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= Monsters University =
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Monsters University is a 2013 American 3D computer @-@ animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures . It was directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae , with John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich as executive producers . It is the fourteent... |
Disney , as the rights holder , had plans for a sequel to Monsters , Inc. since 2005 . Following disagreements with Pixar , Disney tasked its Circle 7 Animation unit to make the film . An early draft of the film was developed ; however , Disney 's purchase of Pixar in early 2006 led to the cancellation of Circle 7 's ... |
Monsters University tells the story of two monsters , Mike and Sulley , and their time studying at college , where they start off as rivals , but slowly become best friends . John Goodman , Billy Crystal , Steve Buscemi , Bob Peterson , and John Ratzenberger reprise their roles as James P. Sullivan , Mike Wazowski , R... |
Monsters University premiered on June 5 , 2013 , at the BFI Southbank in London , United Kingdom and was released on June 21 , 2013 , in the United States . It was accompanied in theaters by a short film , The Blue Umbrella , directed by Saschka Unseld . The film grossed $ 743 million against its estimated budget of $... |
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Michael " Mike " Wazowski , a young monster , gets inspired to become a scarer ( a monster who enters the human world at night to scare children and harvest their screams for energy ) when he grows up after visiting Monsters Inc . , Monstropolis ' most profitable scaring company , on a school field trip . Eleven years... |
Wanting to prove himself , Mike enters the university 's " Scare Games " and makes a wager with Hardscrabble to reinstate him and his team to the scare program if they win , but Mike must leave the university if they lose . He joins a group of misfits named Oozma Kappa , the weakest fraternity on campus , but they are... |
Determined to prove he can become a scarer , Mike breaks into the school 's door lab and enters a door to the human world leading to a summer camp , but he is unable to scare a cabin full of children and runs off into the woods . Meanwhile , Roar Omega Roar offers to reinstate Sulley , but he refuses , instead confess... |
Mike and Sulley are led away by the CDA and are expelled from the university as a result of their actions , but the other members of Oozma Kappa are accepted into the scare program the next semester , as Hardscrabble was impressed by their performances in the scare games . As Mike leaves on the bus , Sulley runs after... |
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Billy Crystal as Michael " Mike " Wazowski
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Noah Johnston as Young Mike
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John Goodman as James P. " Sulley " Sullivan
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Steve Buscemi as Randall " Randy " Boggs
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Helen Mirren as Dean Abigail Hardscrabble , the chair of the Scarer program at Monsters University
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Peter Sohn as Scott " Squishy " Squibbles , an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Joel Murray as Don Carlton , a middle @-@ aged returning student and the founding member of Oozma Kappa fraternity
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Sean Hayes as Terri Perry , an Oozma Kappa fraternity member who shares his brother 's body .
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Dave Foley as Terry Perry , an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Charlie Day as Art , an Oozma Kappa fraternity member
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Alfred Molina as Professor Derek Knight
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Tyler Labine as Brock Pearson , Greek Council vice @-@ president
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Nathan Fillion as Johnny J. Worthington III , president of Roar Omega Roar
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Aubrey Plaza as Claire Wheeler , Greek Council president
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Bobby Moynihan as Chet Alexander , a Roar Omega Roar fraternity member
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Julia Sweeney as Sherri Squibbles , Scott 's mother
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Bonnie Hunt as Ms. Karen Graves , Mike 's grade school teacher
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John Krasinski as " Frightening " Frank McCay
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Bill Hader as Referee , Slug
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Beth Behrs as Carrie Williams , leader of Python Nu Kappa sorority
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Bob Peterson as Roz
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John Ratzenberger as The Yeti , a Monsters , Inc. mailroom employee
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Plans for a second Monsters , Inc. film existed since 2005 . Following disagreements between Disney CEO Michael Eisner and Pixar CEO Steve Jobs , Disney – which owned the rights to make sequels to all of Pixar 's films up to Cars – announced that a sequel to Monsters , Inc. would be made by Circle 7 Animation , which ... |
