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Monsters, Inc.

2001 G 1h 32m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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Monsters, Inc. Box Office

Opening Weekend
$62.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$256M
Final
Worldwide Total
$529M
$273M international
Domestic Legs4.09x
Budget$115M
2001 Rank#4
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 2-4 1 $62.58M $62.58M 3,237 $19.3K 1
Nov 9-11 1 $45.55M -27.2% $122.15M 3,269 $13.9K 2
Nov 16-18 2 $22.72M -50.1% $156.34M 3,461 $6.6K 3
Nov 23-25 2 $24.06M +5.9% $192.23M 3,649 $6.6K 4
Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $9.11M -62.1% $204.03M 3,390 $2.7K 5
Dec 7-9 4 $6.60M -27.5% $212.39M 2,884 $2.3K 6
Dec 14-16 6 $4.98M -24.5% $218.82M 2,462 $2.0K 7
Dec 21-23 9 $3.80M -23.7% $224.45M 2,097 $1.8K 8
Dec 28-30 9 $6.10M +60.6% $235.85M 1,701 $3.6K 9
Jan 4-6 10 $3.88M -36.5% $244.64M 1,425 $2.7K 10
Jan 11-13 13 $2.20M -43.4% $247.46M 1,313 $1.7K 11
Jan 18-20 16 $1.38M -37.0% $249.29M 1,374 $1.0K 12
Jan 25-27 23 $555K -59.9% $250.68M 627 $885 13
Feb 1-3 25 $442K -20.4% $251.26M 501 $882 14
Feb 8-10 31 $281K -36.5% $251.64M 334 $840 15
Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day 33 $241K -14.3% $251.96M 212 $1.1K 16
Feb 22-24 34 $147K -38.9% $252.18M 178 $826 17
Mar 1-3 38 $134K -8.9% $252.34M 184 $728 18
Mar 8-10 40 $122K -8.9% $252.56M 164 $744 19
Mar 15-17 47 $69K -43.7% $252.71M 117 $587 20
May 24-27 15 $569K +728.1% $253.76M 289 $2.0K 21
May 31-Jun 2 18 $313K -45.0% $254.25M 282 $1.1K 22
Jun 7-9 17 $272K -13.0% $254.75M 263 $1.0K 23
Jun 14-16 23 $203K -25.5% $255.16M 238 $851 24
Aug 2-4 44 $67K -66.7% $255.35M 123 $548 25
Aug 9-11 42 $79K +17.3% $255.52M 128 $618 26
Aug 16-18 46 $64K -19.5% $255.66M 100 $636 27

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPete Docter
ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson
Produced byDarla K. Anderson
MusicRandy Newman
StarringJohn Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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