Despite the more emotional moments of the film, A Dog’s Purpose really did a fantastic job at conveying every minuscule aspect of having a dog.Ĭoming at us in 1080p, A Dog’s Purpose looked absolutely gorgeous as it played out on my living room television. Seeing everything from the adorable moments shared between the two, the stress that hardships can put on your dog and the overall connection that’s shared visually like this is something that I really appreciated. With this movie, we are given an extremely beautiful and heartwarming story about that special bond between man and dog. Being someone who has dogs and loves their dogs, I knew I would appreciate the story that was told in this film. It ended up grossing $18.2 million from the opening weekend and finished second at the box office behind the second weekend of Split.Ī Dog’s Purpose is one film that I instantly knew that I wanted to see upon seeing the first trailer that released. In North America, it was released alongside Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and Gold and was projected to bring in $18-22 million from the 3,050 theaters that were playing it during opening weekend. On February 4, 2017, the American Humane Association reported that an independent third-party animal-cruelty expert had concluded that safety measures on the set of the film were in place and that the video had been deliberately edited to mislead the public.Īs of April 20, 2017, A Dog’s Purpose has grossed approximately $181.3 million worldwide against its $22 million operating budget. Due to the release of this video, Universal Pictures cancelled the films originally scheduled January 19 premiere in Los Angelees. The American Humane Association announced the temporary suspension of its representative on set while the investigation took place and PETA called for an overall boycott of the film. After a cut in the video, the latter portion of the clip shows the dog being submerged in the water at the other end of the tank while a voice can be heard shouting “CUT IT!” with various people rushing towards the dog.
On January 18, 2017, a video had gone viral after surfacing on TMZ showing footage recorded on a cellular device showing a German Shepherd named Hercules being dragged and dipped into rushing water while visibly resisting. Each time he is reincarnated, the film covers the story from life to death. The film centers around a dog and his life as it’s shown from his birth to his death and his reincarnation through four different breeds of dog. The film features stars like Britt Robertson, KJ Apa, Juliet Rylance, John Ortiz, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Peggy Lipton, Dennis Quad and Josh Gad. Bruce Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes and Wally Wolodarsky and is based on the 2010 novel that operates under the same name by Bruce Cameron.
A Dog’s Purpose is a 2017 American comedy-drama film that was directed by Lasse Hallstrom and was written by W.
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