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DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys topped the box office this weekend with an impressive $24M from 4,009 theaters in its domestic debut for a global total of $87.1M.Pierre Perifel's $69M-budget feature directorial debut amassed the mother demographic, with 56% of the audience being female and 62% of them surveyed as mothers - according to Deadline.The kids' caper about criminal animals 'reforming' themselves currently holds a 'certified fresh' 85% critic approval rating (out of 123 reviews) and a 93% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Kids caper!DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys topped the box office this weekend with an impressive $24M from 4,009 theaters in its domestic debut for a global total of $87.1MThe Bad Guys - based on Aaron Blabey's graphic novel series (2015-2022) - features the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Awkwafina, Zazie Beetz, Lilly Singh, and Alex Borstein.Following close behind was Paramount Pictures' live-action/animated sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which earned $15.2M domestically from 3,809 theaters in its third week for a global total of $287.8M.

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation are readying a sequel to their $250M-grossing 2022 hit, The Bad Guys, which will release on Aug. 1, 2025.

With The Bad Guys, director Pierre Perifel found the perfect opportunity to blend together all of his childhood inspirations for a family-friendly animated heist film. Based on a children’s graphic novel series, the film follows a group of animal criminals, Mr. Wolf (Sam Rockwell), Mr. Snake (Marc Maron), Ms. Tarantula (Awkwafina), Mr. Shark (Craig Robinson) and Mr. Piranha (Anthony Ramos). After getting caught, Mr. Wolf makes a play to escape prison time by claiming that the group wants a chance to reform themselves into good guys. Though it starts as a ruse, Mr. Wolf soon finds himself excited by the opportunity to become a good guy. While the book series begins with the group having already decided to be good guys, Perifel wanted the film to be an origin story of how they came to that choice.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLos Angeles’ ubiquitous smog, freeways, beaches and palm trees — as well as its place in moviedom — were all influential elements as filmmaker Pierre Perifel and production designer Luc Desmarchelier huddled over where to set DreamWorks’ latest animation, “The Bad Guys,” in theaters April 22.Based on the children’s book series by Aaron Blabey about a group of animals — a wolf, a snake, a shark, a tarantula and a piranha — that are always portrayed as criminal types but are trying hard to reform here, Desmarchelier says the script didn’t define where the action would be taking place. So when conceiving ideas, he looked at Chicago and New York as potential settings for the gang’s last heist.But the production designer says he and Perifel ultimately landed on a reimagined version of the City of Angels because inspirations from cop and heist movies and TV shows had a gravitational pull.

After dazzling audiences with the popular “Kung Fu Panda” and “How To Train Your Dragon” franchises, DreamWorks Animation is back with another eye-popping film/ The next big jump into the world of anamorphic animals is “The Bad Guys,” based on the hit Scholastic book series by Aaron Blabey, which focuses on a group of crooks known for stealing valuables in complex heists ala “Ocean’s Eleven,” that eventually decide to become “good guys” instead.

Universal Pictures has set 2022 release dates for DreamWorks Animation's The Bad Guys, where Etan Cohen adapted Aaron Blabey's best-selling cartoon series, and the animation studio's Puss In Boots: The Last Wish sequel. The Bad Guys will be released widely on April 15, 2022 as it takes the place of an untitled DreamWorks Animation film. And DreamWorks Animation’s Puss In Boots: The Last Wish will also get a wide release on Sept.