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Monsters, Inc. (also known as Monsters, Incorporated) is a media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company. The franchise takes place in a fictional universe where monsters are the primary citizens of a society and harness the energy of human children to power their cities. The company known as Monsters, Inc. accomplishes this by patenting doors which lead to their worlds.
==Feature films==
===Monsters, Inc. (2001)===
Monsters, Inc. introduces the monster world, where Monstropolis is powered by the screams of human children as monsters enter the human world at night. When a little girl called "Boo" accidentally enters the monster world, friends James P. Sullivan and Mike Wazowski must find a way to hide her from the authorities and return her to her world and, in the process, learn that not everything they have been led to believe about humans is true.The film was released on November 2, 2001, in the United States, surpassing Toy Story 2 and peaked as the second highest-grossing animated film of all time, behind 1994's The Lion King at the time. It was one of the first animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature but lost to Shrek.
===Monsters University (2013)===
A prequel to the first film, Monsters University tells Sulley and Mike's backstory. The future friends meet at college and initially start off as enemies, 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.The film was released on June 21, 2013 in the United States.
==Television series==
Main article: Monsters at Work
Monsters at Work is a television series spin-off of Monsters, Inc. produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney+. It was announced in a Disney press release on November 9, 2017 as part of a list of in development series for The Walt Disney Company's then-upcoming streaming service. On April 9, 2019, it was revealed that the show would be titled Monsters at Work and premiere in spring 2021. Seven of the original cast would return, including John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their roles as Sulley and Mike, respectively. On February 24, 2021, it was announced that it would be released on July 2, followed by a delay to July 7.The series begins the day after Monsters, Incorporated has switched to laugh power and follows a young eager mechanic, Tylor Tuskmon (Ben Feldman), who hopes to be promoted to the Laugh Floor alongside Mike and Sulley.
==Short films==
===Mike's New Car (2002)===
Main article: Mike's New Car
===Party Central (2013)===
Main article: Party Central
Party Central is a six-minute short animated film, featuring characters from Monsters University. It premiered on August 9, 2013, at the D23 Expo. The short was set to be released theatrically with The Good Dinosaur in 2014, before the film was pushed back to 2015. Instead, it was theatrically released on March 21, 2014, with Muppets Most Wanted. The short was written and directed by Kelsey Mann, story supervisor on Monsters University. 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.In the short set after Sulley got the promotion to CEO, 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 the Monsters, Inc. franchise the 14th highest-grossing animated film franchise.Monsters, Inc. ranked No. 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 after Harry 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.Monsters University has earned $268,227,670 in North America, and $475,066,843 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $743,294,513. 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. Entertainment Weekly speculated that it was higher than that of Brave ($185 million), mostly due to high cost of John Goodman and Billy Crystal reprising their roles. Shockya, a subsidiary website of CraveOnline, estimated the budget to be $200 million, on par with Toy Story 3 and Cars 2.Each film is linked to the "Box office" section of its article.
Film 	U.S. release date	Box office gross	Box office gross 	Box office gross	All-time ranking	All-time ranking	Budget 	Ref.
Film 	U.S. release date	U.S. and Canada 	Other territories	Worldwide 	U.S. and Canada 	Worldwide 	Budget 	Ref.
Monsters, Inc. 	November 2, 2001 	$289,916,256 	$272,900,000 	$562,816,256 	#74 	#126 	$115,000,000	
Monsters University	June 21, 2013 	$268,492,764 	$475,066,843 	$743,559,607 	#82 	#74 	$200,000,000	
Total 	Total 	$558,143,926 	$747,966,843 	$1,306,110,769 	 	 	$315,000,000	
===Critical and public response===
Each film and television series is linked to the "Critical response" section of its article
Film 	Critical 	Critical 	Public
Film 	Rotten Tomatoes 	Metacritic 	CinemaScore
Monsters, Inc. 	96% (198 reviews)	79 (35 reviews)	A+
Monsters University	80% (203 reviews)	65 (41 reviews)	A
Monsters at Work 	65% (26 reviews) 	55 (9 reviews) 	—
==Cast and characters==
==List indicator(s)==
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the Monsters, Inc. franchise.
