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As is common for Pixar movies, international versions differ in the contents. Many English inscriptions are either removed or replaced by more generic symbols, especially in Monstropolis and at the Scare Floor. For instance, the "Stalk/Don't Stalk" traffic light is replaced by a green two-headed monster (for "Stalk") and a forbidding red hand (for "Don't Stalk"). Additionally, an animation of Sulley telling Boo to go to sleep was changed for the non-English version, as in the U.S. version, he holds up two fingers to illustrate "to" (since "two" and "to" are English [[homonyms]]) in "You — go — to — sleep". Several European DVDs contain only the "international" version, whereas the U.S. DVDs and U.S./U.K. Blu-ray contain the "U.S." version. Some of the examples for alternative angles can be seen in the bonus material of the 2-Disc DVD and Blu-ray of the film.
As is common for Pixar movies, international versions differ in the contents. Many English inscriptions are either removed or replaced by more generic symbols, especially in Monstropolis and at the Scare Floor. For instance, the "Stalk/Don't Stalk" traffic light is replaced by a green two-headed monster (for "Stalk") and a forbidding red hand (for "Don't Stalk"). Additionally, an animation of Sulley telling Boo to go to sleep was changed for the non-English version, as in the U.S. version, he holds up two fingers to illustrate "to" (since "two" and "to" are English [[homonyms]]) in "You — go — to — sleep". Several European DVDs contain only the "international" version, whereas the U.S. DVDs and U.S./U.K. Blu-ray contain the "U.S." version. Some of the examples for alternative angles can be seen in the bonus material of the 2-Disc DVD and Blu-ray of the film.


==Prequel==
==Prequel and Sequel==
A sequel was officially confirmed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2730 | title='Monsters Inc. 2' Churns Out Release Date | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Gray | first=Brandon | date=April 22, 2010 | publisher=''[[Box Office Mojo]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thefilmstage.com/2010/04/22/two-pixar-films-announced-for-2012-monsters-inc-2-and-brave/ | title=Two Pixar Films Announced for 2012: 'Monsters, Inc. 2' and 'Brave' | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Raup | first=Jordan | date=April 22, 2010 | publisher=''The Film Stage''}}</ref> The original release date of the film was November 16, 2012, but it was later changed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with ''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn]]''.<ref name="slash film">{{cite web | url=http://www.webcitation.org/5rkyWc0tW | title=Disney Updates: Beauty and the Beast 3D Pushed; New Date for Monsters, Inc., 2; King of the Elves Being Reworked | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Fischer | first=Russ | date=August 4, 2010 | publisher=''[[/Film]]''}}</ref> On April 5, 2011, it was announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to June 21, 2013 due to the success of Pixar films that are released in the summer, according to Disney distribution executive Chuck Viane.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/monsters-university-pushed-to-2013 | title=Monsters University Pushed to 2012 | accessdate=April 4, 2011 | date=April 4, 2011 | publisher=''movieweb.com''}}</ref>
A sequel was officially confirmed in 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2730 | title='Monsters Inc. 2' Churns Out Release Date | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Gray | first=Brandon | date=April 22, 2010 | publisher=''[[Box Office Mojo]]''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://thefilmstage.com/2010/04/22/two-pixar-films-announced-for-2012-monsters-inc-2-and-brave/ | title=Two Pixar Films Announced for 2012: 'Monsters, Inc. 2' and 'Brave' | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Raup | first=Jordan | date=April 22, 2010 | publisher=''The Film Stage''}}</ref> The original release date of the film was November 16, 2012, but it was later changed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with ''[[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn]]''.<ref name="slash film">{{cite web | url=http://www.webcitation.org/5rkyWc0tW | title=Disney Updates: Beauty and the Beast 3D Pushed; New Date for Monsters, Inc., 2; King of the Elves Being Reworked | accessdate=January 9, 2011 | last=Fischer | first=Russ | date=August 4, 2010 | publisher=''[[/Film]]''}}</ref> On April 5, 2011, it was announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to June 21, 2013 due to the success of Pixar films that are released in the summer, according to Disney distribution executive Chuck Viane.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/monsters-university-pushed-to-2013 | title=Monsters University Pushed to 2012 | accessdate=April 4, 2011 | date=April 4, 2011 | publisher=''movieweb.com''}}</ref>


