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|2018

|2018

|PG-13

|PG-13

|Set in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki, Mayor Kobayashi issues a decree that all of the city's dogs, pet or stray, are to be quarantined and taken to Trash Island until a cure for "dog flu" comes around. The mayor's nephew and ward, Atari, heads over to the island to find his dog Spots and is accompanied by five dogs (Chief, Rex, King, Boss, and Duke). Along the way, they discover that the mayor has hidden sinister motives behind banning all dogs from Megasaki. The movie condemns authoritarian rule and animal cruelty, the latter shown in the case of Gondo's "cannibal" pack, who have been subjected to scientific experiments until an "act of God" rescued them. It also shows family in a positive light, for Mayor Kobayashi has taken Atari in after his parents were killed and decides to abandon his anti-dog plans once he sees how much Atari has gone through, even donating a kidney once the boy's remaining kidney fails.

|Set in the fictional Japanese city of Megasaki, Mayor Kobayashi issues a decree that all of the city's dogs, pet or stray, are to be quarantined and taken to Trash Island until a cure for "dog flu" comes around. The mayor's nephew and ward, Atari, heads over to the island to find his dog Spots and is befriended by five dogs (Chief, Rex, King, Boss, and Duke). Along the way, they discover that the mayor has hidden sinister motives behind banning all dogs from Megasaki. The movie condemns authoritarian rule and animal cruelty, the latter shown in the case of Kobayashi's anti-dog propaganda and Gondo's "cannibal" pack, who have been subjected to scientific experiments until an "act of God" rescued them. It also shows family and redemption in a positive light, for Mayor Kobayashi has taken Atari in after his parents were killed and decides to abandon his anti-dog plans once he sees how much Atari has gone through, even donating a kidney once the boy's remaining kidney fails.

|$64.20 million

|$64.20 million

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In addition, the film proved to be a massive runaway hit despite having a completely new production team working on it due to then-Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg believing it to end up a flop due to it featuring "talking animals" while he thought the Worst Liberal Movie ''Pocahontas'', which he helmed with the usual production team, would be the financial hit and Oscar winner (in reality, ''Pocahontas'' got mixed reviews and did fairly badly at the box office).

In addition, the film proved to be a massive runaway hit despite having a completely new production team working on it due to then-Disney Chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg believing it to end up a flop due to it featuring "talking animals" while he thought the Worst Liberal Movie ''Pocahontas'', which he helmed with the usual production team, would be the financial hit and Oscar winner (in reality, ''Pocahontas'' got mixed reviews and did fairly badly at the box office).

The movie spawned two direct-to-video sequels and two TV series, as well as a broadway musical that retained much of the same themes as the movie.

The movie spawned two direct-to-video sequels and two TV series, as well as a broadway musical that retained much of the same themes as the movie. A photorealistic remake will premiere in mid-2019.

|$968.5 million

|$968.5 million

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