Who let out “Dog Man”? Universal Pictures has done so, and the party is pleasant, the party pumps the studio, while the animation caper DreamWorks won $ 10.8 million through Friday projections and preview. It is the biggest raw of the opening day for this year still very young.
Playing in 3,885 locations, “Dog Man” will now look for what should be an opening weekend of $ 35 million. This easily outperform the beginnings of 23 million dollars for “Captain America: The First Epic Movie”, which adapted another series of graphic novels by the children Dav Pilkey and was published in 2017 by the 20th Century Fox denounced faded.
It is a very good start for “Dog Man”, which already had an achievable threshold for the success produced at a budget of $ 40 million, a much more modest investment than most of the animated features in the studio. Critics look positive, but the public has overturned, the cinema investigation company, the cinema, the score score of survey or the opening of crowds to a brilliant note. “Dog Man” has benefited from the first new version targeted by the family since “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” opened before the Christmas holidays. And there is very little competition for young people on the immediate horizon, with the exception of Marvel’s most mature, “Captain America: Brave New World”, on February 14.
“Dog Man” provides his title, following the merged Freak-de-Nature composed of a fallen police officer and his canine acolyte. Pete Davidson, Lil rel howry and Isla Fisher lead the cast of voice, while Peter Hastings directs (and also provides the hero’s vocal effects).
Tending second place, the frightening satire “Companion” won around $ 4 million on Friday and preview projections playing 3,285 locations. Warner Bros.’s functionality. And New Line was carried out at a lean production cost of $ 10 million, so it is well placed to make a profit in the coming weeks. The film has an external shooting at the opening of the north of $ 10 million and positive criticisms have helped to consolidate a certain buzz. The B + note of cinema is also strong enough for a horror film. “Companion” features Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid and follows a retreat of the woods which turns into violence after things go wrong with the fetishized cyborg of a guest.
Third place goes to “Mufasa: The Lion King”, which won around $ 1.3 million on Friday. Now in its seventh weekend of exit, Disney’s animated musical always has a firm foot on the market, even with “Dog Man” attracting most of the attention of the family public. The rivals are prequel to “Lion King” down 23% this weekend, with a chance to exceed a national total of $ 230 million to Sunday. In particular, “Mufasa” had a gentle opening in December, behind the more splashing beginnings of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3 of Paramount”. But “Mufasa” was held stronger until January and now seems ready for the total crude “Sonic 3”, which also reaches $ 230 million this weekend.
The comedy of Keke Palmer and Sza “A sets” goes to fourth place. Sony’s release should earn an additional $ 5.8 million during its third weekend outing. Total Gross will reach $ 34 million until Sunday.
Lionsgate’s “risk of theft” completes the first five. After opening the charts last weekend, the high altitude Mark Wahlberg thriller should slide 54% in this second outing. The film has a good chance of exceeding $ 20 million at the national level during its first ten days.