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Monsters, Inc.
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPete Docter
Lee Unkrich (co-director)
David Silverman (co-director)
Screenplay byAndrew Stanton
Dan Gerson
Robert L. Baird
Rhett Reese
Jonathan Roberts
Story byPeter Docter
Jill Culton
Ralph Eggleston
Jeff Pidgeon
Produced byDarla K. Anderson
John Lasseter (executive)
Andrew Stanton (executive)
Associate:
Kori Rae
StarringJohn Goodman
Billy Crystal
Steve Buscemi
James Coburn
Mary Gibbs
Edited byJim Stewart
Music byRandy Newman
Production
company
Distributed byWalt Disney Pictures
Release date
  • November 2, 2001 (2001-11-02)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$115 million[1]
Box office$525,366,597[1]

Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett Reese, Jonathan Roberts, and Andrew Stanton.[2] The starring voices are John Goodman and Billy Crystal as monsters who scare children for a living, Mary Gibbs as a little girl who enters the monster world, Steve Buscemi as a rival monster, and James Coburn as a monster businessman.

The film was released to theatres by Walt Disney Pictures in the United States on November 2, 2001, in Australia on December 26, 2001, and in the United Kingdom on February 8, 2002. It was a commercial and critical success, grossing over $525,366,597 worldwide.[1] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes also reported extremely positive reviews with a 95% approval rating.[3]

A prequel, Monsters University, is scheduled for a June 21, 2013 release.

Plot

The story takes place in Monstropolis, a city populated entirely by monsters. Monstropolis is not part of the human world, but it can be connected to children's bedrooms through their closet doors. When a door is properly activated, it becomes a portal between the monster world and the human world. The city's power supply is provided by Monsters, Inc., a utility company that employs monsters to scare children and extract energy from their screams. The company has a huge warehouse full of doors, work areas called "scare floors" where the doors are activated, and a special training room in which employees practice their scare skills. The company's best scarer is James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (Goodman), whose assistant is his best friend, Michael "Mike" Wazowski (Crystal). Sulley's main rival is Randall Boggs (Buscemi), and the company's CEO is Henry J. Waternoose III (Coburn). Monstropolis is in the middle of an energy crisis because children are harder to scare than they used to be.

One day, Sulley finds an activated door on his scare floor after the workday has ended. He finds no one in the room behind the door, but a little two-year-old girl (Gibbs) follows him back into the monster world. Far from being scared, she calls him "Kitty" and delights in playing with him. Since monsters believe humans are lethally toxic, Sulley tries repeatedly to return the girl to her room, but she keeps following him back, and Randall eventually deactivates and stores the door, leaving the girl stuck in the monster world. The girl's presence becomes public knowledge after Sulley sneaks her into a restaurant to find Mike, so they hide her in Sulley's home while the Child Detection Agency (CDA) searches for her. Sulley eventually names the girl "Boo", and he slowly bonds with her after realizing that she is not poisonous. He also discovers that her laughter produces even more energy than her screams.

The next morning, Sulley and Mike disguise Boo in a monster costume and sneak her into work. Randall agrees to help them return her to her bedroom, but when Mike enters the room, Randall captures him in a box, believing he is Boo. Randall intends to kidnap Boo and subject her to a device that extracts her screams.

What follows is a sequence of battles, chases, and mishaps in which Sulley and Mike attempt to protect Boo from Randall and his scream machine. Waternoose reveals that he is in cahoots with Randall and banishes Sulley and Mike to the Himalayas, where they meet the Abominable Snowman (John Ratzenberger), but Sulley and Mike return to the monster world through a village at the foot of the mountain, where Randall chases them through the company's roller-coaster-like door-moving system. When the energy in Boo's laughter activates the doors in storage, the chase passes in and out of the human world. Finally, Sulley and Boo defeat Randall. Sulley throws Randall through the door of a trailer-park trailer, where a woman beats Randall with a shovel, and Mike destroys the door to make sure Randall never comes back.

