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Monsters, Inc.

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

It's nothing personal. It's just their job.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$256M
Final
Opening Weekend
$62.6M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
4.09x
Opening → Total
Budget
$115M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$529M
$273M international
2001 Rank
#4
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Nov 2-4 1 $62.6M $62.6M 3,237 $19K 1
Nov 9-11 1 $45.6M -27.2% $122.2M 3,269 $14K 2
Nov 16-18 2 $22.7M -50.1% $156.3M 3,461 $7K 3
Nov 23-25 2 $24.1M +5.9% $192.2M 3,649 $7K 4
Nov 30-Dec 2 4 $9.1M -62.1% $204.0M 3,390 $3K 5
Dec 7-9 4 $6.6M -27.5% $212.4M 2,884 $2K 6
Dec 14-16 6 $5.0M -24.5% $218.8M 2,462 $2K 7
Dec 21-23 9 $3.8M -23.7% $224.5M 2,097 $2K 8
Dec 28-30 9 $6.1M +60.6% $235.8M 1,701 $4K 9
Jan 4-6 10 $3.9M -36.5% $244.6M 1,425 $3K 10
Jan 11-13 13 $2.2M -43.4% $247.5M 1,313 $2K 11
Jan 18-20 16 $1.4M -37.0% $249.3M 1,374 $1K 12
Jan 25-27 23 $555K -59.9% $250.7M 627 $885 13
Feb 1-3 25 $442K -20.4% $251.3M 501 $882 14
Feb 8-10 Salt Lake Olympics 31 $281K -36.5% $251.6M 334 $840 15
Feb 15-18 Presidents' Day Salt Lake Olympics 33 $241K -14.3% $252.0M 212 $1K 16
Feb 22-24 Salt Lake Olympics 34 $147K -38.9% $252.2M 178 $826 17
Mar 1-3 38 $134K -8.9% $252.3M 184 $728 18
Mar 8-10 40 $122K -8.9% $252.6M 164 $744 19
Mar 15-17 47 $69K -43.7% $252.7M 117 $587 20
May 24-27 15 $569K +728.1% $253.8M 289 $2K 21
May 31-Jun 2 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 18 $313K -45.0% $254.3M 282 $1K 22
Jun 7-9 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 17 $272K -13.0% $254.8M 263 $1K 23
Jun 14-16 World Cup (Korea/Japan) 23 $203K -25.5% $255.2M 238 $851 24
Aug 2-4 44 $67K -66.7% $255.4M 123 $548 25
Aug 9-11 42 $79K +17.3% $255.5M 128 $618 26
Aug 16-18 46 $64K -19.5% $255.7M 100 $636 27

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Theater Count

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byPete Docter
ScreenplayAndrew Stanton, Daniel Gerson
StarringJohn Goodman, Billy Crystal, Mary Gibbs, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures