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Monsters UniversityFollow

2013 • G • 1h 44m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Before they were incorporated, they had to be educated.

🍅 80% 81%

65

3.51

7.2

CS A

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$82.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$268.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$744.00M

$475.00M international

Domestic legs3.26x

Budget$200M

2013 rank#7

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Cast & crew

Full Scanlon filmography

Dan Scanlon

Dan Scanlon Director

Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal Starring

John Goodman

John Goodman Starring

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi Starring

Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren Starring

Peter Sohn

Peter Sohn Starring

ScreenplayDan Scanlon, Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson Produced byKori Rae CinematographyMatt Aspbury (camera), Jean-Claude Kalache (lighting) MusicRandy Newman StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 21-23 1 $82.4M — 4,004 $20,586 $82.4M

2 Jun 28-30 1 $45.6M −44.7% 4,004 $11,390 $170.4M

3 Jul 5-7 4 $19.7M −56.8% 3,739 $5,273 $216.3M

4 Jul 12-14 6 $10.6M −46.1% 3,142 $3,383 $237.8M

5 Jul 19-21 10 $5.1M −51.8% 2,186 $2,343 $249.1M

6 Jul 26-28 12 $2.9M −44.3% 1,470 $1,942 $255.5M

7 Aug 2-4 16 $1.4M −50.8% 879 $1,596 $258.6M

8 Aug 9-11 20 $683.7K −51.3% 405 $1,688 $260.2M

9 Aug 16-18 24 $461.4K −32.5% 281 $1,641 $261.1M

10 Aug 23-25 24 $391.0K −15.2% 243 $1,609 $261.8M

11 Aug 30-Sep 1 20 $1.6M +300.6% 1,889 $829 $263.6M

12 Sep 6-8 26 $452.1K −71.1% 596 $758 $265.0M

13 Sep 13-15 25 $363.3K −19.7% 382 $950 $265.5M

14 Sep 20-22 26 $304.0K −16.3% 314 $968 $265.8M

15 Sep 27-29 31 $158.4K −47.9% 178 $889 $266.1M

16 Oct 4-6 21 $421.1K +165.9% 250 $1,684 $266.5M

17 Oct 11-13 20 $356.8K −15.3% 235 $1,518 $267.0M

18 Oct 18-20 22 $307.9K −13.7% 230 $1,338 $267.5M

19 Oct 25-27 27 $208.6K −32.3% 207 $1,007 $267.8M

20 Nov 1-3 28 $177.9K −14.7% 176 $1,010 $268.0M

21 Nov 8-10 28 $129.1K −27.4% 158 $817 $268.2M

22 Nov 15-17 35 $90.0K −30.3% 145 $620 $268.3M

23 Nov 22-24 42 $50.4K −44.1% 117 $430 $268.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 21 #1 $30.5M — $30.5M 4,004 $7,610 1

