Monsters, Inc.is aCGI animatedfilm seriesandDisneymedia franchisethat began with the 2001 film,Monsters, Inc., produced byPixarand distributed byWalt Disney Pictures. The original film was followed by aprequelfilm,Monsters University, released in 2013.
Contents
- 1 Films
- 1.1 Monsters, Inc.(2001)
- 1.2 Monsters University(2013)
- 2 Television Series
- 3 Short Films
- 3.1 Charades
- 3.2 Mike's New Car
- 3.3 Party Central
- 4 Reception
- 4.1 Box office performance
- 4.2 Critical and public response
- 5 Trivia
Films[]
Monsters, Inc.(2001)[]
Main article:Monsters, Inc.
The first film introduces the monster world, where monsters enter the human world at night and scare children in order to generate power. When a little girl accidentally enters the monster world, friends Mike and Sulley must find a way to hide her from the authorities and return her to her own world, and in the process learn that not everything they have been led to believe about humans is true. The film surpassedToy Story 2and peaked as the secondhighest-grossing animated filmof all time, behind only 1994'sThe Lion Kingat the time.[2]It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Animated Featurebut lost toShrek.
Monsters University(2013)[]
Main article:Monsters University
A prequel to the first film,Monsters Universitytells Mike and Sulley's backstory. The future friends meet at college and initially do not get along, but end up on the same team in the university's "Scare Games", where they and their team of misfits must beat the odds and win the competition, or be expelled from school. As the team struggles, the two learn to work together, and slowly become best friends.
Television Series[]
A television series spin-off ofMonsters, Inc.was confirmed in a Disney press release on November 9, 2017 as part of an exclusive series forWalt Disney Studio'supcoming streaming serviceDisney+.
Short Films[]
Charades[]
Charades[4]is a two-minute[5]promotional short animated film, featuring characters fromMonsters Inc.. The short was theatrically released on November 16, 2001 withHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. The cast consists of John Goodman and Billy Crystal.[4]
In the short, Sulley is shown playing a game of charades with Mike, but Mike is unable to guess the phrase "Harry Potter". Afterwords, Mike attempts to charade, but a bored Sulley quickly and correctly guessesStar Wars. A bewildered Mike asks how he does it.[5]
Mike's New Car[]
Main article:Mike's New Car
Party Central[]
Main article:Party Central
Party Centralis a six-minute[6]short animated film, featuring characters fromMonsters University. It premiered on August 9, 2013, at theD23 Expo. The short was set to be released theatrically withThe Good Dinosaurin 2014,[7]before the film was pushed back to 2015. Instead, it was theatrically released on March 21, 2014, withMuppets Most Wanted.[6]The short was written and directed by Kelsey Mann, story supervisor onMonsters University.[6]The cast consists of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Peter Sohn, Julia Sweeney, Charlie Day, Nathan Fillion, Dave Foley, Sean Hayes, Bobby Moynihan, and Joel Murray.[8]
In the short, the Oozma Kappa fraternity organizes a party, but no one shows up. To solve the problem, they use door stations to steal visitors from the biggest party going on at another fraternity.
Reception[]
Box office performance[]
The film series has grossed a total of $1,306,110,769, making theMonsters Inc.franchise theNinth highest-grossing animated film franchise.
Monsters, Inc.rankedNo.1 at the box office its opening weekend, grossing $62,577,067 in North America alone. The film had a small drop-off of 27.2% over its second weekend, earning another $45,551,028. In its third weekend, the film experienced a larger decline of 50.1%, placing itself in the second position just afterHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. In its fourth weekend, however, there was an increase of 5.9%. Making $24,055,001 that weekend for a combined total of over $562 million. It is the seventh biggest (in US$) fourth weekend ever for a film.[9][10]
Monsters Universityhas earned $268,227,670 in North America, and $475,066,843 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $743,294,513.[11]The film earned $136.9 million on its opening weekend worldwide. For unknown reasons, Disney declined to provide a budget for the film, although BoxOffice.com cites a budget of a total of $270 million.[12]Entertainment Weeklyspeculated that it was higher than that ofBrave($185 million), mostly due to high cost of John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their roles.[13]Shockya, a subsidiary website ofCraveOnline, estimated the budget to be $200 million, on par withToy Story 3andCars 2.[14]
| Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America | All time worldwide | |||
| Monsters, Inc. | November 2, 2001 | $289,916,256 | $272,900,000 | $562,816,256 | #74 | #126 | $115,000,000 |
| Original release | November 2, 2001 | ||||||
| 3-D re-release | December 19, 2012 | ||||||
| Monsters University | June 21, 2013 | $268,492,764 | $475,066,843 | $743,559,607 | #82 | #74 | $200,000,000 |
| Total | |||||||
Critical and public response[]
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monsters, Inc. | 96% (192 reviews) | 78 (34 reviews) | A+ |
| Monsters University | 79% (192 reviews) | 65 (41 reviews) | A |
