| Day |
Shrek |
Monsters,
Inc. |
| 1 |
$11.6
M ($11.6 M) 5/18/01 |
$17.4
M ($17.4 M) 11/02/01 |
| 2 |
$17.5
M ($29.1 M) 5/19/01 |
$26.3
M ($43.6 M) 11/03/01 |
| 3 |
$13.2
M ($42.4 M) 5/20/01 |
$18.1
M ($62.6 M) 11/04/01 |
| 4 |
$04.2
M
($46.5 M) 5/21/01 |
$03.7
M
($66.3 M) 11/05/01 |
| 5 |
$03.4
M ($50.0 M) 5/22/01 |
$04.1
M ($70.4 M) 11/06/01 |
| 6 |
$03.1
M
($53.1 M) 5/23/01 |
$02.9
M
($73.3 M) 11/07/01 |
| 7 |
$03.4
M
($56.5 M) 5/24/01 |
$03.3
M
($76.6 M) 11/08/01 |
| 8 |
$09.7
M ($66.2 M) 5/25/01 |
$12.0
M ($88.6 M) 11/09/01 |
| 9 |
$16.9
M ($83.1 M) 5/26/01 |
$20.1
M ($108.7 M) 11/10/01 |
| 10 |
$15.5
M
($99.0 M) 5/27/01 |
$14.4
M
($122.1 M) 11/11/01 |
| 11 |
$12.7
M
($111.7 M) 5/28/01 |
$06.8
M
($128.9 M) 11/12/01 |
| 12 |
$02.9
M
($114.7 M) 5/29/01 |
$01.7
M
($130.6 M) 11/13/01 |
| 13 |
$02.6
M
($117.3 M) 5/30/01 |
$01.5
M
($132.1 M) 11/14/01 |
| 14 |
$02.9
M
($120.2 M) 5/31/01 |
$01.5
M
($133.6 M) 11/15/01 |
| 15 |
$06.7
M
($126.9 M) 6/01/01 |
$05.7
M
($139.3 M) 11/16/01 |
| 16 |
$12.5
M
($139.4 M) 6/02/01 |
$10.6
M
($149.9 M) 11/17/01 |
| 17 |
$08.8
M
($148.3 M) 6/03/01 |
$06.9
M
($156.6 M) 11/18/01 |
| 18 |
$02.5
M
($150.8 M) 6/04/01 |
$01.4
M
($158.0 M) 11/19/01 |
| 19 |
$02.8
M
($153.6 M) 6/05/01 |
$01.9
M
($159.9 M) 11/20/01 |
| 20 |
$02.8
M ($156.4 M) 6/06/01 |
$03.8
M ($163.8 M) 11/21/01 |
| 21 |
$03.1
M ($159.5 M) 6/07/01 |
$04.2
M ($168.0 M) 11/22/01 |
| 22 |
$04.4
M ($163.9 M) 6/08/01 |
$10.0
M ($178.0 M) 11/23/01 |
| 23 |
$06.9
M ($170.8 M) 6/09/01 |
$09.4
M ($187.4 M) 11/24/01 |
| 24 |
$04.9
M
($176.0 M) 6/10/01 |
$04.8
M
($192.2 M) 11/25/01 |
| 25 |
$01.9
M
($177.9 M) 6/11/01 |
$00.8
M
($193.0 M) 11/26/01 |
| 26 |
$02.1
M
($180.1 M) 6/12/01 |
$00.7
M
($193.7 M) 11/27/01 |
| 27 |
$02.0
M
($182.1 M) 6/13/01 |
$00.6
M
($194.3 M) 11/28/01 |
| 28 |
$02.2
M
($184.3 M) 6/14/01 |
$00.6
M
($194.9 M) 11/29/01 |
| 29 |
$03.5
M
($187.8 M) 6/15/01 |
$02.3
M
($197.2 M) 11/30/01 |
| 30 |
$05.3
M
($193.1 M) 6/16/01 |
$04.2
M
($201.4 M) 12/01/01 |
| 31 |
$04.3
M
($197.5 M) 6/17/01 |
$02.6
M
($204.0 M) 12/02/01 |
| 32 |
$01.6
M
($199.1 M) 6/18/01 |
$00.4
M
($204.4 M) 12/03/01 |
| 33 |
$01.7
M
($200.9 M) 6/19/01 |
$00.5
M
($204.9 M) 12/04/01 |
| 34 |
$01.8
M
($202.6 M) 6/20/01 |
$00.4
M
($205.3 M) 12/05/01 |
| 35 |
$02.2
M
($204.8 M) 6/21/01 |
$00.5
M
($205.8 M) 12/06/01 |
| 36 |
$03.0
M
($207.8 M)
6/22/01 |
$01.6
M ($207.4 M)
12/07/01 |
| 37 |
$04.4
M
($212.3 M)
6/23/01 |
$03.1
M ($210.5 M)
12/08/01 |
| 38 |
$02.9
M
($215.2 M)
6/24/01 |
$01.9
M ($212.4 M)
12/09/01 |
| 39 |
$01.2
M
($216.4 M)
6/25/01 |
$00.3
M ($212.7 M)
12/10/01 |
| 40 |
$01.3
M
($217.7 M)
6/26/01 |
$00.4
M ($213.1 M)
12/11/01 |
| 41 |
$01.3
M
($219.0 M)
6/27/01 |
$00.4
M ($213.5 M)
12/12/01 |
| 42 |
$01.4
M
($220.4 M)
6/28/01 |
$00.3
M ($213.8 M)
12/13/01 |
| 43 |
$02.1
M
($222.5 M)
6/29/01 |
$01.1
M ($214.9 M)
12/14/01 |
| 44 |
$03.1
M
($225.6 M)
6/30/01 |
$02.2
M ($217.1 M)
12/15/01 |
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|
