Box office report this week:
- Dog Man- $36 million domestic (NEW); $40.45 million worldwide
- Companion- $9.3 million domestic (NEW); $14.6 million worldwide
- Mufasa: The Lion King- $6.3 million domestic (-27%); $229.7 million domestic total; $653.25 million worldwide
- One of Them Days- $5.88 million domestic (-27%); $34.33 million worldwide
- Flight Risk- $5.43 million domestic (-53%); $20.74 million domestic total; $24.94 million worldwide
- Sonic the Hedgehog 3- $3.26 million domestic (-39%); $230.58 million domestic total; $462.58 million worldwide
- Moana 2- $2.86 million domestic (-32%); $453.9 million domestic total; $1.037 billion worldwide
- A Complete Unknown- $2.31 million domestic (-25%); $66.84 million domestic total; $87.5 million worldwide
-“Dog Man” is the first breakout movie of the year by grossing $36 million domestic on its opening weekend. This was a perfect film for kids and families who were starving for a new family film, and Dreamworks fulfilled that promise. It did poorly in the overseas market, however, since the “Dog Man” books aren’t popular over there. Still, I expect the $40 million film to do very well this month since there won’t be a lot of competition for family films for the rest of the month. “Paddington in Peru” is more popular overseas than in the domestic market, and I don’t expect the Looney Tunes film coming out at the end of February to make much noise since it is being distributed by a small company.
-“Companion” made $9.3 million domestic this weekend. Considering the fact that its budget is around $10 million, it’s a solid debut overall. WB didn’t spend a lot of money marketing this film, so it’ll have to rely on word of mouth to do well. The film will compete with other horror films like “Heart Eyes” this Friday and “The Monkey” later this month.
-“Mufasa” had another great performance by dropping less than 30% from the previous weekend. Its domestic total is less than $900k from passing “Sonic 3”‘s domestic total. I expect that to happen on Wednesday or on Thursday at the latest.
-“One of Them Days” had another impressive performance thanks to its strong word of mouth.
-The 53% drop for “Flight Risk” is surprisingly good for a film that got a bad reception. I wonder how long it’ll last?
-“Sonic 3” has passed “Gladiator II”‘s worldwide gross ($461.3 million) to become Paramount’s highest grossing movie of the year 2024.
-“Moana 2” is still doing very well. I think it’ll finish around $1.05-$1.06 billion worldwide at the end of its box office run.
-“A Complete Unknown” is picking up pace in the overseas market as it is slowly being released in other countries.
Additional note: “Moana 2” was available on digital platforms on Jan. 28th and will be on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on March 18th. “Mufasa” will be available on digital platforms on Feb. 18th and will be on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on April 1st.