The Secret Life of Pets backdrop

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The Secret Life of PetsFollow

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

Your Pets Aren't What They Seem

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$104.40M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$368.60M

Final

Worldwide total

$875.50M

$506.90M international

Domestic legs3.53x

Budget$75M

2016 rank#4

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Cast & crew

Louis C.K.

Louis C.K. Starring

Eric Stonestreet

Eric Stonestreet Starring

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate Starring

Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey Starring

Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart Starring

ScreenplayKen Daurio, Brian Dolan, Ken Marino, Gail Currey Produced byChris Meledandri, Janet Healy MusicAlexandre Desplat StudioUniversal Pictures

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jul 8-10 1 $104.4M — 4,370 $23,879 $104.4M

2 Jul 15-17 1 $50.8M −51.3% 4,381 $11,604 $203.4M

3 Jul 22-24 2 $29.6M −41.8% 4,048 $7,314 $261.0M

4 Jul 29-31 4 $18.9M −36.1% 3,673 $5,150 $296.9M

5 Aug 5-7 4 $11.5M −39.2% 3,417 $3,366 $319.5M

6 Aug 12-14 6 $9.1M −21.2% 2,958 $3,064 $336.2M

7 Aug 19-21 9 $5.9M −35.1% 2,404 $2,446 $346.8M

8 Aug 26-28 11 $3.9M −34.0% 2,091 $1,855 $353.3M

9 Sep 2-4 13 $3.5M −8.9% 2,069 $1,709 $358.5M

10 Sep 9-11 16 $1.5M −56.4% 1,410 $1,094 $361.8M

11 Sep 16-18 15 $1.2M −20.1% 1,005 $1,226 $363.4M

12 Sep 23-25 15 $692.4K −43.8% 747 $927 $364.3M

13 Sep 30-Oct 2 18 $443.3K −36.0% 461 $962 $364.9M

14 Oct 7-9 19 $340.7K −23.1% 339 $1,005 $365.4M

15 Oct 14-16 24 $270.3K −20.7% 276 $979 $365.8M

16 Oct 21-23 23 $297.8K +10.2% 275 $1,083 $366.2M

17 Oct 28-30 27 $223.1K −25.1% 245 $911 $366.5M

18 Nov 4-6 22 $279.0K +25.0% 237 $1,177 $366.8M

19 Nov 11-13 21 $311.9K +11.8% 221 $1,411 $367.2M

20 Nov 18-20 23 $232.4K −25.5% 214 $1,086 $367.5M

21 Nov 25-27 23 $224.3K −3.5% 209 $1,073 $367.9M

22 Dec 2-4 30 $116.2K −48.2% 189 $615 $368.0M

23 Dec 9-11 29 $88.3K −24.1% 183 $482 $368.1M

24 Dec 16-18 32 $56.6K −35.9% 165 $343 $368.2M

25 Dec 23-25 38 $29.4K −48.0% 107 $275 $368.3M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jul 7 #P $5.3M — $5.3M 3,009 $1,761 -1

