The Secret Life of Pets is the 17th highest grossing animated film , and the 51st highest grossing film of all time .
Its international takings helped push Universal Pictures [ International ] past $ 1 billion for the tenth consecutive year and aided Illumination Entertainment to pass the $ 4 billion mark for the first time since 2010.It is the fifth-highest-grossing original worldwide film of all time ( behind Avatar , Zootopia , The Lion King , and Finding Nemo ) , the sixth-highest-grossing film of 2016 , and the 17th-highest-grossing animated film of all time .
The Secret Life of Pets