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Photos: Go to "Extras" in the
July/August 2013 issue box
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Success might not come easy to Pixar,
but each year, as predictably as the first
day of school, the studio that introduced
CG features to the world scores
another hit. Disney/Pixar's Monsters University, the studio's 14th
animated feature and the fourth
to revisit a previous hit, tallied
$82 million on opening weekend
to take the top spot at the box office.
The combination coming-of-age, sports
flick, and campus comedy achieved Pixar
Animation Studios' 14th-straight firstplace opening.
In Monsters, Inc., Pixar's fourth film,
Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal) was an assistant to his best friend, the company's
top scarer James P. "Sulley" Sullivan (John
Goodman). Mike is a green ball on two
legs with two arms and one eye. Sully is a
big, tall monster with purple spots in his
blue fur, horns, and a tail.
©2013 DISney•PIxAr.
