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| music = [[Harry Gregson-Williams]]<ref name="filmmusicreporter">{{cite news|title=Harry Gregson-Williams to Score Disneynature's 'Monkey Kingdom'|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/09/29/harry-gregson-williams-to-score-disneynatures-monkey-kingdom/|newspaper=Film Music Reporter|access-date=2014-10-04|archive-date=2023-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526121615/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/09/29/harry-gregson-williams-to-score-disneynatures-monkey-kingdom/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| cinematography = {{unbulleted list|Martyn Colbeck|Gavin Thurston}}
| editing = Andy Netley
| studio = {{plainlist|
* [[Disneynature]]
* Silverback Films<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.silverbackfilms.tv/shows/disneynature-monkey-kingdom/|title
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| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $5–10 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/synergies-disneynature-disney-studios-could-211443369.html|title=The Synergies DisneyNature, Disney Studios Could Enjoy With Nat Geo, 20th Century Fox Acquisitions|publisher=[[Yahoo!]]|author=Elizabeth Balboa Benzinga|date=December 6, 2017|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201011622/https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/finance/news/synergies-disneynature-disney-studios-could-211443369.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross = $17.1 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=monkeykingdom.htm|title=Monkey Kingdom (2015)|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2016-01-02|archive-date=2018-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606150406/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=monkeykingdom.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
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'''''Monkey Kingdom''''' is a 2015 American [[nature documentary]] film directed and produced by [[Mark Linfield]] and [[Alastair Fothergill]] and narrated by [[Tina Fey]]. The documentary is about a family of [[macaque|monkeys]] living in ancient ruins founded in the jungles of [[Polonnaruwa]] in [[Sri Lanka]]. The film was released by [[Disneynature]] on April 17, 2015, the eighth nature documentary released under that label.<ref name="Deadline">{{cite news|date=10 April 2014|title=Focus Sets Stephen Hawking Pic 'Theory Of Everything' For November; Disneynature Dates 'Monkey Kingdom' For 2015|newspaper=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|url=https://deadline.com/2014/04/stephen-hawking-movie-theory-of-everything-release-date-november-7-2014-712736/|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115045/http://deadline.com/2014/04/stephen-hawking-movie-theory-of-everything-release-date-november-7-2014-712736/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Slash Film">{{cite news|last1=Han|first1=Angie|title='Monkey Kingdom' Trailer: Disneynature Visits the Asian Jungle|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/monkey-kingdom-trailer/|access-date=2 March 2015|publisher=[[/Film]]|date=10 April 2014|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331204628/https://www.slashfilm.com/monkey-kingdom-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Dana Vento"/>
==Plot==
In the ruins of an ancient city in the jungles of [[Polonnaruwa]] in [[Sri Lanka]], Maya is a [[toque macaque]] who was born at the bottom of the social order tree in her family. Even though she is a lowborn, the troop's [[Alpha (ethology)|alpha male]], Raja, keeps a close eye on her, and considers Maya to be his property. One day, during the courtship season, a handsome male monkey named Kumar arrives & catches Maya's gaze from just outside of the troupe's territory. As Maya is in [[Estrous cycle|estrus]], she and Kumar discreetly mate, but are caught by Raja, who knows that he has been duped. Kumar is
6 months later, Maya gives birth to Kumar's son, Kip. With Kumar gone, Maya is left to raise, feed and care for their new son alone. As [[monsoon]] season arrives, Maya takes advantage of the feast that it brings. Later, during a time of food scarcity after the monsoon season ends, Maya takes Kip and leads the other Lowborn to a lily pond, where they forage and even dive to procure the nutritious seed pods of the lotus lily, knowing that the Highborn would not even recognize the lotus lily pond as a possible food source. As Maya and her fellow Lowborn submerge and emerge with seed pods, they are unknowingly being stalked by a [[monitor lizard]]. Maya, Kip and the Lowborn watch in horror as one of their own is captured and eaten by the monitor lizard. The next day, Maya, with Kip clinging to her, then finds a [[caterpillar]] patch and begins gorging on the highly nutritious caterpillars. When the queens of the family, known as the Sisterhood, discover that Maya has not given them priority over this high protein, high value food source, the punishment from the Sisterhood is swift and severe. Maya is beaten mercilessly by the trio, who then
The next day, Maya leads the Lowborn far from their home into a neighboring [[city]], where they find copious food. They raid a home full of food intended for a birthday party that's to occur later that afternoon. With the humans away and oblivious to the macaque's break-in, Maya and her cohorts gorge on [[birthday cake]], [[bread]], [[fruit]] and all other manner of food. During the actual raid, Kip remains safe with another lowborn, just outside of the home that his mother has raided. The lowborn return to the troop's home in the forest, a granite outcrop called Castle Rock, and they fall asleep with an unfamiliar sensation
As the sun rises the next day, Maya awakens to see Kip's father, Kumar, lurking just outside of the troupe's territory boundary. Having met with such a hasty exit with his last visit, Kumar is much wiser and more careful this time. He pays his dues, so to speak, gently and gradually introducing himself into the troop. He first befriends the young macaques, playing and wrestling with them. He next befriends Raja's
Now homeless and in very unfamiliar circumstances, Maya leads the homeless troop back to the city, where abundant food, shelter and opportunity await. The troop spends time in the city, rebuilding their strength, filling their bellies, and sleeping high on utility poles, but they never lose their desire to return to their home, Castle Rock, and reclaim it as their own. After they've regathered their strength, the troupe begins the long journey back through the forest toward Castle Rock. On this trip, Maya leads again, with Kumar right by her side and Kip close-by. The Sisterhood and the former Alpha, Raja, bring up the rear, having been dealt a healthy dose of humility during the last many days. As the troop approaches Castle Rock, Kumar leads the attack, supported by Raja and crew. The troupe manages to take back their home, chasing Lex and the invaders far into the forest.