Just as Sulley and Mike attempt to return Boo to her home, Waternoose and the CDA call her door to the scare floor, ready to arrest them, but Mike leads the agents away by fleeing with Boo's monster costume, and Sulley escapes with Boo and the door. When Waternoose follows Sulley and Boo, Sulley attempts to set up and activate the door, and when Waternoose follows them through the door, he tells Sulley he is willing to kidnap children in order to save the company. However, Sulley had not properly activated Boo's door, causing the three to actually wind up in the adjacent Monsters, Inc. training room, which is equipped with a video monitoring system. Mike has recorded Waternoose's confession, and after he replays the confession, CDA agents arrest Waternoose.

With the scream-machine plot foiled, the CDA agents call in their leader, who has been working undercover as Roz (Bob Peterson), the company's bookkeeper. Mike says goodbye to Boo and Sulley returns her to her bedroom, then Roz has the door shredded, preventing monsters from ever visiting Boo again. Sulley keeps one of the wood splinters as a memento.

Some time later, Sulley is the CEO of Monsters, Inc., and the company has ended the energy crisis with his policy of making children laugh instead of scaring them. Meanwhile, Mike has collected and reassembled the pieces of Boo's shredded door. When Sulley puts his piece in its place, the door is activated again, and when he peeks into Boo's room, she greets him.

The credits (theatrical version) or bonus features (home video) include a series of simulated outtakes and an amateur stage performance played by Mike and other Monsters, Inc. employees.

Voice cast

  • John Goodman as James P. "Sulley" Sullivan, a large furry blue monster with horns and purple spots. Even though he excels at scaring children, he is kind-hearted and thoughtful by nature.
  • Billy Crystal as Michael "Mike" Wazowski, a green creature with a ball-shaped body, a single large eyeball, and skinny arms and legs. He runs Sulley's station on the scare floor, and they are close friends. Mike has an outgoing personality and is dating Celia Mae. He makes cameo appearances in Finding Nemo, Cars, WALL-E and Toy Story 3.
  • Mary Gibbs as "Boo", a 2-year-old human girl. She is unafraid of any monster except Randall, who regularly scared her from her closet. She has overcome her fear of Randall by the end of the movie. The book based on the film gives Boo's "real" name as Mary Gibbs, the name of her voice actress. In the film, Boo shows Sulley a drawing of Randall with her name "Mary" in a corner.
  • Steve Buscemi as Randall Boggs, a multi-legged lizard-shaped monster with a chameleon-like ability to change skin color and become invisible. He is Sulley's rival in scream collection.
  • James Coburn as Henry J. Waternoose III, a crab-like monster with many eyes. At the start of the film, he is CEO of Monsters, Inc., the job having been in his blue-blood family for generations.
  • Jennifer Tilly as Celia Mae, a Medusa-like monster with snakes for hair. She is Mike's girlfriend and the receptionist for Monsters, Inc..
  • Bob Peterson as Roz, a slug-like monster whose voice sounds like Selma Diamond. She is the administrative clerk for Scare floor F. At the end of the film she turns out to be the Child Detection Agency's (CDA) "Number One", working undercover for years to reveal the child kidnap plot.
  • Frank Oz as the three-eyed Fungus, Randall's assistant and reluctant participant in the plot.
  • John Ratzenberger as the Abominable Snowman, a yeti banished to the Himalayas.
  • Samuel Lord Black as the furry George Sanderson, assisted by "Charlie". He is the butt of a running gag in which he repeatedly contacts human artifacts by accident, triggering "23-19" incidents and humorously overblown reactions by the CDA.
  • Dan Gerson as Smitty and Needleman, two goofy monsters with cracking voices who work as janitors and operate the door shredder when required.
  • Jeff Pidgeon as Thaddeus Bile, though his friends call him "Phlegm", is a trainee scarer for Monsters, Inc.
  • Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Flint, a snake-like monster who trains new monsters to scare children.

