The Secret Life of Pets is expected to finish the weekend in first place at the domestic box office, and their Thursday night preview take of $5.3 million is an indication that they’re on the right track.
While the Thursday night numbers for The Secret Life of Pets are not the sort that set box office records, they’re still solid.
The box office champion for the past three weeks has been Pixar’s Finding Dory, however, it looks as if another set of talking animals are on their way to finally dethrone Dory, as The Secret Life of Pets is tracking to take as much as $70 million or more this weekend.
The last film from Illumination Entertainment, Minions, brought in $6.2 million on opening night and went on to gross $115 million in its opening weekend and over $1 billion worldwide.