Animated films keeping 2016 box office afloat

The North American box office is up 3 percent so far this year compared to the same time in 2015 thanks to animated films like "The Secret Life of Pets" and "Finding Dory."

If it wasn't for five PG-rated animated films released this year, the box office would be down by 16 percent, according to comScore.

"Finding Dory," "Zootopia," "Kung Fu Panda 3," The Angry Birds Movie" and "The Secret Life of Pets" together account for $1.1 billion of the 2016 domestic box office, or roughly 19 percent of the overall total.

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