Fri Jul 8 #1 $38.5M — $38.5M 4,370 $8,820 1

Sat Jul 9 #1 $37.0M −3.9% $75.6M 4,370 $8,477 2

Sun Jul 10 #1 $28.8M −22.3% $104.4M 4,370 $6,583 3

Mon Jul 11 #1 $11.7M −59.4% $116.0M 4,370 $2,671 4

Tue Jul 12 #1 $15.1M +29.4% $131.1M 4,370 $3,457 5

Wed Jul 13 #1 $11.1M −26.7% $142.2M 4,370 $2,533 6

Thu Jul 14 #1 $10.4M −6.2% $152.6M 4,370 $2,377 7

Fri Jul 15 #2 $15.2M +46.3% −60.6% $167.8M 4,381 $3,469 8

Sat Jul 16 #1 $20.0M +31.8% −45.9% $187.8M 4,381 $4,572 9

Sun Jul 17 #1 $15.6M −22.1% −45.7% $203.4M 4,381 $3,563 10

Mon Jul 18 #1 $6.8M −56.5% −41.8% $210.2M 4,381 $1,550 11

Tue Jul 19 #1 $8.9M +31.3% −41.0% $219.1M 4,381 $2,035 12

Wed Jul 20 #1 $6.3M −29.6% −43.3% $225.4M 4,381 $1,433 13

Thu Jul 21 #1 $6.0M −5.0% −42.6% $231.4M 4,381 $1,362 14

Fri Jul 22 #3 $8.7M +46.1% −42.6% $240.1M 4,048 $2,154 15

Sat Jul 23 #2 $11.8M +35.8% −40.9% $251.9M 4,048 $2,925 16

Sun Jul 24 #2 $9.0M −23.6% −42.0% $261.0M 4,048 $2,235 17

Mon Jul 25 #2 $4.2M −53.9% −38.5% $265.2M 4,048 $1,031 18

Tue Jul 26 #2 $5.3M +26.1% −41.0% $270.4M 4,048 $1,300 19

Wed Jul 27 #2 $3.8M −27.8% −39.5% $274.2M 4,048 $939 20

Thu Jul 28 #2 $3.7M −1.4% −37.2% $278.0M 4,048 $926 21

Fri Jul 29 #4 $5.6M +48.9% −36.0% $283.5M 3,673 $1,519 22

Sat Jul 30 #4 $7.3M +30.9% −38.3% $290.8M 3,673 $1,988 23

Sun Jul 31 #4 $6.0M −17.3% −33.3% $296.9M 3,673 $1,643 24

Mon Aug 1 #4 $2.8M −53.5% −32.8% $299.7M 3,673 $763 25

Tue Aug 2 #3 $3.5M +24.5% −33.6% $303.2M 3,673 $951 26

Wed Aug 3 #4 $2.5M −28.5% −34.3% $305.7M 3,673 $679 27

Thu Aug 4 #3 $2.3M −6.0% −37.4% $308.0M 3,673 $639 28

Fri Aug 5 #4 $3.3M +42.2% −40.2% $311.4M 3,417 $976 29

Sat Aug 6 #4 $4.8M +42.6% −34.8% $316.1M 3,417 $1,392 30

Sun Aug 7 #4 $3.4M −28.4% −43.5% $319.5M 3,417 $997 31

Mon Aug 8 #4 $1.7M −50.3% −39.6% $321.2M 3,417 $496 32

Tue Aug 9 #4 $2.3M +35.4% −34.3% $323.5M 3,417 $671 33

Wed Aug 10 #4 $1.9M −16.5% −23.3% $325.4M 3,417 $560 34

Thu Aug 11 #4 $1.7M −12.1% −28.2% $327.1M 3,417 $493 35

Fri Aug 12 #6 $2.6M +52.3% −23.2% $329.7M 2,958 $866 36

Sat Aug 13 #6 $3.8M +46.8% −20.9% $333.4M 2,958 $1,272 37

Sun Aug 14 #6 $2.7M −27.2% −19.6% $336.2M 2,958 $926 38

Mon Aug 15 #6 $1.1M −58.4% −32.7% $337.3M 2,958 $385 39

Tue Aug 16 #6 $1.6M +43.3% −28.8% $338.9M 2,958 $552 40

Wed Aug 17 #6 $1.1M −34.8% −44.3% $340.0M 2,958 $360 41

Thu Aug 18 #6 $947.9K −11.0% −43.7% $341.0M 2,958 $320 42

Fri Aug 19 #9 $1.6M +64.6% −39.1% $342.5M 2,404 $649 43

Sat Aug 20 #9 $2.5M +62.2% −32.7% $345.0M 2,404 $1,053 44

Sun Aug 21 #9 $1.8M −29.3% −34.7% $346.8M 2,404 $744 45

Mon Aug 22 #9 $628.2K −64.9% −44.9% $347.5M 2,404 $261 46

Tue Aug 23 #9 $814.6K +29.7% −50.1% $348.3M 2,404 $339 47

Wed Aug 24 #9 $599.7K −26.4% −43.7% $348.9M 2,404 $249 48