Production

The idea for Monsters, Inc. started with a lunch in 1994 attended by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton and Joe Ranft. One of the ideas that came out of the brainstorming session was a film about monsters. "When we were making Toy Story" Pete Docter claimed "everybody came up to me and said that they totally believed that their toys came to life when they left the room. When Disney asked us to make more films, I wanted to tap into a child-like notion that was similar to Toy Story. I knew monsters were coming out of my closet when I was a kid. So I decided monsters would be appropriate".[4] Docter's original idea revolved around a 30-year-old man dealing with monsters (which he drew in a book as a boy) coming back to bother him as an adult. Each monster represented a fear he had, and conquering those fears caused the monsters eventually to disappear.[5]

Docter started working on the script in 1996, and with Harley Jessup, Jill Culton and Jeff Pidgeon completed a draft treatment in February 1997. However Sulley worked in the scream refinery before being changed to Monsters Inc.'s top scare producer. Also Boo was aged six, but was changed to 3 years of age, because "The younger she was, she became the more dependant on Sulley," Docter claimed.[4] The initial story did not have the character of Mike Wazowski. Mike wasn't added to the story until in April 1998, when Developement Artist Ricky Nierva drew a concept sketch of Mike and everyone liked it. Jeff Pidgeon and Jason Katz story-boarded a test in which Mike was helping Sulley choose a tie for work and Mike Wazowski soon became a vital character in the movie.[4] Originally Mike had no arms, and had to use his legs as appendages, however due to technical difficulties arms were soon added.[4] Billy Crystal had been approached to play Buzz Lightyear in the original Toy Story, but turned down the offer. However once he saw Toy Story he regretted not taking the part, and when he was approached to play Mike he jumped at the offer .[4] The film went into production in 2000.[6]

One of the major breakthroughs of Monsters Inc was the simulated movement of Sulley's fur and Boo's shirt. The animators would animate the characters "Bald and Naked" and once the animation was finished a computer program aided by the Simulation Department would apply the hair and cloth onto the characters.[7] If Sulley moved the hair would react to the movement just like it would in nature. The same goes for Boo's t-shirt that would produce wrinkles in the fabric. This would save the animators from animating the three million hairs on Sullivan individually.[7]

The release of Monsters, Inc. nearly was delayed by a lawsuit brought by Lori Madrid against Pixar, Disney and Chronicle Books. The suit alleged that the defendants had stolen her story There's a Boy in My Closet, which she had mailed in October 1999 to a number of publishers, including Chronicle Books. The plaintiffs had requested a temporary injunction against the release of the film. Judge Clarence Brimmer, Jr. had a hearing on the injunction on November 1, 2001, the day before the film was to be released. He judged against the injunction, and the entire suit was thrown out on June 26, 2002.[6]

Another lawsuit by Stanley Mouse, alleged that the characters of Mike and Sulley were based on drawings he had tried to sell to Hollywood in 1998.[8]

Reception

The film received near universal critical acclaim. Review aggregate Rotten Tomatoes reports that 95% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 164 reviews, with an average score of 7.9/10. The critical consensus was: Even though Monsters, Inc lacks the sophistication of the Toy Story series, it is a still delight for children of all ages.[9] Among Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop, which consists of popular and notable critics from the top newspapers, websites, television, and radio programs,[10] the film holds an overall approval rating of 88% based on 33 reviews.[11] Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 78 based on 34 reviews.[12]

