'Secret Life Of Pets' Wakes Up Summer's Second Half With $104M+

This weekend, Illumination Entertainment further proved it's not just an animation label relegated to a Russian-speaking villain and yellow Tic-Tac guys as “The Secret Life Of Pets” came in well above its weekend estimates with $104.35 million gross, the sixth-best opening in July and second best for an animated film during the month after last year's “Minions”.

In what appeared to be a two-note summer between Disney/Pixar's “Finding Dory” and Marvel's “Captain America: Civil War” ($406.2M), Pets widened the landscape with the third-best debut of the season, giving way to what many believe will be a more successful second half of the summer than the first. With an A- CinemaScore, Pets is certain to do a 3x multiple, getting it to $313M stateside. Minions finaled with a 2.9 multiple at $336M and made $1.16 billion globally.

Source: Deadline