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Monsters, Inc. (also known as Monsters, Inc.) is a 2001 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. Featuring the voices of John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Mary Gibbs, and Jennifer Tilly, the film was directed by Pete Docter (in his feature directorial debut), co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and produced by Darla K. Anderson, from a screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Garson. The film centers on two monsters, furry James P. “Sully” Sullivan (Goodman) and his one-eyed partner and best friend Mike Wazowski (Crystal), who are employed at Monsters, Inc., a leading energy manufacturing plant. Generates power by scaring human children. However, the monster world believes that children are poisonous, and when a little human girl, Boo (Gibbs), sneaks into the factory, she must return home before it’s too late.

Docter began development of the film in 1996 and wrote the story with Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon, and Ralph Eggleston following an idea they had at a luncheon in 1994 near the end of Toy Story (1995). Stanton wrote the screenplay about Gerson. The characters went through many incarnations during the film’s five-year production process. Technical teams and animators found new ways to realistically simulate fur and cloth for the film. Randy Newman, who composed the music for the previous three Pixar films, returned to compose the score for the fourth.

Monsters, Inc. It premiered at the El Capitan Theater on October 28, 2001 and was released in US theaters on November 2. Upon its release, it received critical acclaim and was a commercial success, becoming the third highest-grossing film of 2001 worldwide, grossing over $528 million. The film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for “If I Didn’t Have You” and was nominated for Best Animated Feature, but lost to DreamWorks’ Shrek and was also nominated for Best Original Score and Best Sound Editing. Monsters, Inc. December 19, 2012 saw a 3D re-release in theaters. A prequel titled Monsters University, directed by Dan Scanlon, was released on June 21, 2013. A television series titled Monsters at Work premiered on Disney+ on July 7, 2021.

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In a world inhabited by monsters, the city of Monstropolis harnesses the cries of human children for power. In Monsters, Inc. Factory, skilled monsters are employed as “scary” ventures into the human world to scare children and collect their screams through doors that activate portals to children’s bedrooms. The task is considered dangerous, as human children are considered poisonous and capable of killing a monster through physical contact. Energy production is declining because children are less afraid, and the company’s CEO, Henry J. Waternoose III is determined to prevent the company from collapsing

One evening after work, James P. “Sully” Sullivan, a leading squire, discovers that an activated door has been left on his rival Randall Boggs’ station. He inspects the door and accidentally lets a young woman into the factory. Terrified, Sully tries unsuccessfully to get the girl back, who flees to Monstropolis, interrupting Sully’s best friend and assistant Mike Wazowski on a date with Celia, his girlfriend and Monsters Inc. receptionist, at a sushi restaurant. Chaos ensues when the other monsters see the girl, but Sully and Mike escape with her before the Child Detection Agency (CDA) arrives and separates the restaurant. Forced to hide the girl in their apartment for the night, Sully soon realizes that she is not poisonous and that her smile is too powerful.

The next day, Sully and Mike take the girl to the factory disguised as a monster. As Mike finds his door, Sully attaches to him and nicknames him “Boo”. Randall, lying in wait for the girl, accidentally catches Mike and reveals his plan to kidnap children and collect their screams using his new invention, the Scream Extractor. Sully rescues Mike, and they go to the training room to report Randall to Mr. Waternoose. There, he forces Sully to perform a scarecrow, which scares Boo and makes Sully realize how wrong it is to scare children. Boo reveals himself, and Mike informs Waternoose of Randall’s plan. However, she reveals that she is on Randall’s side, kidnaps Boo, and uses a door to banish Mike and Sully to the Himalayas. Sully heads to a nearby village to return to the factory, but Mike initially refuses to go with him.

Sully saves Buck from the screaming extractor, and Randall attacks him. Mike returns to reunite with Sully and uncovers Randall, who chases them and the chest into a large-door storage vault; Randall manages to catch up but is defeated by Boo. The trio then throw Randall through a door in the Everglades, which they destroy, trapping Randall permanently in the human world. When Mike and Sully find the door to Boo, Waternoose, along with the CDA, bring Mike and Sully to the horror floor to arrest them. Mike distracts the CDA while Sully and Boo escape, leading Waternoose to the training room, where he reveals his plot to kidnap as many children as necessary to keep the company afloat. Mike records the conversation and releases it to the CDA and Waternoose is arrested. Rose, an intimidating floor administrator who reveals herself to be the secret director of the CDA, orders Sully to send Boo home, and after Sully bids Boo a sad goodbye, the door shatters.

Later, Sully repurposes the company’s electricity generation method to collect children’s laughter instead of screams, because laughter is ten times more powerful. With the energy crisis solved, the factory is now focusing on making children laugh to gather energy; Mike became the company’s top comedian, and Sully was named the new CEO. Mike surprises Sully by revealing that he recreated Boo’s shattered door. Sully enters the door and is reunited with Boo.

