Columbia Pictures’ Monster House opens wide today in 3,553 theatres according to Box Office Mojo. The film is doing fairly well with reviewers, just getting in to a fresh rating of 64% on Rotten Tomatoes. Of those who liked the film The New York Times calls it a “marvelously creepy animated feature”, and Richard Roeper (of Ebert and Roeper) says it is “just a ton of fun”. Of those who took the opposite view Variety said “the experience is desensitizing and dispiriting and far too insistent”, while The Hollywood Reporter felt the film’s “Roald Dahl-esque tale and cornball fantasy never quite jell into a satisfying movie experience”. Box Office Mojo predicts a third place finish for the weekend with $24.4 million.