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The Secret Life of Pets(2016)
Released
2016 · FILM

The Secret Life of Pets

When a jealous Jack Russell Terrier teams up with a newly adopted Newfoundland to escape a ruthless cat mob, they must infiltrate a secret society of abandoned drain‑dwelling animals and outwit its vengeful leader before they’re captured by animal control.

“Ever wonder what your pets do when you're not home?”

Directed by
Chris Renaud
Written by
Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
86 min
AdventureAnimationComedy

Synopsis

Max, a terrier living a peaceful life, sees his routine disrupted when his owner brings home Duke, a stray dog that Max immediately takes a dislike to.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 28

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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 Ken SchretzmannScored by Alexandre DesplatDesigned by Eric Guillon

Box Office

2016 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 12× 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

$875.5M

Budget$75.0M
Worldwide gross$875.5M
break-even (2.5×)

US & Canada: $368.6M — 42% of worldwide · International: $506.8M (58%)

Opening weekend: $104.4M — 28% of its US run.

Opening week (7-day): $152.6M — 41% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 4,370 theaters

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Petsde
  • Secret Life Of Petsen
  • Comme des bêtesfr
  • Pets - Vita da Animaliit

Production & Distribution

Production companies
Universal PicturesIllumination EntertainmentDentsu

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