What is Monsters, Inc.?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox film | name = Monsters, Inc. | image = Monsters, Inc. logo.svg | caption = | director = [[Pete Docter]] | producer = [[Darla K. Anderson]] | screenplay = {{unbulleted list|[[Andrew Stanton]]|[[Dan Gerson]]}} | story = {{unbulleted list|Pete Docter|[[Jill Culton]]|[[Jeff Pidgeon]]|[[Ralph Eggleston]]}} | starring = {{unbulleted list|[[John Goodman]]|[[Billy Crystal]]|[[Steve Buscemi]]|[[James Coburn]]|[[Jennifer Tilly]]}} | music = [[Randy Newman]] | editing = {{unbulleted list||Jim Stewart}} | studio = {{unbulleted list|[[Walt Disney Pictures]]|[[Pixar Animation Studios]]}} | distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] | released = {{film date|2001|10|28|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|2001|11|2|United States}} | runtime = 92 minutes | country = [[United States]] | language = English | budget = $115 million | gross = $577.4 million }} '''''Monsters, Inc.''''', otherwise known as simply '''''Monsters''''', is a 2001 British/American animated [[Comedy movie|comedy]] movie produced by [[Pixar|Pixar Animation Studios]]. It was Pixar's fourth [[Computer animation|computer animated]] buddy comedy movie. The movie was released to theaters by [[Walt Disney Pictures]] in the [[United States]] on November 2, 2001. It was released in [[Australia]] on December 26, 2001 and in the [[United Kingdom]] on February 8, 2002. ''Monsters, Inc.'' had a [[3D film|3D]] re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012. A [[prequel]] titled ''[[Monsters University]]'', which was directed by [[Dan Scanlon]], was released on June 21, 2013. A television series titled ''[[Monsters at Work]]'' was released on [[Disney+]] on July 7, 2021. ==Plot== Monsters Inc. is a factory where monsters walk into the bedrooms of children at night to scare them and harvest their screams, which generate energy to power the city of Monstropolis. The film begins when a monster