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The ‘Dog Man’ Cometh With Second-Best January Debut For Animated Pic With $36M; Why Didn’t ‘Companion’ Find More Friends At Weekend Box Office? – Sunday AM Box Office Update
'Dog Man' is expected to lead the box office with a $20M+ opening after $1.36M in previews. R-rated horror movie 'Companion' will be second.
According to PostTrak, 45% bought tickets to Dog Man because it looked fun and entertaining, while close to a third of the audience went because it’s part of a franchise they love, that being the Dav Pikley Scholastic graphic novels. That’s higher than the comps for this younger-skewing property (65% of the kids audience was under 9 years old last night), which are Captain Underpants at a $23.8M opening, DC League of Pets at $23M and Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie at $22.7M. PREVIOUSLY, Friday AM: Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s feature take of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man bit$1.36M in previews last night, which comps to DWA’spreviews for TheBad Guys($1.15M) and Trolls Band Together($1.3M), those movies respectively opening to $23.9M and $30M.
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