Film's a monster box-office smash

Hit movie Monsters, Inc. has topped Toy Story 2 to score the biggest opening weekend for an animated movie in UK cinema history.

And the film's £9.2 million takings have made it one of the most successful first weekends ever.

Box office figures show it is the fourth biggest opening ever in the UK behind Harry Potter And The Philospher's Stone (£16m), The Lord Of The Rings (£11m) and Star Wars - The Phantom Menace (£9.5m).

The stunning success dwarfs last year's animated hit Shrek, which is a strong tip for Oscar success when nominations are announced tomorrow.

Monsters, Inc. was made by Disney and Pixar and smashed the companies' previous box office, of £7.8 million for Toy Story 2 which was the biggest film of 2000.

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