Thu Aug 25 #9 $585.9K −2.3% −38.2% $349.5M 2,404 $244 49

Fri Aug 26 #13 $945.9K +61.4% −39.4% $350.4M 2,091 $452 50

Sat Aug 27 #11 $1.8M +86.7% −30.2% $352.2M 2,091 $844 51

Sun Aug 28 #11 $1.2M −33.9% −34.7% $353.3M 2,091 $558 52

Mon Aug 29 #11 $374.9K −67.9% −40.3% $353.7M 2,091 $179 53

Tue Aug 30 #11 $502.9K +34.1% −38.3% $354.2M 2,091 $240 54

Wed Aug 31 #12 $384.1K −23.6% −35.9% $354.6M 2,091 $184 55

Thu Sep 1 #12 $405.4K +5.5% −30.8% $355.0M 2,091 $194 56

Fri Sep 2 #13 $762.3K +88.0% −19.4% $355.8M 2,069 $368 57

Sat Sep 3 #12 $1.4M +83.6% −20.7% $357.2M 2,069 $677 58

Sun Sep 4 #13 $1.4M −1.9% +17.6% $358.5M 2,069 $663 59

Mon Sep 5 #8 $1.3M −7.0% +240.4% $359.8M 2,069 $617 60

Tue Sep 6 #- $225.3K −82.3% −55.2% $360.0M 2,069 $109 61

Wed Sep 7 #- $136.9K −39.3% −64.4% $360.2M 2,069 $66 62

Thu Sep 8 #- $117.2K −14.4% −71.1% $360.3M 2,069 $57 63

Fri Sep 9 #- $280.6K +139.4% −63.2% $360.6M 1,410 $199 64

Sat Sep 10 #15 $793.8K +182.9% −43.3% $361.4M 1,410 $563 65

Sun Sep 11 #15 $468.4K −41.0% −65.9% $361.8M 1,410 $332 66

Mon Sep 12 #- $81.1K −82.7% −93.6% $361.9M 1,410 $58 67

Tue Sep 13 #- $98.5K +21.5% −56.3% $362.0M 1,410 $70 68

Wed Sep 14 #- $72.3K −26.6% −47.2% $362.1M 1,410 $51 69

Thu Sep 15 #- $64.0K −11.5% −45.4% $362.2M 1,410 $45 70

Fri Sep 16 #- $234.8K +267.1% −16.3% $362.4M 1,005 $234 71

Sat Sep 17 #13 $620.4K +164.3% −21.8% $363.0M 1,005 $617 72

Sun Sep 18 #14 $376.7K −39.3% −19.6% $363.4M 1,005 $375 73

Mon Sep 19 #- $64.0K −83.0% −21.1% $363.5M 1,005 $64 74

Tue Sep 20 #- $76.3K +19.3% −22.5% $363.5M 1,005 $76 75

Wed Sep 21 #- $61.2K −19.9% −15.4% $363.6M 1,005 $61 76

Thu Sep 22 #- $49.0K −19.9% −23.4% $363.6M 1,005 $49 77

Fri Sep 23 #- $150.8K +207.7% −35.8% $363.8M 747 $202 78

Sat Sep 24 #14 $330.1K +119.0% −46.8% $364.1M 747 $442 79

Sun Sep 25 #15 $211.6K −35.9% −43.8% $364.3M 747 $283 80

Mon Sep 26 #- $42.6K −79.9% −33.4% $364.4M 747 $57 81

Tue Sep 27 #- $43.5K +2.3% −42.9% $364.4M 747 $58 82

Wed Sep 28 #- $36.3K −16.8% −40.7% $364.5M 747 $49 83

Thu Sep 29 #- $32.7K −9.8% −33.3% $364.5M 747 $44 84

Fri Sep 30 #- $92.4K +182.8% −38.7% $364.6M 461 $201 85

Sat Oct 1 #- $220.6K +138.6% −33.2% $364.8M 461 $478 86

Sun Oct 2 #- $130.3K −40.9% −38.4% $364.9M 461 $283 87

Mon Oct 3 #- $33.4K −74.3% −21.5% $365.0M 461 $72 88

Tue Oct 4 #- $33.0K −1.3% −24.2% $365.0M 461 $72 89

Wed Oct 5 #- $27.0K −18.1% −25.5% $365.0M 461 $59 90

Thu Oct 6 #- $26.0K −3.7% −20.4% $365.0M 461 $56 91

Fri Oct 7 #- $80.6K +209.8% −12.8% $365.1M 339 $238 92

Sat Oct 8 #- $161.7K +100.7% −26.7% $365.3M 339 $477 93

Sun Oct 9 #- $98.4K −39.1% −24.4% $365.4M 339 $290 94

Mon Oct 10 #- $63.9K −35.1% +91.2% $365.5M 339 $188 95

