DC League Of Super-Pets wins weekend box office with $23 million in domestic totals

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The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earnings.The motion picture, which is about Superman’s dog Krypto the Super-Dog, played at 4,314 locations, the APreported, citing studio estimates.Industry experts predicted that the film, which features the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski and Keanu Reeves, would open to around $25 million.

The latest:The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets, featuring the voices of Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earningsOther high-profile animated films released this summer included June's Lightyear, which opened to $50.6 million; and Minions: The Rise of Gru, which opened to $107 million.'This opening is a huge win for DC fans, the box office, WB and our filmmakers,' Warner Bros.

president of domestic distribution Jeff Goldstein said, according to the AP. 'The interest is red hot. Young family movies play for a long time.

Given our CinemaScore of A- and word of mouth, we’re going to be around for a while.' The movie was initially scheduled to be released this past May — with Johnson's Black Adam initially set to arrive in theaters this weekend — but postproduction issues on Black Adam bumped it to an October release.DC League Of Super-Pets also took in $18.4 million internationally, bumping its global gross to up to $41.4 million.