Box Office: ‘Dog Man’ Chases $30 Million Opening Weekend, Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Companion’ Targets $10 Million
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Dog Man,” an animated adventure set in the “Captain Underpants” universe, will sniff and scratch its way to the top of box office charts over the weekend.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s canine-crime-fighting film is expected to collect $25 million to $30 million from 3,800 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
Some box office prognosticators believe that with great buzz and pent-up demand for family offerings, initial ticket sales could reach as high as $40 million.
For reference, 20th Century Fox’s “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie” opened to $23.8 million in 2017 and eventually powered to $73 million domestically and $125 million globally. “Dog Man,” not to be confused with “Wolf Man,” Universal’s horror film that released in theaters earlier this month, should indeed benefit from the lack of new kid-friendly films in the marketplace.
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