A great report as always by @jakecoyleAP for @AP featuring our @Comscore @csMoviesUS @CSGlobalMovies data! – @Dreamworks #DogMan tops #SuperBowlLIX weekend at at the box office – @HeartEyesMovie @LoveHurtsMovie @SuperBowl #SuperBowl – https://t.co/zqQRZ8YzKC
— Paul Dergarabedian (@PDergarabedian) February 9, 2025
Dog Man, the animated film based on Dav Pilkey’s popular book series, has taken the U.K. and Ireland box office by storm. The family-friendly movie earned an impressive £3.2 million ($4 million) in its opening weekend, according to Comscore. Disney’s live-action film A Complete Unknown slipped to second place, adding $1 million in its fourth weekend for a total of $12.4 million.
Head on over to #TikTok now for my new #SuperBowl WKND #BoxOffice video recap. #DogMan #HeartEyes #LoveHurts #Mufasa #Companion #movies #filmtwitter #film https://t.co/YU04tMVixj
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Frozen Kingdom, Disney’s animated prequel, held steady in third place with $869,889 in its eighth weekend, bringing its cumulative total to $37.6 million. Macbeth: David Tennant And Cush Jumbo, a filmed stage production of Shakespeare’s tragedy, grossed $858,637 in fourth place, with a total of $1.9 million. Paramount’s new release September 5, directed by Tim Fehlbaum and starring Peter Sarsgaard and John Magaro, debuted in fifth place with $793,853 from over 300 locations.
Universal’s awards contender The Brutalist grossed $581,023 in its third weekend for a total of $3.1 million.
#SuperBowl WKND #BoxOffice Chart
▶️ #DogMan stays #1 despite big fall
▶️ Soft openings for #HeartEyes & #LoveHurts
▶️ TOP 10 at $46.5M, up 60% vs last year when Argylle was #1 in 2nd wkndCheck NEW WKND chart right now at: https://t.co/Bddzz9HNCr.
— Gitesh Pandya (TikTok @gitesh.pandya) (@GiteshPandya) February 9, 2025
dog man dominates weekend box office
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 from Paramount earned $521,783 in its seventh week, pushing its total to $30.7 million.
Becoming Led Zeppelin, a Sony Pictures documentary about the legendary rock band’s rise, debuted in eighth place with $518,927. Warner Bros.’ sci-fi thriller Companion landed at No. 9 with a second-weekend earning of $455,324 and a total of $1.8 million.
Overseas, animation #DogMan in a staggered rollout expanded from 29 to 41 markets, grossing 6.6M on 3rd weekend, going up +57.1% from last weekend thanks to strong 4M debut in the UK, for a 11.9M intl. cume.
Allied to 54.1M cume in the U.S., hits a 66M cume at Global #BoxOffice. pic.twitter.com/VHT676fWZf— Luiz Fernando (@Luiz_Fernando_J) February 9, 2025
Rounding out the top 10, Disney’s Moana 2 added $303,741 in its 11th weekend for a cumulative total of $51.7 million. Upcoming releases include the independent British drama Before Nikkah, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy starring Renée Zellweger, and Disney’s Captain America: Brave New World with Anthony Mackie. Other notable films hitting theaters are Memoir of a Snail, The Sloth Lane, Heart Eyes, To A Land Unknown, and several Indian releases like Bromance, Painkili, Laila, Hum Aapke Hain Koun!, and Chhaava.