A Pixar @-@ made sequel was confirmed in 2010 . The film was originally planned for release on November 16 , 2012 , but the release was preponed to November 2 , 2012 to avoid competition with The Twilight Saga : Breaking Dawn – Part 2 . On March 29 , 2011 , it was confirmed that the film would be a prequel and the tit... |
The feature was directed by Dan Scanlon and produced by Kori Rae . Billy Crystal , John Goodman , Steve Buscemi , Bob Peterson , and John Ratzenberger reprised their roles , and Bonnie Hunt voiced a new character . New voice cast included Dave Foley , Sean Hayes , Julia Sweeney , Helen Mirren , Alfred Molina , Peter S... |
The plot of Monsters University details Mike and Sulley 's first meeting , but this created a continuity error from the first film in which Mike tells Sulley " You 've been jealous of my good looks since the fourth grade . " Director Dan Scanlon said he had a dilemma with this line during pre @-@ production , but he b... |
Monsters University is the first Pixar film that used global illumination , a new lighting system introduced as part of the overhaul of the rendering system used since the first Toy Story film . In the planning stage of the film , director of photography , Jean @-@ Claude Kalache , asked " What if we made these lights... |
For research , the filmmakers visited several colleges in the U.S. , including Harvard University , Stanford University , and the University of Alabama , observing college architecture , student life , Greek organizations , and the teaching methods of professors and faculty . To research fraternity life , which is cen... |
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The music for the film is Randy Newman 's seventh collaboration with Pixar as composer . Walt Disney Records released the soundtrack on June 18 , 2013 .
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The songs " Main Title " , " Rise and Shine " , and " The Scare Games " feature the drum line from the Blue Devils group " BD Entertainment " . The recordings for the percussion tracks were done at Skywalker Ranch , and were written by Blue Devils Percussion Caption Head Scott Johnson .
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The songs " Island " by Mastodon and " Gospel " by MarchFourth Marching Band are featured during the film but do not appear on the soundtrack . The songs " Party Hard " by Andrew W.K. and " Kickstart My Heart " by Mötley Crüe are featured prominently in the teaser trailers but do not appear on the soundtrack or in the... |
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All music composed by Randy Newman , except where noted .
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The first teaser trailer for Monsters University was released on June 20 , 2012 . Four versions of the trailer exist ; in his sleep , Mike mutters excuses to avoid attending class in each one , such as " I 'm not wearing any clothes , " " My homework ate my dog , " " Class President ? " , and " My pony made the Dean '... |
On October 8 , 2012 , Pixar revealed a fully functional website for Monsters University , complete with information about admissions , academic and campus life , and a campus store to purchase MU apparel . On April 1 , 2013 , the website was styled to appear as though a rival college , Fear Tech , had hacked and vanda... |
The film had its worldwide premiere on June 5 , 2013 , as a special screening at BFI Southbank in London with the director and producer in attendance . The film had its Asian premiere as the opening film of the 2013 Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15 , 2013 . It premiered in the United States on June 8 , ... |
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Monsters University was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu @-@ ray , 3D Blu @-@ ray , DVD , digital copy , and on demand on October 29 , 2013 . It was accompanied by The Blue Umbrella , Pixar 's short film which played alongside the film in theaters .
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= = Reception = =
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Monsters University earned $ 268 @.@ 5 million in North America and $ 475 @.@ 1 million in other territories , for a worldwide total of $ 743 @.@ 6 million . Calculating in all expenses , Deadline.com estimated that the film made a profit of $ 179 @.@ 8 million . It is the 56th highest @-@ grossing film of all @-@ tim... |
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In the week leading to Monsters University 's release , Disney projected an opening weekend gross of at least $ 70 million . The film opened on Friday , June 21 , 2013 in first place with $ 30 @.@ 47 million – including $ 2 @.@ 6 million in 20 : 00 Thursday night shows – marking the fifth largest opening day among ani... |
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The film earned $ 54 @.@ 5 million in 35 markets on its opening weekend . It set a Pixar opening weekend record in Latin America with revenues of $ 31 @.@ 7 million . In Argentina , the film set an opening weekend record among all films with $ 5 @.@ 49 million . In Australia , where it had a simultaneous release with ... |
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