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The Secret Life of Pets

2016 PG 1h 27m Animation, Adventure, Comedy Illumination / Universal Pictures

Your Pets Aren't What They Seem

The Secret Life of Pets Box Office

Opening Weekend
$104.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$368.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$875.5M
$506.9M international
Domestic Legs3.53x
Budget$75M
2016 Rank#4
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 8-10 1 $104.35M $104.35M 4,370 $23.9K 1
Jul 15-17 1 $50.84M -51.3% $203.43M 4,381 $11.6K 2
Jul 22-24 2 $29.61M -41.8% $260.99M 4,048 $7.3K 3
Jul 29-31 4 $18.92M -36.1% $296.88M 3,673 $5.2K 4
Aug 5-7 4 $11.50M -39.2% $319.52M 3,417 $3.4K 5
Aug 12-14 6 $9.06M -21.2% $336.17M 2,958 $3.1K 6
Aug 19-21 9 $5.88M -35.1% $346.83M 2,404 $2.4K 7
Aug 26-28 11 $3.88M -34.0% $353.34M 2,091 $1.9K 8
Sep 2-4 13 $3.53M -8.9% $358.54M 2,069 $1.7K 9
Sep 9-11 16 $1.54M -56.4% $361.84M 1,410 $1.1K 10
Sep 16-18 15 $1.23M -20.1% $363.39M 1,005 $1.2K 11
Sep 23-25 15 $692K -43.8% $364.33M 747 $927 12
Sep 30-Oct 2 18 $443K -36.0% $364.93M 461 $962 13
Oct 7-9 19 $341K -23.1% $365.39M 339 $1.0K 14
Oct 14-16 24 $270K -20.7% $365.80M 276 $979 15
Oct 21-23 23 $298K +10.2% $366.18M 275 $1.1K 16
Oct 28-30 27 $223K -25.1% $366.48M 245 $911 17
Nov 4-6 22 $279K +25.0% $366.82M 237 $1.2K 18
Nov 11-13 21 $312K +11.8% $367.21M 221 $1.4K 19
Nov 18-20 23 $232K -25.5% $367.51M 214 $1.1K 20
Nov 25-27 23 $224K -3.5% $367.87M 209 $1.1K 21
Dec 2-4 30 $116K -48.2% $368.02M 189 $615 22
Dec 9-11 29 $88K -24.1% $368.14M 183 $482 23
Dec 16-18 32 $57K -35.9% $368.22M 165 $343 24
Dec 23-25 38 $29K -48.0% $368.31M 107 $275 25

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

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Cumulative Total

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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byKen Daurio, Brian Dolan
ScreenplayKen Daurio, Brian Dolan, Ken Marino, Gail Currey
Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy
MusicAlexandre Desplat
StarringLouis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Dana Carvey, Kevin Hart
StudioIllumination Entertainment / Universal Pictures

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