Tue Oct 11 #- $26.6K −58.4% −19.5% $365.5M 339 $78 96

Wed Oct 12 #- $28.2K +6.3% +4.5% $365.5M 339 $83 97

Thu Oct 13 #- $23.7K −16.1% −9.0% $365.5M 339 $70 98

Fri Oct 14 #- $66.9K +182.6% −17.0% $365.6M 276 $242 99

Sat Oct 15 #- $122.1K +82.6% −24.5% $365.7M 276 $442 100

Sun Oct 16 #- $81.3K −33.5% −17.4% $365.8M 276 $294 101

Mon Oct 17 #- $17.3K −78.7% −72.9% $365.8M 276 $63 102

Tue Oct 18 #- $17.0K −1.6% −35.8% $365.8M 276 $62 103

Wed Oct 19 #- $17.0K −0.3% −39.8% $365.9M 276 $62 104

Thu Oct 20 #- $29.6K +73.9% +24.8% $365.9M 276 $107 105

Fri Oct 21 #- $80.8K +173.3% +20.8% $366.0M 275 $294 106

Sat Oct 22 #- $136.7K +69.2% +11.9% $366.1M 275 $497 107

Sun Oct 23 #- $80.4K −41.2% −1.1% $366.2M 275 $292 108

Mon Oct 24 #- $20.6K −74.4% +18.9% $366.2M 275 $75 109

Tue Oct 25 #- $18.2K −11.6% +7.0% $366.2M 275 $66 110

Wed Oct 26 #- $14.7K −19.2% −13.4% $366.2M 275 $54 111

Thu Oct 27 #- $17.6K +19.2% −40.6% $366.3M 275 $64 112

Fri Oct 28 #- $53.0K +202.1% −34.4% $366.3M 245 $216 113

Sat Oct 29 #- $102.6K +93.6% −24.9% $366.4M 245 $419 114

Sun Oct 30 #- $67.5K −34.2% −16.0% $366.5M 245 $275 115

Mon Oct 31 #- $18.3K −72.9% −11.3% $366.5M 245 $75 116

Tue Nov 1 #- $14.7K −19.5% −19.3% $366.5M 245 $60 117

Wed Nov 2 #- $13.8K −6.1% −6.2% $366.5M 245 $56 118

Thu Nov 3 #- $14.8K +7.5% −15.4% $366.5M 245 $61 119

Fri Nov 4 #- $65.1K +338.6% +22.8% $366.6M 237 $275 120

Sat Nov 5 #- $136.2K +109.2% +32.7% $366.7M 237 $575 121

Sun Nov 6 #- $77.7K −43.0% +15.1% $366.8M 237 $328 122

Mon Nov 7 #- $18.1K −76.7% −0.8% $366.8M 237 $76 123

Tue Nov 8 #- $25.1K +38.6% +70.9% $366.9M 237 $106 124

Wed Nov 9 #- $16.5K −34.4% +19.4% $366.9M 237 $70 125

Thu Nov 10 #- $24.1K +46.3% +62.4% $366.9M 237 $102 126

Fri Nov 11 #- $104.8K +334.8% +61.0% $367.0M 221 $474 127

Sat Nov 12 #- $131.7K +25.6% −3.3% $367.1M 221 $596 128

Sun Nov 13 #- $75.3K −42.8% −3.0% $367.2M 221 $341 129

Mon Nov 14 #- $15.3K −79.7% −15.4% $367.2M 221 $69 130

Tue Nov 15 #- $16.4K +7.0% −34.7% $367.2M 221 $74 131

Wed Nov 16 #- $14.6K −11.3% −11.7% $367.3M 221 $66 132

Thu Nov 17 #- $15.2K +4.2% −37.1% $367.3M 221 $69 133

Fri Nov 18 #- $44.1K +191.1% −57.9% $367.3M 214 $206 134

Sat Nov 19 #- $122.9K +178.6% −6.7% $367.4M 214 $574 135

Sun Nov 20 #- $65.3K −46.9% −13.3% $367.5M 214 $305 136

Mon Nov 21 #- $31.0K −52.6% +102.1% $367.5M 214 $145 137

Tue Nov 22 #- $36.2K +16.9% +120.7% $367.6M 214 $169 138

Wed Nov 23 #- $49.5K +36.8% +240.4% $367.6M 214 $232 139

Thu Nov 24 #- $26.1K −47.2% +72.4% $367.6M 214 $122 140

Fri Nov 25 #- $84.8K +224.6% +92.2% $367.7M 209 $406 141

Sat Nov 26 #- $89.6K +5.6% −27.1% $367.8M 209 $429 142

Sun Nov 27 #- $49.8K −44.4% −23.7% $367.9M 209 $238 143

