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==Production==
==Production==

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The Secret Life of Pets
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written by
Produced by
Starring
Edited byKen Schretzmann
Music byAlexandre Desplat
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16) (AIAFF)
  • July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$75 million[3]
Box office$147.1 million[3]

The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment. The film is directed by Chris Renaud and Yarrow Cheney and written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio.[4] The film stars Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Steve Coogan, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Jenny Slate and Albert Brooks.

The Secret Life of Pets premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 16, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 8, 2016, by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and has grossed over $147 million worldwide.[5][3]

Plot

Inside of a Manhattan apartment building, a terrier named Max (Louis C.K.) lives a pampered life with his owner Katie (Ellie Kemper) and hangs out with other pets like Chloe (Lake Bell), Mel (Bobby Moynihan), Buddy (Hannibal Buress), and Sweet Pea (Tara Strong). One day, Katie adopts a large, sloppy, hairy dog called Duke (Eric Stonestreet) from the pound. Max gets jealous when Katie pays more attention to Duke. Annoyed with Max's condescending attitude, Duke tricks Max into travelling far into the city, where they are attacked by a gang of cats, including Ozone (Steve Coogan). The cats remove Max and Duke's collars, causing them to both be caught by Animal Control. Duke fears that he will now be put down if he ends up back at the pound. They are rescued by a white rabbit called Snowball (Kevin Hart), who Max and Duke convince that they are vicious, abandoned pets.

Snowball brings Max and Duke into the sewers where they meet his cult of abandoned or mistreated animals called "The Flushed Pets," who despise humans. Believing that Max and Duke hate humans, they invite them to join the group. They go through an initiation which involves being bitten by a one-fanged viper. Max and Duke kill the snake and Snowball finds out they're domesticated; the Flushed Pets chase them out and Max and Duke escape to the Brooklyn harbor. Snowball vows to kill them for lying, and sets off to find them.

When Gidget (Jenny Slate), a white Pomeranian who has a crush on Max, finds out that he is missing, she recruits a savage red-tailed hawk called Tiberius (Albert Brooks) to help look for him. After being interrogated by the pair, Ozone directs them to the sewer. Gidget, Mel, Buddy, Chloe, Norman (Chris Renaud), Sweet Pea, and Tiberius trek across the harsh metropolitan environment in search of Max and Duke, with help from a paralyzed elderly Basset Hound called Pops (Dana Carvey). The group encounters Snowball, who vows to kill them as well. They escape, but Norman is later captured.

Having worked together to escape from their misadventures with Animal Control and Snowball's Flushed Pets, Max and Duke begin to see a more positive side to each other's company. They raid a sausage factory, indulging in large amounts of sausage, and Duke opens up to Max about a previous owner of his named Fred, who lived in Brooklyn. Fred had adopted Duke as a puppy and raised him lovingly, but one day when he ran outside the house to chase after something, he became lost and was taken by Animal Control, and Fred seemingly never came for him. Although Duke isn't sure about whether or not Fred would want to see him again, Max convinces him that Fred would rejoice upon seeing him again and convinces Duke to set out in search of his former owner. They arrive at the right house, only to find out from a cat living there that Fred has died after Duke left. Morose and hurt, Duke accuses Max of trying to get rid of him and barks at the new owners of the house, who report him as a stray. Once again he is caught by Animal Control, while helping prevent Max from the same fate.

Max follows the truck, planning to rescue Duke, but he is pursued by Snowball and some of his Flushed Pets. When Snowball's henchmen are subsequently also taken by the Animal Control as a result of the pursuit, Max and Snowball join forces to rescue their respective cronies. They chase down the Animal Control truck using a city bus, crashing it on the Brooklyn Bridge and stopping traffic. More of Snowball's gang appear and, unaware of Max and Snowball's new alliance, they try to kill Max on the Brooklyn Bridge until Gidget and the others save him. The truck starts to slide off the bridge; Snowball's captured Flushed Pets escape, but the truck falls into the East River with Duke and Max inside. Max tries to unlock Duke's cage, but the keys float away. Snowball jumps off the bridge into the water and brings Max the spare keys. Max rescues Duke and they get back to the surface, as the truck sinks to the bottom.

