From DreamWorks Animation and Universal, 'Dog Man' further confirms the booming family marketplace.
over the Jan. 31-Feb. 2 weekend, where it easily topped with chart with $35 million in another resounding win for the family marketplace for a global start of $40.2 million — roughly the same amount that it cost DreamWorks Animation and Universal to make the
In North America, it scored the second-biggest January start ever for an animated film behind behind only DreamWorks Animation’s 2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3 , not adjusted for inflation.The movie, about a man and a cop who must share the same body after something goes horribly awry, is the first kids pic to open sinceat Thanksgiving . Universal’s PG-ratedfollows a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner when they are injured together on the job.
Sophie Thatcher and Jack Quaid, son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan, star in the film alongside Lukas Gage, Rupert Friend and Harvey Guillén in director Drew Hancock’s film.earned a B+ CinemaScore — which is like an A, considering that horror pics often receive a C Grade. The pic marks Hancock’s debut feature screenplay, as well as his first turn at directing.
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