle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Robert Huth | Animation |
| JP Sans | Animation |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Chris Wedge | Executive Producer |
| John C. Donkin | Producer |
| Bruce Anderson | Producer |
| Ashini Shah | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 79 | 115 | 58 |
| 2024 | 5 | 81 | 137 | 59 |
| 2024 | 6 | 80 | 101 | 67 |
| 2024 | 7 | 77 | 113 | 60 |
| 2024 | 8 | 60 | 80 | 42 |
| 2024 | 9 | 47 | 67 | 33 |
| 2024 | 10 | 59 | 91 | 39 |
| 2024 | 11 | 63 | 86 | 48 |
| 2024 | 12 | 68 | 172 | 45 |
| 2025 | 1 | 60 | 91 | 44 |
| 2025 | 2 | 49 | 66 | 11 |
| 2025 | 3 | 24 | 59 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 9 |
| 2025 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 7 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 7 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 9 | 186 | 640 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 154 | 600 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 202 | 612 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 147 | 600 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 186 | 662 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 238 | 616 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 176 | 629 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 95 | 535 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 218 | 659 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 372 | 730 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 263 | 715 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 335 | 717 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 499 | 815 |
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| 2024 | 8 | 472 | 692 |
Geronimo1967
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Before he’s even had the chance to learn to fly, the young macaw “Blu” takes a tumble from the safety of his nest straight into the hands of some bird-nappers. Next thing, after yet more tumbling, he is living a domesticated and flightless life with the kindly “Linda”, sipping mocha in Barnes & Nobl ... e and believing he is the very last of his breed. Then “Tulio” shows up from far-flung Rio de Janeiro announcing that he might have a potential girlfriend for the young “Blu”. “Jewel” and he might just be able to propagate their species, and so off they travel to meet up. Might feathered bliss ensue? Well unfortunately not, as they couple are pinched once again from their lab by more animal smugglers and secreted away, chained together, into a favela policed by the menacing “Nigel”. With carnival time approaching, “Linda” and “Tulio” have to try to find their stolen birds whilst the two macaws have to find a way to escape from the clutches of their captors. It gets off to a flying start with some entertainingly choreographed and colourful jungle-life delivering a lively routine, but thereafter it follows an all too predictable pattern of frying pan to fire scenarios, supported by some pretty unremarkable songs that do capitalise on the Hispanic vibe, but without leaving us with any ear worms. It is a great looking and vibrant film and I did quite like the nasty “Nigel” but there really isn’t anything new here and it’s a film that I know that I’ll never remember. One for the kids on the telly, I’d say.
Jul 28, 2025