| Shrek
Milestones |
Monsters,
Inc. Milestones |
|
May
28, 2001 - Shrek has overtaken Chicken Run
as the highest grossing non-Disney animated movie of all
time. It achieved this on Monday, May 28, 2001 when it topped
Chicken Run's $106.8 million.
June
3, 2001 - Shrek broke into the Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list, catapulting
to #8 in a single day.
June
4, 2001 - Shrek reached $150 million quicker
than any other past animated film.
June
8, 2001 - Shrek expands into 3,715 theaters,
breaking the old record of theaters playing the same movie
(Mission Impossible II in 3,669 theaters).
June
8, 2001 - Shrek overtakes A Bugs Life
in the Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list, moving
to #7.
June
10, 2001 - Shrek overtakes Tarzan in the
Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list, moving
to #6.
June
12, 2001 - Shrek overtakes Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs in the Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list, moving
to #5.
June
19, 2001 - Shrek surpasses the $200 million mark
at the box office, becoming only the fourth animated movie
to reach that level (not counting for inflation).
June
26, 2001 - Shrek dethrones Aladdin in
the Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list, moving
to #3.
July
14, 2001 - Shrek moves into the #2 spot by surpassing
Toy Story 2 in the Top
10 Highest Grossing Animated Films list.
December
7, 2001 - On Day 36 in the Monsters, Inc. versus
Shrek box office comparison, Shrek finally
overtakes Monsters, Inc. in grand total erasing what was
once a greater than $20 million lead for Monsters, Inc.
(look at the difference between the two movies on Day #9).
|
November
5, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. had the biggest three
day opening ever of any past animated film and the biggest
opening ever for a Disney movie. It made $62.6 million in
its first three days of release.
November
5, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. entered the Top
10 Animated Openings of all Time list at the
#1 spot.
November
10, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. reached the $100 million
mark quicker than any other past animated film, including
Shrek.
November
17, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. entered the Top
10 Animated Films of all Time list.
November
23, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. leaps past Tarzan
and Snow White in one day to the #6 spot in the Top
10 Animated Films of all Time list.
November
25, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. overtakes Pixar's first
animated feature, Toy Story, to #5 on the Top
10 Animated Films of all Time list.
December
1, 2001 - Monsters, Inc. became only the fifth
animated movie to ever reach the $200 million mark at the
box office. This is the quickest an animated movie has ever
reached the $200 million mark.
|
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