![]() ![]() The whole plot was nearly beat for beat to "Toy Story," but with pets instead of kids. And it was more than just a rip-off in concept, being a movie about what your pets do when you're gone. Yeah, sure, your 5-year-old isn't going to care about that. So I had to remind myself before going into the second one that I didn't like it because it was such a huge rip-off of "Toy Story" that I was rather annoyed. Then it completely left my mind as this thing that's only useful to distract your kids when you need it to. Because I couldn't remember the specifics of why I didn't like it. In regards to "The Secret Life of Pets," I referenced my review of it in the previous paragraph of it simply because I just barely went back and re-read that review. ![]() Thus if "The Secret Life of Pets 2" breaks Illumination's streak of success. Now as for the financial prospects for this sequel, Universal may have picked an awful release date for their latest Illumination film as it's sandwiched directly between "Aladdin" and "Toy Story 4," the former of which is outperforming expectations by a long shot, while the latter of which broke Fandango pre-sale records for an animated film. When I reviewed that movie, I told people to skip it in theaters and save it for DVD because there were a lot better options for families at the time. Worldwide "Minions" is their biggest film by a long shot as that made $1.159 billion, but here domestically I think it's crazy how huge "The Secret Life of Pets" was. Second, out of all the success that Illumination has had, especially with their "Despicable Me" franchise, their biggest film domestically is "The Secret Life of Pets," which beat out "Despicable Me 2" by a mere $323,065. Maybe there are a few of you out there that would be interested, too. First, I find the box office numbers fascinating and I find it interesting that Illumination is keeping up with Disney and Pixar financially, while even doing better in certain aspects. I bring these numbers up for two reasons. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Animation Studios' last six films average out to $267 million, which is significantly lower than the Illumination average. Yeah, Pixar has their movies like "Incredibles 2" and "Finding Dory" that make all the money in the world, but then they have misses like "The Good Dinosaur" and "Cars 3" mixed in to balance things out to the point that the average of their last six films only barely beats Illumination with $323 million. That consistent stream of success is pretty much unparalleled at the moment. Looking specifically at their most recent six, that average goes up to $313 million, with the lowest grossing of the bunch being "Despicable Me 3" with $264 million. They've now made nine movies prior to "The Secret Life of Pets 2," with the average domestic total of those nine being $272 million. ![]() They've been extremely consistent in putting out big hits even when no one expects it. Now when it comes to predicting box office totals, I've learned to trust in Illumination. "The Secret Life of Pets 2" at the box office this weekend and I'm throwing a bit of an audible at people by getting my review of the kids movie out first rather than jumping into our latest superhero movie from the extremely inconsistent X-Men franchise. ![]()
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