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Music by | Alexandre Desplat |
Edited by | Ken Schretzmann |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $75 million |
Box office | $875.5 million |
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Soundtrack album by Alexandre Desplat | ||||
Released | July 1, 2016 | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Length | 51:31 | |||
Label | Back Lot Music | |||
Producer | Alexandre Desplat | |||
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The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American 3D computer-animated buddy adventure comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment. It is directed by Chris Renaud and co-directed by Yarrow Cheney and written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. 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 released in theaters in the United States on July 8, 2016 by Universal Pictures. Upon release, it received positive reviews and grossed $875 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing original animated film not produced by Disney or Pixar, and the sixth highest-grossing film of 2016.
A Jack Russell Terrier named Max lives with his owner Katie in a Manhattan apartment. While she is at work during the day, he hangs out with other pets in the building: tabby cat Chloe, pug Mel, dachshund Buddy, and budgerigar Sweetpea. One day, Katie adopts Duke, a large and shaggy mongrel from the pound, leaving Max jealous because of her divided focus on Duke. Enraged by Max's attitude towards him, Duke tries to abandon Max in an alley, but they are both attacked by a gang of alley cats led by Sphynx cat Ozone. The cats remove both dogs' collars and leave them to be caught by Animal Control. Duke fears that he will be put down if he goes back to the pound.