Cartoon Voice Cast

Main article: Monsters, Inc. List of characters
James P. John Goodman as “Sully” Sullivan, a huge, intimidating but well-meaning scarecrow from Monsters, Inc. At the start of the film, he has been the “best scarecrow” at Monsters, Inc. for several months.
Billy Crystal as Mike Wazowski, a short, one-eyed creepy assistant who is Sully’s best friend, roommate, and colleague. He is charming and generally the more organized of the two, but he is prone to neurosis, and his ego sometimes leads him astray.
Mary Gibbs as Boo, a three-year-old human baby girl who fears no monster except the creepy Randall at her door. He believes that Sully is a big cat and refers to him as “Kitty”. The book based on the film gives Boo’s “real” name as Mary Gibbs, the name of her voice actress, who is also the daughter of the film’s story artist Rob.
Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs, a snide and preening monster with a chameleon-like ability to change his skin color and blend in completely with his surroundings, who rivals Sully and Mike in the Scream collection.
Henry J. James Coburn as Waternoose, the CEO of Monsters Inc., a job passed down through his family for three generations, who is secretly in league with Randall.
Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae, Monsters, Inc. Its a receptionist and Mike’s girlfriend.
Bob Peterson as Rose, the administrator of Square Floor F, where Sully, Mike and Randall work. He is secretly the head of the CDA, working undercover inside Monsters Inc.
John Ratzenberger as Yeti aka The Abominable Snowman, a former Monster, Inc. employee who was exiled to the Himalayas. His appearance is based on the abominable snowman in the 1964 Rankin/Bass animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Frank Oz as Fungus, Randall’s assistant.
Daniel Gerson as Needleman and Smitty, two small janitor monsters who idolize Sully and operate the Door Shredder when necessary.
Steve Susskind as Jerry, a good friend of Waternoose who manages Square Floor F.
Bonnie Hunt as Flint, a talent recruiter who trains new monsters to terrorize children.
Jeff Pidgeon as Bile, an accident-prone trainee scarecrow for Monsters, Inc.
Sam Black as George Sanderson, a scarecrow from Monsters, Inc. In a running gag throughout the film, he repeatedly interacts with objects in the human world, causing CDA agents to tackle him, shave his entire body, and sterilize him. He is good friends with colleague Pete “Klaus” Ward.

Box Office

On opening day, Monsters, Inc. It grossed $17.8 million, followed by $26.9 million the next day, making it the second-highest Saturday gross of all time behind The Mummy Returns. It took the number one spot at the box office, displacing K-Pax and placing it at number four. The film’s debut dwarfed Thirteen Ghosts, From Hell, Riding in Cars with Boys, Training Day, Bandits and other films. Monsters, Inc. Seized the record for the biggest opening weekend for an animated film, grossing $62,577,067 and surpassing the previous record held by Toy Story 2. This would last for two years until the release of Finding Nemo in May 2003. The film had the biggest three-day opening weekend for a Disney film aside from Pearl Harbor. It was the fourth film of the year to reach $60 million in its first three days, just behind The Mummy Returns, Planet of the Apes and Rush Hour 2. The film had a small drop-off of 27.2% in its second weekend, earning another $45,551,028. In its third weekend, the film experienced a larger decline of 50.1%, placing itself second only to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Its fourth weekend, however, grew 5.9%, making $24,055,001 that weekend for a combined $528 million. As of May 2013, it is the eighth-biggest fourth weekend for a film.

The film grossed $289,916,256 in North America and $287,509,478 in other territories, with a worldwide total of $577,425,734. The film is Pixar’s ninth highest-grossing film worldwide and sixth in North America. For a time, the film surpassed Aladdin as the second-highest-grossing animated film of all time, behind only 1994’s The Lion King.

In the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta, it grossed £37,264,502 ($53,335,579), making it the country’s sixth highest-grossing animated film of all time and the thirty-second highest-grossing film of all time. In Japan, although it grossed $4,471,902 in its opening and was in second place behind The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, exceptionally small declines or even increases saw it move into first place the following weekend and remain dominant for six weeks. . Box office It eventually reached $74,437,612, making it the third-highest-grossing film of 2001 and the country’s third-highest-grossing US animated feature of all time, behind Toy Story 3 and Finding Nemo.

About

Directed by	Pete Docter
Screenplay by	·         Andrew Stanton ·         Daniel Gerson
Story by	·         Pete Docter ·         Jill Culton ·         Jeff Pidgeon ·         Ralph Eggleston
Produced by	Darla K. Anderson
Starring	·         John Goodman ·         Billy Crystal ·         Steve Buscemi ·         James Coburn ·         Jennifer Tilly ·         Mary Gibbs
Edited by	·         Robert Grahamjones ·         Jim Stewart
Music by	Randy Newman
Production companies	·         Walt Disney Pictures ·         Pixar Animation Studios
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release dates	·         October 28, 2001 (El Capitan Theatre) ·         November 2, 2001 (United States)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$115 million
Box office	$579.7 million

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