'Monsters' Is A Monster Hit

Posted Thursday, September 19, 2002 at 3:20 PM Central

by John Couture

Disney and Pixar's latest offering, Monsters, Inc., is enjoying a 'monster' opening week on home video. Monsters sold over 5 million VHS and DVD copies on its first day of availability (earlier this week). The new record surpasses the old record, held by The Lion King, by more than 500,000 copies.

That's good news for the animated partnership. Their fifth collaboration, 'Finding Nemo,' is due in theaters next year and it's already showing signs of being the biggest success that Disney's ever seen. Now that's a tall order...