Charles Taylor from Salon.com stated: "It's agreeable and often funny, and adults who take their kids to see it might be surprised to find themselves having a pretty good time."[13] A. O. Scott from The New York Times gave a positive review saying: "There hasn't been a film in years to use creative energy as efficiently as Monsters, Inc."[14] Mike Clark from USA Today also gave a positive review saying: "Though the comedy is sometimes more frenetic than inspired and viewer emotions are rarely touched to any notable degree, the movie is as visually inventive as its Pixar predecessors."[15] Reelviews film critic James Berardinelli, who gave the film 3 1/2 stars out of 4 wrote: "Monsters, Inc. is one of those rare family films that parents can enjoy (rather than endure) along with their kids." [16] Roger Ebert, film critic from Chicago Sun-Times, while praising the movie with 3 out of 4 stars, wrote: "Monsters, Inc. is cheerful, high-energy fun, and like the other Pixar movies, has a running supply of gags and references aimed at grownups."[17] Lisa Schwarzbaum, a film critic for Entertainment Weekly gave a B for the movie and wrote: "Everything from Pixar Animation Studios, the snazzy, cutting-edge computer animation outfit, looks really, really terrific, and unspools with a liberated, heppest-moms-and-dads-on-the-block iconoclasm."[18]

Box office

Monsters, Inc. ranked #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 2nd weekend, earning another $45,551,028. In its 3rd weekend the film experienced a larger decline of 50.1%, placing itself in the second position just after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In its 4th weekend, however, there was an increase of 5.9%. Making $24,055,001 that weekend, it is the 7th biggest (in US$) 4th weekend ever for a film.[19][20] As of September 26, 2002, the film has a total of $255,873,250 in the United States and Canada and $269,493,347 in other territories for a worldwide gross of $525,366,597.[1] The film is Pixar's sixth highest grossing movie worldwide and fifth in North America.[21]

In the UK, Ireland and Malta, it earned £37,264,502 ($53,335,579) in total, marking the 6th highest-grossing animated feature of all time in the country and the 32nd largest movie of all time.[22] In Japan, although earning $4,471,902 during its opening and ranking 2nd behind The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring for the weekend, on subsequent weekends it moved to first place due to exceptionally small decreases or even increases and dominated for six weeks at the box office. It finally reached $74,437,612, standing as the third highest-grossing film of 2002 and the third largest US animated feature of all time in the country behind Toy Story 3 and Finding Nemo.[23]

Promotion

Monsters, Inc. was featured on Happy Meal toys, it was also featured on Tropicana with rectangle-shaped stickers.

Music

Untitled

The album was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score and a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. The score lost both these awards to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, but after 16 nominations, the song "If I Didn't Have You" finally won Newman his first Academy Award for Best Original Song. It also won a Grammy for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.

All tracks are written by Randy Newman

No.TitleLength
1."If I Didn't Have You" (performed by Billy Crystal and John Goodman)3:41
2."Monsters, Inc."2:09
3."School"1:38
4."Walk to Work"3:29
5."Sulley and Mike"1:57
6."Randall Appears"0:49
7."Enter the Heroes"1:03
8."The Scare Floor"2:41
9."Oh, Celia!"1:09
10."Boo's Adventures in Monstropolis"6:23
11."Boo's Tired"1:03
12."Putting Boo Back"2:22
13."Boo Escapes"0:52
14."Celia's Mad"1:41
15."Boo Is a Cube"2:19
16."Mike's in Trouble"2:19
17."The Scream Extractor"2:12
18."Sulley Scares Boo"1:10
19."Exile"2:17
20."Randall's Attack"2:22
21."The Ride of the Doors"5:08
22."Waternoose is Waiting"3:14
23."Boo's Going Home"3:34
24."Kitty"1:20
25."If I Didn't Have You" (performed by Newman)3:38

Awards and nominations

See also: Table of Pixar awards and nominations for Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc. won the Academy Award for Best Song (Randy Newman, after 15 previous nominations, for If I Didn't Have You). It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for Best Animated Feature (lost to Shrek). It was also nominated for Best Music, Original Score (lost to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) and Academy Award for Best Sound Editing (lost to Pearl Harbor).