*An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
*Y indicates a younger version of the character.
Character 	Feature films 	Feature films 	Short films 	Short films 	Television series
Character 	Monsters, Inc. 	Monsters University 	Mike's New Car	Party Central 	Monsters at Work
James P. "Sulley" Sullivan 	John Goodman 	John Goodman 	John Goodman 	John Goodman 	John Goodman
Michael "Mike" Wazowski 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal
Michael "Mike" Wazowski 	Billy Crystal 	Noah Johnston 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal 	Billy Crystal
Boo 	Mary Gibbs 	 	 	 	
Randall "Randy" Boggs 	Steve Buscemi 	Steve Buscemi 	 	 	
Henry J. Waternoose III 	James Coburn 	Photograph 	 	 	Photograph
Celia Mae 	Jennifer Tilly 	Photograph 	 	 	Jennifer Tilly
Roz
CDA Agent #001 	Bob Peterson 	Bob Peterson 	 	 	Bob Peterson
Jeff Fungus 	Frank Oz 	 	 	 	Christopher Swindle
Smitty 	Daniel Gerson 	 	 	 	Stephen Stanton
Needleman 	Daniel Gerson 	 	 	 	Stephen Stanton
Jerry Slugworth 	Steve Susskind 	 	Silent cameo 	 	
Abominable Snowman 	John Ratzenberger	John Ratzenberger 	 	 	John Ratzenberger
Mrs. Flint 	Bonnie Hunt 	Photograph 	 	 	Bonnie Hunt
Thaddeus "Phlegm" Bile 	Jeff Pidgeon 	 	 	 	Christopher Swindle
George Sanderson 	Sam Black 	Silent role 	 	Silent cameo 	Stephen Stanton
Charlie 	Philip Proctor 	Silent cameo 	 	 	Christopher Swindle
Peter "Claws" Ward 	Joe Ranft 	Silent cameo in end credits	 	 	Silent cameo
Dean Abigail Hardscrabble 	 	Helen Mirren 	 	 	
Professor Derek Knight 	 	Alfred Molina 	 	 	Alfred Molina
Scott "Squishy" Squibbles 	 	Peter Sohn 	 	Peter Sohn 	
Don Carlton 	 	Joel Murray 	 	Joel Murray 	
Terry Perry 	 	Dave Foley 	 	Dave Foley 	
Terri Perry 	 	Sean P. Hayes 	 	Sean P. Hayes 	
Art 	 	Charlie Day 	 	Charlie Day 	
Sherri Squibbles 	 	Julia Sweeney 	 	Julia Sweeney 	
Johnny J. Worthington III 	 	Nathan Fillion 	 	Nathan Fillion 	
Chet Alexander 	 	Bobby Moynihan 	 	Bobby Moynihan 	
Carrie Williams 	 	Beth Behrs 	 	Unspecified voice actress	
Brock Pearson 	 	Tyler Labine 	 	 	
Claire Wheeler 	 	Aubrey Plaza 	 	 	
Mrs. Karen Graves 	 	Bonnie Hunt 	 	 	
"Frightening" Frank McCay 	 	John Krasinski 	 	 	
Rosie Levin 	 	Colleen O'Shaughnessey 	 	 	Alanna Ubach
Referee 	 	Bill Hader 	 	 	
Slug 	 	Bill Hader 	 	 	
Carla "Killer Claws" Benitez	 	Silent cameo 	 	 	Alanna Ubach
Mom 	 	 	 	Colleen O'Shaughnessey 	
Dad / Henry 	 	 	 	James Kevin Ward 	
Timmy 	 	 	 	Cristina Pucelli 	
Tylor Tuskmon 	 	 	 	 	Ben Feldman
Fritz 	 	 	 	 	Henry Winkler
Val Little 	 	 	 	 	Mindy Kaling
Duncan P. Anderson 	 	 	 	 	Lucas Neff
Katherine "Cutter" Sterns 	 	 	 	 	Alanna Ubach
Roze 	 	 	 	 	Bob Peterson
Roto 	 	 	 	 	Bobs Gannaway
Winchester "Banana Bread" 	 	 	 	 	Dee Bradley Baker
Gary Gibbs 	 	 	 	 	Gabriel Iglesias
Otis 	 	 	 	 	Bobs Gannaway
Millie Tuskmon 	 	 	 	 	Aisha Tyler
Bernard Tuskmon 	 	 	 	 	John Ratzenberger
Mr. Crummyham 	 	 	 	 	Curtis Armstrong
Thaila 	 	 	 	 	Hadley Gannaway
Bob Yucker 	 	 	 	 	Bob Uecker
Argus Blinks 	 	 	 	 	John Michael Higgins
==Crew==
Film 	Director(s)	Writer(s) 	Producer(s) 	Executive Producer(s) 	Composer 	Editor(s)
Monsters, Inc. 	Pete Docter
co-directed by: Lee Unkrich and David Silverman	Original Story by: Pete Docter, Jill Culton, Jeff Pidgeon and Ralph Eggleston
Screenplay by: Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson	Darla K. Anderson	John Lasseter & Andrew Stanton 	Randy Newman	Robert Grahamjones & Jim Stewart
Monsters University	Dan Scanlon	Daniel Gerson, Robert L. Baird and Dan Scanlon	Kori Rae 	John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich	Randy Newman	Greg Snyder
==Video games==
*Monsters, Inc. (Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2)
*Monsters, Inc. Scream Team (PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2)
*Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena (GameCube)
*Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Monsters, Inc. Bowling for Screams (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Monsters, Inc. Eight Ball Chaos (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Monsters, Inc. Monster Tag (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Monsters, Inc. Pinball Panic (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Mike's Monstrous Adventure (Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X)
*Cars Mater-National Championship (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance, Wii)
*Cars Race-O-Rama (PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable)
*Monsters, Inc. Run (iOS)
*Monsters University: Catch Archie (Android, iOS)
*Disney Infinity (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS)
*Disney Magic Kingdoms (Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows)
*Lego The Incredibles (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS)
*Kingdom Hearts III (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows)
*Disney Heroes: Battle Mode (Android, iOS)
*Disney Mirrorverse (Android, iOS)
*Disney Dreamlight Valley (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows, macOS)
==Theme park attractions==
===Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor===
Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor is an interactive animated comedy club show attraction based on the Monsters, Inc. franchise in Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida.
It opened on April 2, 2007, replacing the Circle-Vision attraction The Timekeeper. The characters from the 2001 and 2013 Disney/Pixar animated films Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University that appear in the attraction are Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) and Roz (Bob Peterson). By November 2006, the attraction as Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor Comedy Club was going through a testing phase with expect regular operation in January 2007. The attraction was nominated for the 6th Annual VES Awards - Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project in 2008, but lost to Dinosaurs - Giants of Patagonia.
Subsequent to the 2013 release of Monsters University, a new "commercial" sequence was added during the pre-show which has Monsters University student Art (Charlie Day) advertise the "Monsters University School of Laughter", replacing the "Comedy Detection Agency" sequence that Wazowski introduces.
On October 27, 2020, since Walt Disney World reopened, after being temporarily closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Walt Disney World announced that all recent entertainment shows are laid off, such as Citizens of Hollywood at Disney's Hollywood Studios, due to a dispute between the Actors' Equity Association and Walt Disney World. This included the cast doing live voice for Monsters, Inc. Laugh Floor.
Between October 27, 2020 and April 4, 2023, the Laugh Floor reopened.
===Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!===
Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! is a dark ride attraction in Hollywood Land at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It is based on the 2001 Disney/Pixar animated film Monsters, Inc. It opened on January 22, 2006. The audio animatronic of Roz is the only figure in the ride that is fully animated, complete with a moving mouth and interactivity. The attraction replaced the short-lived Superstar Limo dark ride.
This attraction had two major closures: on April 15, 2012 before, during, and after the deresolution (derezzolution) of ElecTRONica (albeit with scaffolding, yellow/brown canvas, and scrims covering the building alongside blue construction walls) and in August-September 2022 with scaffolding, blue canvas, and scrims covering the building alongside large yellow construction walls.
===Monsters, Inc. Ride & Go Seek===
Similar to Mike & Sulley to the Rescue!, Ride & Go Seek is an interactive dark ride attraction in Tokyo Disneyland at Tokyo Disney Resort.