<P> Monsters, Inc. was praised by critics and proved to be a major box office success from its release on November 2, 2001, generating over $577 million worldwide and becoming the third highest - grossing film of 2001 . Monsters, Inc. saw a 3D re-release in theaters on December 19, 2012 . A prequel, Monsters University, directed by Dan Scanlon, was released on June 21, 2013, 12 years after the film's original release . </P> <P> The city of Monstropolis in the monster world is powered by energy from the screams of human children . At the Monsters, Inc. factory, skilled monsters employed as "scarers" venture into the human world to scare children and harvest their screams, through doors that activate portals to children's bedroom closets . It is considered dangerous work, as human children are believed to be toxic . Energy production is falling because children are becoming less easily scared, and Monsters, Inc.'s chairman, Henry J. Waternoose, is determined to find a solution . </P> <P> James P. "Sulley" Sullivan and his partner, Mike Wazowski, are the organization's top employees, but their chief rival, Randall Boggs, is close behind . One day, Sulley discovers that Randall has left a door activated on the scare floor and a small girl has entered the factory . After several failed attempts to put her back, Randall sends the door back into the factory's door vault and Sulley conceals her and takes her out of the factory . He interrupts Mike's date with his girlfriend, Celia, at a sushi restaurant, and chaos erupts when the child is discovered . Sulley and Mike manage to escape with the child before the Child Detection Agency (CDA) quarantines the restaurant . They soon discover that she is not toxic after all; Sulley grows attached to her and calls her "Boo," while Mike is just anxious to be rid of her . </P> <P> The two smuggle her back into the factory disguised as a baby monster in an attempt to send her home . Randall discovers Boo and tries to kidnap her, but mistakenly kidnaps Mike instead . He straps Mike to a large machine called "The Scream Extractor", which he intends to use to revolutionize the scaring industry and solve the monster world's energy problems by forcefully extracting screams from kidnapped human children . Before Randall can use the machine on Mike, Sulley disables the machine, frees Mike and reports Randall to Waternoose . Waternoose, who is secretly in league with Randall, initially indicates anger at hearing of Randall's actions, but instead exiles Mike and Sulley to the Himalayas after revealing he is involved in Randall's plot . The two meet the Abominable Snowman, who tells them about a nearby village, which Sulley realizes he can use to return to the factory . Sulley prepares to return, but Mike refuses to go with him . </P>

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