'Dolittle' Box Office: A Bruising Miss for Robert Downey Jr. and Universal

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'Dolittle' Box Office: A Bruising Miss for Robert Downey Jr. and Universal
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What went wrong with Robert Downey Jr.'s Dolittle?

— a passion project for Downey in the post-era — is the first big-budget miss of 2020 and stands to bleed tens of millions for Universal. Worse, in a time where the major Hollywood studios are scrambling to keep up with the Disney empire, it dashes hopes of launching a new chapter in the tale of a man who can converse with animals.

That compares to a 72 percent definite recommend score for the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy comedy, which easily won the four-day holiday frame with a rousing $73.4 million, well ahead of expectations and the second-best MLK weekend gross of all time behind, according to PostTrak. Kids were only slightly better with a 52 percent "must see right away" rating.has grossed $30.3 million from its first 42 markets, the majority of them smaller.

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