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- Nov 2, 200190% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Monsters, Inc. Opens in US Theaters
Awards
- Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2003: International Theater Award (for Monsters, Inc.)
- Monsters, Inc. premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on 28 October 2001 and was released in US theaters on 2 November. It centers on monsters James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski, employed at a factory that generates power by scaring human children, who must return a little girl named Boo safely home.[1][4]
- Pete Docter directed from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson, with John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly and Mary Gibbs voicing the leads. Randy Newman composed the score and Wikipedia gives the runtime as 92 minutes.[1]
- Docter began developing the film in 1996 from an idea conceived in 1994 as Toy Story neared completion, and the technical team found new ways to simulate fur and cloth for the monsters during a five-year production.[1]
- Rotten Tomatoes shows a 96% Tomatometer score from 191 critic reviews, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "If I Didn't Have You" and was nominated for the first Best Animated Feature award, which went to Shrek.[1][2]
- Box Office Mojo lists a lifetime worldwide gross of US$579.8 million and a US opening weekend of US$62.6 million. Wikipedia gives the budget as US$115 million.[1][3]
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- [1]90%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters,_Inc.en.wikipedia.org· Posted Oct 5, 2026· Starts Nov 2, 2001 ✓· 20% of score
Wikipedia's[5] infobox gives 2001-11-02 as the US release date and TMDB's US release entry matches. Earlier festival or Los Angeles premieres and limited runs are noted in the summary.
- [2]85%Monsters, Inc. - Rotten Tomatoesrottentomatoes.com· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Tomatometer score, review count and average rating.[1]
- [3]85%Monsters, Inc. - Box Office Mojoboxofficemojo.com· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Worldwide and opening-weekend gross, runtime[1]
- [4]75%Monsters, Inc. - The Movie Database (TMDB)themoviedb.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
US release date entry and images.[1]
- [5]80%List of Pixar films - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Oct 5, 2026· 20% of score
Pixar's filmography and release order.[1]
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