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==Cast==
''Monkey Kingdom''{{'}}s major [[toque macaque]] characters consist of lead female Maya, her newborn son Kip, the troupe's [[alpha male]] Raja, a trio of high status females called The Sisterhood, Grandpa, an elderly but once-fierce male, and Kumar, a newcomer wishing entrance to the monkey tribe.<ref>{{cite web|last1=staff|title=''Monkey Kingdom'' characters|url=http://nature.disney.com/monkey-kingdom/characters|website=[[Disneynature]]|access-date=12 March 2015|archive-date=11 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311172242/http://nature.disney.com/monkey-kingdom/characters|url-status=live}}</ref>
The film is narrated by [[Tina Fey]].<ref name="People Magazine">{{cite magazine|last1=staff|title=Tina Fey: My Daughters Are 'Fully Immersed' in the Disney Lifestyle|url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/03/11/tina-fey-daughters-love-disney-disneynature-monkey-kingdom/|access-date=12 March 2015|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=11 March 2015|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128035659/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/03/11/tina-fey-daughters-love-disney-disneynature-monkey-kingdom/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Production==
''Monkey Kingdom'' is the eighth film by [[Disneynature]], the independent film label of Walt Disney Studios.<ref name="Dana Vento">{{cite web|last1=Vento|first1=Dana|title=Disneynature's Monkey Kingdom|url=http://www.danavento.com/2014/12/disneynatures-monkey-kingdom/|website=danavento.com|access-date=3 March 2015|date=3 December 2014|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111447/http://www.danavento.com/2014/12/disneynatures-monkey-kingdom/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.focusedonthemagic.com/2014/04/a-look-at-disneynature-next-film-monkey.html "A Look at Disneynature Next Film, 'Monkey Kingdom' Trailer
The film is directed and produced by [[Mark Linfield]] and [[Alastair Fothergill]], who previously co-directed Disneynature's first release, ''[[Earth (2007 film)|Earth]]'' (2007), as well as ''[[Chimpanzee (film)|Chimpanzee]]'' (2012). Fothergill also co-directed ''[[African Cats]]'' (2011) and ''[[Bears (film)|Bears]]'' (2014).<ref name="Yahoo Movies"/> [[Wolf Dittus|Dr. Wolfgang Dittus]] was the scientific consultant and has been studying the macaque monkeys of Sri Lanka for nearly 50 years. His and Jane
==Release==
''Monkey Kingdom'' was released on April 17, 2015.<ref name="Deadline"/> The first official trailer for the film was released on April 18, 2014, featuring the song "[[Team (Lorde song)|Team]]" by [[Lorde]] and attached theatrically with ''[[Bears (film)|Bears]]''.<ref name="filmmusicreporter"/><ref>[https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117004 "Visit Monkey Kingdom with a Trailer for the Disneynature Documentary
===Home media===
''Monkey Kingdom'' was released on Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD combo pack on September 15, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Monkey-Kingdom-Blu-ray/121923/|title=Monkey Kingdom Blu-ray (Disneynature)|access-date=2015-09-21|archive-date=2015-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917165520/http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Monkey-Kingdom-Blu-ray/121923/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Reception ==
===Box office===
In North America, it opened simultaneously with ''[[Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2]]'' and ''[[Unfriended]]'' on April 17, 2015, across 2,012 theaters, which is the widest release for a Disneynature film, earning $1.5 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-paul-blart-mall-789517|title=Box Office: 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2' Heads for $22M; 'Furious 7' Stays No. 1|author=Pamela McClintock|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|publisher=([[Prometheus Global Media]])|date=April 17, 2015|access-date=April 18, 2015|archive-date=April 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419040459/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-paul-blart-mall-789517|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="BOX">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4056|title=Weekend Report: 'Furious 7' Beats 'Blart
The
===Critical reception===
''Monkey Kingdom'' received positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a rating of 93%, based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.28/10. The site's consensus reads
=== Accolades ===
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| style="text-align:center;"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-09-02 |title=2015 Environmental Media Association Award Nominations Announced—See the Complete List of Nominees |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/692172/2015-environmental-media-association-award-nominations-have-been-announced-see-the-complete-list-of-nominees |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=E! Online |archive-date=2023-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118013802/https://www.eonline.com/news/692172/2015-environmental-media-association-award-nominations-have-been-announced-see-the-complete-list-of-nominees |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|[[Golden Trailer Awards]]
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