Mon Nov 28 #- $9.4K −81.2% −69.8% $367.9M 209 $45 144

Tue Nov 29 #- $8.9K −4.5% −75.3% $367.9M 209 $43 145

Wed Nov 30 #- $8.3K −7.6% −83.3% $367.9M 209 $39 146

Thu Dec 1 #- $8.0K −3.3% −69.5% $367.9M 209 $38 147

Fri Dec 2 #- $24.1K +201.8% −71.6% $367.9M 189 $127 148

Sat Dec 3 #- $55.9K +132.2% −37.6% $368.0M 189 $296 149

Sun Dec 4 #- $36.2K −35.2% −27.3% $368.0M 189 $192 150

Mon Dec 5 #- $7.8K −78.6% −17.1% $368.0M 189 $41 151

Tue Dec 6 #- $8.9K +14.9% −0.2% $368.0M 189 $47 152

Wed Dec 7 #- $7.8K −12.6% −5.6% $368.0M 189 $41 153

Thu Dec 8 #- $7.9K +1.7% −0.8% $368.1M 189 $42 154

Fri Dec 9 #- $17.7K +123.0% −26.6% $368.1M 183 $97 155

Sat Dec 10 #- $43.9K +148.3% −21.5% $368.1M 183 $240 156

Sun Dec 11 #- $26.7K −39.1% −26.2% $368.1M 183 $146 157

Mon Dec 12 #- $5.0K −81.2% −35.3% $368.1M 183 $27 158

Tue Dec 13 #- $6.4K +27.1% −28.5% $368.2M 183 $35 159

Wed Dec 14 #- $5.6K −12.2% −28.1% $368.2M 183 $31 160

Thu Dec 15 #- $5.9K +5.4% −25.4% $368.2M 183 $32 161

Fri Dec 16 #- $12.1K +104.1% −31.8% $368.2M 165 $73 162

Sat Dec 17 #- $25.9K +114.9% −41.0% $368.2M 165 $157 163

Sun Dec 18 #- $18.6K −28.0% −30.3% $368.2M 165 $113 164

Mon Dec 19 #- $10.1K −45.7% +102.0% $368.2M 165 $61 165

Tue Dec 20 #- $11.9K +17.3% +86.4% $368.2M 165 $72 166

Wed Dec 21 #- $11.3K −4.8% +102.0% $368.3M 165 $69 167

Thu Dec 22 #- $19.8K +75.4% +236.0% $368.3M 165 $120 168

Fri Dec 23 #- $12.9K −35.2% +6.7% $368.3M 107 $120 169

Sat Dec 24 #- $7.3K −43.6% −72.0% $368.3M 107 $68 170

Sun Dec 25 #- $9.3K +28.6% −50.0% $368.3M 107 $87 171

Mon Dec 26 #- $18.9K +102.7% +86.5% $368.3M 107 $177 172

Tue Dec 27 #- $16.8K −10.8% +41.7% $368.3M 107 $157 173

Wed Dec 28 #- $20.8K +23.3% +83.6% $368.4M 107 $194 174

Thu Dec 29 #- $21.9K +5.2% +10.2% $368.4M 107 $204 175

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$362.2M

Jul 7Jul 25Aug 11Aug 29Sep 15

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.5M

$104.4M

$50.8M

$29.6M

$18.9M

$11.5M

$9.1M

$5.9M

$3.9M

$3.5M

$1.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,381 → 1,410 −67.8%

3,009 open1,410 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −56.4%

−51.3%

W1→2

−41.8%

W2→3

−36.1%

W3→4

−39.2%

W4→5

−21.2%

W5→6

−35.1%

W6→7

−34.0%

W7→8

−8.9%

W8→9

−56.4%

W9→10

Steepest −56.4%Best hold −8.9%

Run milestones

$300M in 26 days

$100M

Day 3

Jul 10

$200M

Day 10

Jul 17

$300M

Day 26

Aug 2

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#7 Biggest original filmsAll-time $368.6M #16 Biggest animated openingsAll-time $104.4M #16 Biggest July openingsAll-time $104.4M #18 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $368.6M

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