Sat Jun 22 #1 $28.7M −6% $59.2M 4,004 $7,176 2

Sun Jun 23 #1 $23.2M −19% $82.4M 4,004 $5,799 3

Mon Jun 24 #1 $11.0M −53% $93.4M 4,004 $2,752 4

Tue Jun 25 #1 $11.8M +8% $105.3M 4,004 $2,959 5

Wed Jun 26 #1 $10.0M −15% $115.3M 4,004 $2,506 6

Thu Jun 27 #1 $9.5M −5% $124.8M 4,004 $2,370 7

Fri Jun 28 #1 $14.4M +52% −53% $139.2M 4,004 $3,600 8

Sat Jun 29 #1 $17.7M +23% −39% $156.9M 4,004 $4,412 9

Sun Jun 30 #1 $13.5M −23% −42% $170.4M 4,004 $3,377 10

Mon Jul 1 #1 $7.9M −42% −28% $178.3M 4,004 $1,972 11

Tue Jul 2 #1 $7.6M −4% −36% $185.9M 4,004 $1,891 12

Mon Jul 8 #4 $2.6M — −68% $218.8M 3,739 $684 18

Tue Jul 9 #4 $3.2M +24% −58% $222.0M 3,739 $849 19

Wed Jul 10 #3 $2.6M −17% $224.6M 3,739 $705 20

Thu Jul 11 #3 $2.5M −5% $227.1M 3,739 $671 21

Fri Jul 12 #6 $3.3M +32% $230.5M 3,142 $1,055 22

Sat Jul 13 #6 $4.3M +30% $234.8M 3,142 $1,370 23

Sun Jul 14 #6 $3.0M −30% $237.8M 3,142 $958 24

Mon Jul 15 #5 $1.5M −50% −41% $239.3M 3,142 $483 25

Tue Jul 16 #5 $1.9M +27% −39% $241.2M 3,142 $614 26

Wed Jul 17 #6 $1.4M −25% −45% $242.7M 3,142 $459 27

Thu Jul 18 #6 $1.3M −8% −47% $244.0M 3,142 $422 28

Fri Jul 19 #10 $1.5M +14% −54% $245.5M 2,186 $691 29

Sat Jul 20 #10 $2.1M +36% −52% $247.6M 2,186 $939 30

Sun Jul 21 #9 $1.6M −24% −48% $249.1M 2,186 $711 31

Mon Jul 22 #9 $792.5K −49% −48% $249.9M 2,186 $362 32

Tue Jul 23 #9 $1.0M +30% −46% $250.9M 2,186 $472 33

Wed Jul 24 #9 $837.1K −19% −42% $251.8M 2,186 $382 34

Thu Jul 25 #9 $834.8K n/c −37% $252.6M 2,186 $381 35

Fri Jul 26 #13 $805.9K −3% −47% $253.4M 1,470 $548 36

Sat Jul 27 #13 $1.1M +36% −47% $254.5M 1,470 $745 37

Sun Jul 28 #12 $952.7K −13% −39% $255.5M 1,470 $648 38

Mon Jul 29 #11 $443.9K −53% −44% $255.9M 1,470 $301 39

Tue Jul 30 #11 $514.2K +16% −50% $256.4M 1,470 $349 40

Wed Jul 31 #13 $365.4K −29% −56% $256.8M 1,470 $248 41

Thu Aug 1 #13 $371.1K +2% −56% $257.2M 1,470 $252 42

Fri Aug 2 $400.4K +8% −50% $257.6M 879 $455 43

Sat Aug 3 $575.3K +44% −48% $258.1M 879 $654 44

Sun Aug 4 $427.8K −26% −55% $258.6M 879 $486 45

Mon Aug 5 $248.5K −42% −44% $258.8M 879 $282 46

Tue Aug 6 $276.1K +11% −46% $259.1M 879 $314 47

Wed Aug 7 $204.2K −26% −44% $259.3M 879 $232 48

Thu Aug 8 $193.5K −5% −48% $259.5M 879 $220 49

Fri Aug 9 $221.5K +14% −45% $259.7M 405 $546 50

Sat Aug 10 $268.2K +21% −53% $260.0M 405 $662 51

Sun Aug 11 $194.0K −28% −55% $260.2M 405 $478 52

Mon Aug 12 $124.7K −36% −50% $260.3M 405 $307 53

Tue Aug 13 $159.6K +28% −42% $260.5M 405 $394 54

Wed Aug 14 $111.5K −30% −45% $260.6M 405 $275 55

Thu Aug 15 $106.6K −4% −45% $260.7M 405 $263 56

Fri Aug 30 $303.5K — $262.3M 1,889 $160 71

Sat Aug 31 $600.1K +98% $262.9M 1,889 $317 72

Sun Sep 1 $663.0K +10% $263.6M 1,889 $350 73

Mon Sep 2 $717.4K +8% $264.3M 1,889 $379 74

Tue Sep 3 $99.0K −86% $264.4M 1,889 $52 75

Wed Sep 4 $64.6K −35% $264.4M 1,889 $34 76

Thu Sep 5 $87.0K +35% $264.5M 1,889 $46 77

Mon Sep 9 $25.2K — −96% $265.0M 596 $42 81

Wed Sep 11 $25.3K — −61% $265.1M 596 $42 83

Thu Sep 12 $25.0K −1% −71% $265.1M 596 $41 84

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$260.7M

Jun 21Jul 9Jul 21Aug 3Aug 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $391.0K

$82.4M

$45.6M

$19.7M

$10.6M

$5.1M

$2.9M

$1.4M

$683.7K

$461.4K

$391.0K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,004 → 405 −89.9%

4,004 open405 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −15.2%

−44.7%

W1→2

−56.8%

W2→3

−46.1%

W3→4

−51.8%

W4→5

−44.3%

W5→6

−50.8%

W6→7

−51.3%

W7→8

−32.5%

W8→9

−15.2%

W9→10

Steepest −56.8%Best hold −15.2%

Run milestones

$200M in 18 days

$100M

Day 5

Jun 25

$200M

Day 18

Jul 8

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#5 All-time G-rated domesticAll-time $268.5M #18 Biggest June openingsAll-time $82.4M #20 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $82.4M

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