Box Office: ‘Dog Man’ Shows Bite With $36 Million Opening Weekend
variety.comRebecca Rubin Senior Film and Media Reporter “Dog Man” enjoyed a barking good start at the domestic box office, collecting a leading $36 million from 3,885 North American cinemas in its first weekend of release.
Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s animated canine-crime-fighting film, set in the “Captain Underpants” universe, opened at the higher end of expectations thanks to great buzz and pent-up demand for family offerings.
Moviegoers awarded the film an “A” grade on CinemaScore, signaling a long tail in theaters. Another newcomer, Warner Bros. and New Line’s satirical sci-fi thriller “Companion,” debuted at No.
2 with $9.5 million from 3,285 theaters. The R-rated film added a soft $5.5 million from 60 overseas markets for a grand total of $15 million.
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