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Monsters University

2013 G 1h 44m Adventure, Animation, Comedy Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Before they were incorporated, they had to be educated.

Compare to other movies
Domestic Total
$268M
Final
Opening Weekend
$82.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
3.26x
Opening → Total
Budget
$200M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$744M
$475M international
2013 Rank
#7
Domestic

Box Office Performance

Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 21-23 1 $82.4M $82.4M 4,004 $21K 1
Jun 28-30 1 $45.6M -44.7% $170.4M 4,004 $11K 2
Jul 5-7 4 $19.7M -56.8% $216.3M 3,739 $5K 3
Jul 12-14 6 $10.6M -46.1% $237.8M 3,142 $3K 4
Jul 19-21 10 $5.1M -51.8% $249.1M 2,186 $2K 5
Jul 26-28 12 $2.9M -44.3% $255.5M 1,470 $2K 6
Aug 2-4 16 $1.4M -50.8% $258.6M 879 $2K 7
Aug 9-11 20 $684K -51.3% $260.2M 405 $2K 8
Aug 16-18 24 $461K -32.5% $261.1M 281 $2K 9
Aug 23-25 24 $391K -15.2% $261.8M 243 $2K 10
Aug 30-Sep 1 20 $1.6M +300.6% $263.6M 1,889 $829 11
Sep 6-8 26 $452K -71.1% $265.0M 596 $758 12
Sep 13-15 25 $363K -19.7% $265.5M 382 $950 13
Sep 20-22 26 $304K -16.3% $265.8M 314 $968 14
Sep 27-29 31 $158K -47.9% $266.1M 178 $889 15
Oct 4-6 21 $421K +165.9% $266.5M 250 $2K 16
Oct 11-13 20 $357K -15.3% $267.0M 235 $2K 17
Oct 18-20 22 $308K -13.7% $267.5M 230 $1K 18
Oct 25-27 27 $209K -32.3% $267.8M 207 $1K 19
Nov 1-3 28 $178K -14.7% $268.0M 176 $1K 20
Nov 8-10 28 $129K -27.4% $268.2M 158 $817 21
Nov 15-17 35 $90K -30.3% $268.3M 145 $620 22
Nov 22-24 42 $50K -44.1% $268.4M 117 $430 23

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Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

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Cast & Crew

Directed byDan Scanlon
ScreenplayDan Scanlon, Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson
StarringBilly Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Peter Sohn, Joel Murray
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures