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Released
2019 · FILM

The Secret Life of Pets 2

A loyal terrier must conquer his fear of change when his owner’s new baby and a countryside adventure thrust him into hostile farms, battling angry cows, cunning foxes, and a terrifying turkey to protect his pack.

“They still have their secrets.”

Directed by
Chris Renaud, Jonathan Del Val
Written by
Brian Lynch, Ken Daurio
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
86 min
AdventureAnimationComedy
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

Max, a terrier, must adjust to significant changes after his owner marries and has a baby. While the family is on a trip to the countryside, Max encounters cows that are intolerant of dogs, hostile foxes and a frightening turkey. He later meets Rooster, a gruff farm dog who attempts to alleviate Max’s anxieties.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 168+ 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 Tiffany HillkurtzScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Colin StimpsonSound by David AcordVFX by Christophe Brejon

Box Office

2019 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 5.4× 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

$429.4M

Budget$80.0M
Worldwide gross$429.4M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $159.0M — 37% of worldwide · International: $270.5M (63%)

Opening weekend: $46.7M — 29% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $67.3M — 42% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,561 theaters

Also known as

  • Pets 2de
  • Comme des bêtes 2fr
  • Pets 2 - Vita da animaliit
  • (Bulgarian)Сами вкъщи 2
Release dates around the world4 countries · show
  • United StatesMay 18, 2019
  • United KingdomMay 24, 2019
  • IrelandMay 24, 2019
  • UkraineMay 25, 2019

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Universal PicturesIllumination EntertainmentDentsuFuji Television Network (Fuji TV)
Distributors
Universal PicturesB&H Film DistributionCJ CGV Viet NamFinnkinoNOS Audiovisuais
Special effectsIllumination Mac Guff
Other companiesAPM Music, Back Lot Music, Capitol Studios, Collab, Content bible and Protection Dogs Plus

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