At the Kid's choice awards of 2002, it was nominated for "Favorite voice in an animated Movie" with Billy Crystal. (Which lost to Shrek with Eddie Murphy.)

American Film Institute Lists

References to other Pixar films

There are numerous references to other Pixar films to be found in Monsters, Inc.; one example is that near the end of the film, Boo hands Sulley a Jessie doll from Toy Story 2, the Luxo ball, and a plush of Nemo from Finding Nemo. Since Finding Nemo followed Monsters, Inc., this reference was a sneak peek to the upcoming film. When Randall is practicing his camouflage ability, one of the drop backgrounds is the distinctive cloud pattern from Toy Story. Another is when Randall arrives in the trailer, it is the trailer from A Bug's Life, and the pizza delivery truck from Toy Story is seen sitting next to it.

Also, in the blooper reel of the film, Rex from the Toy Story films makes a cameo appearance.

Alternative versions

One month after the movie's theatrical release (on December 7, 2001) a version with alternative end credits was brought into theaters. There, the credits are accompanied by a "blooper reel", followed by the musical "Put That Thing Back Where it Came From or So Help Me", performed by the cast. This version can be found as a separate feature on the Collector's Edition DVD and in the credits of the 4:3 fullscreen DVD version, as well as the end credits of the R2-R5 widescreen version for Eastern Europe.

As is common for Pixar movies, international versions differ in the contents. Many English inscriptions are either removed or replaced by more generic symbols, especially in Monstropolis and at the Scare Floor. For instance, the "Stalk/Don't Stalk" traffic light is replaced by a green two-headed monster (for "Stalk") and a forbidding red hand (for "Don't Stalk"). Additionally, an animation of Sulley telling Boo to go to sleep was changed for the non-English version, as in the U.S. version, he holds up two fingers to illustrate "to" (since "two" and "to" are English homonyms) in "You — go — to — sleep". Several European DVDs contain only the "international" version, whereas the U.S. DVDs and U.S./U.K. Blu-ray contain the "U.S." version. Some of the examples for alternative angles can be seen in the bonus material of the 2-Disc DVD and Blu-ray of the film.

Prequel and Sequel

A sequel was officially confirmed in 2010.[26][27] The original release date of the film was November 16, 2012, but it was later changed to November 2, 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn.[28] On April 5, 2011, it was announced that the film's release date had been pushed back to June 21, 2013 due to the success of Pixar films that are released in the summer, according to Disney distribution executive Chuck Viane.[29]

In early 2011, there were claims that Monsters, Inc. 2 was going to be a prequel which focuses on Sulley and Mike's studies at the University of Fear, where they start off as rivals but soon become best friends.[28][30] On March 29, 2011, it was confirmed that the film will be a prequel and the new title Monsters University was revealed. The feature will be directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae.[31][32] It was also announced that John Goodman and Billy Crystal will be reprising their roles.[33][34]

Other media

Additional short film

An animated short, Mike's New Car, was made by Pixar in 2002 in which the two main characters have assorted misadventures with a car Mike has just bought. This film was not screened in theaters, but is included with all home video releases of Monsters, Inc., and on Pixar's dedicated Shorts DVD.

Manga

A manga version of Monsters, Inc. was made by Hiromi Yamafuji and distributed in Kodansha's Comic Bon Bon magazine in Japan; the manga was published in English by Tokyopop until it went out of print.[citation needed]

Video games

Main articles: Monsters Inc. (video game); Monsters, Inc. Scream Team; Monsters, Inc. Scare Island; and Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena

A series of video games, and a multi-platform video game were created, based on the film, such as a film adaptation, Monsters Inc., developed by A2M on PS2, PC, Game Boy Color, and GBA consoles in 2001, and later by THQ for Nintendo Gamecube in 2002.

Walt Disney's World On Ice

Feld Entertainment toured a Monsters, Inc. edition of their Walt Disney's World on Ice skating tour from 2003 to 2007.

Theme park attractions

Monsters, Inc. has inspired three attractions at Disney theme parks around the world.

See also

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