After Max and Duke pretend to despise humans by saying they killed their owners, the Flushed Pets invite them to join. Max and Duke are rescued by a white rabbit named Snowball, the leader of 'the Flushed Pets,' a gang of drain-dwelling animals who hate humans because their owners mistreated and rejected them.

When Gidget, a white Pomeranian who is in love with Max, discovers that he is missing, she decides to find him. Duke fears that he will be killed if he goes back to the pound. Enraged by Max's attitude, Duke tries to abandon Max in an alley, but they are both attacked by cats led by Sphynx cat Ozone who removes their collars and leaves them to be caught by Animal Control.

One day, Katie adopts the mongrel Duke, making Max envious. While she works, he socializes with other pets in the building: tabby cat Chloe, pug Mel, dachshund Buddy, and budgerigar Sweet Pea. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed $875 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2016 as well as the year's most profitable release.Ī sequel, The Secret Life of Pets 2, was released on June 7, 2019, with Patton Oswalt taking over the role of Max from Louis C.K.Ī Jack Russell Terrier named Max lives with his owner Katie in a New York apartment. 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, by Universal Pictures. The film stars the voices of Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart, Steve Coogan, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell, Dana Carvey, Hannibal Buress, Jenny Slate, and Albert Brooks. It serves as the first film in the franchise of the same name. It is directed by Chris Renaud, co-directed by Yarrow Cheney (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, from a screenplay written by Brian Lynch and the writing team of Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio. The Secret Life of Pets is a 2016 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Illumination Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures.

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