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Released
2001 · FILM

Cats & Dogs

An upbeat canine secret agent must stop a feline mastermind from seizing global pet dominance after a human-made allergy cure upends the fragile balance between cats and dogs.

“Things Are Gonna Get Hairy!”

Directed by
Lawrence Guterman, Misha Bukowski
Written by
John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
87 min
ActionAdventureComedy

Synopsis

A professor creates a vaccine that eradicates human allergies to dogs, unintentionally disrupting the delicate power dynamic between cats and dogs and sparking a grand conflict over pet dominance. The tension escalates as the feline group, led by Mr. Tinkles, confronts Lou, an optimistic puppy, and his band of canine allies.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 237+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Rick FinneyShot by Julio MacatScored by John DebneyDesigned by Jim BissellSound by Richard L AndersonCostumes by Tish MonaghanStunts by Jim DunnVFX by Victoria Alonso

Box Office

2001 · Box office

✅ Made its money back — grossed 3.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$200.7M

Budget$60.0M
Worldwide gross$200.7M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $93.4M — 47% of worldwide · International: $107.3M (53%)

Opening weekend: $14.0M — 15% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $14.0M — 15% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 3,040 theaters

Also known as

  • (English)Cats & Dogs
  • Cats & Dogs - Wie Hund und Katz'de
  • Cats & Dogs - Wie Katz und Hundde
  • Cats and Dogsen
  • Como perros y gatoses
  • Comme chiens et chatsfr
  • Come cani e gattiit
  • (Bulgarian)Котки и кучета
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesJun 23, 2001
  • CanadaJul 4, 2001
  • TaiwanJul 7, 2001
  • GermanyJul 19, 2001

Companies

ProductionWarner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, NPV Entertainment, Mad Chance, Zide-Perry Productions
DistributionWarner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Cinergia, Fox-Warner
Special effectsJim Henson's Creature Shop, Rhythm & Hues Studios, Tippett Studio, Mill Film, Gray Matter FX
Other companiesAOL Time Warner, American Humane Association, Boone's Animals for Hollywood, DTS, Directors Guild of Canada - Alberta (DGC Alberta)

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