Using a taxi, all of the pets go back to the apartment district. Max displays his admiration for Gidget, who returns his feelings. Snowball reluctantly allows himself to be adopted by a little girl and the other Flushed Pets return to the sewers. The other pets return to and embrace their owners when they return and Max and Duke finally reunite with Katie, sparking a new friendship.

In a mid-credit scene, Snowball invites Mel and Buddy (dressed as a Minion from Despicable Me and a Barbaloot from The Lorax, respectively) to a party hosted by a rock obsessed poodle named Leonard. However, it is immediately interrupted when Leonard's owner shows up. Although Leonard attempts to cover it up completely in presence of his owner, a chandelier crashes on the floor with one of the Flushed Pets, Tattoo, who had attended the party and attempted to hide in it.

Voice cast

Production

In January 2014, it was announced that Louis C.K, Eric Stonestreet, and Kevin Hart had joined the cast of the film, with Chris Renaud set to direct from a screenplay written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul, and Ken Daurio, while Illumination Entertainment would produce, and Universal Pictures would distribute the film.[6] In June 2014, Albert Brooks, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell and Ellie Kemper joined the cast.[7] In December 2015, it was announced that Alexandre Desplat would score the film.[10]

Release

The film was originally scheduled to be released on February 12, 2016, but was pushed back to July 8, 2016.[4] It was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D using DMR.[11] The Secret Life of Pets premiered at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 16, 2016, and was screened at VidCon.[12] The film is accompanied by a short film entitled Mower Minions.

Reception

Box office

As of July 10, 2016, The Secret Life of Pets has grossed $104.4 million in North America and $42.8 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $147.1 million.[3]

In the United States and Canada, the film is projected to gross around $70 million in its opening weekend, with some predictions going as high as $100 million.[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] It received the widest release for an animated film as well as for a PG-rated film (breaking Shrek Forever After's record) and the seventh widest of all-time overall, across 4,370 theaters, the widest release since The Dark Knight Rises.[17][21][22][23] It made $5.3 million from Thursday night previews in 3,009 theaters, which is the second biggest of all time for Illumination, behind only Minions ($6.2 million), and the third biggest of all time for an animated film, behind Finding Dory ($9.2 million) and Minions.[20][18] This was followed by a record-breaking $38.3 million opening day gross (including previews), the biggest for an original film.[24][25] In its opening weekend, it exceeded expectations and grossed $103.2 million, finishing first at the box office.[26] Its debut is the sixth-biggest for an animated film, and the fourth-biggest opening weekend for Universal Studios. It also set the record for largest opening of a film not based on previous material, eclipsing the $90.1 million debut of Inside Out.[27][28]

Internationally, The Secret Life of Pets will receive a scattered release from June to August in a total of 66 markets, and is set to face competition from other animated films—Finding Dory and Ice Age: Collision Course.[29][30] It was released in the U.K. and Norway two weeks ahead of its U.S. release, where it grossed a combined total of $14.1 million in the two markets.[29] Prior to its official debut in the United Kingdom and Ireland on June 24, the film had two days worth of previews on June 18 and 19, from which it made £3.63 million ($5.2 million) in two days. This figure was later counted in the film's official opening weekend.[31] It went on to score the fourth biggest original animation opening weekend ever there, with £9.58 million ($13.4 million) from 592 theaters. It trailed behind Inside Out, Monsters, Inc., and Up. Excluding previews, its total three-day opening was $8.1 million.[32][33] This was a midst Brexit and despite facing competition from Independence Day: Resurgence.[29][34] It fell just 20% in its second weekend, earning £4.47 million ($6.1 million) despite facing some competition.[35] It has topped the box office for three consecutive weekends and has grossed total of $30.3 million there.[36] In Norway, it took the number one spot as well, with $778,000.[29] It scored the biggest animation opening of 2016 and the second biggest of all time overall in both Taiwan ($2 million)—behind Madagascar, and Hong Kong ($1.9 million)—behind Inside Out.[30]

Critical response

The Secret Life of Pets has received generally positive reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75%, based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fast-paced, funny, and blessed with a talented voice cast, The Secret Life of Pets offers a beautifully animated, cheerfully, undemanding, family-friendly diversion."[37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[38]

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars, saying "an animated fluffball-a sort of Toy Story with pets does everything to drive you crazy and ends up being totally irresistible."[39]

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External links

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