So far as leisure is anxious, Hollywood undoubtedly did not have the highlight shining on it this previous weekend. In the previous few days, the large focus has been the Tremendous Bowl, as soccer followers and non-football followers alike have deliberate get togethers to look at the large recreation… and that has meant that individuals aren’t making excursions to film theaters. That’s clearly illustrated within the field workplace outcomes from the final three days, as ticket gross sales took a nosedive throughout the board and new releases did not encourage a lot curiosity.
After making a large splash final weekend, Peter Hastings’ Canine Man is the primary film domestically… however its numbers aren’t precisely tremendous spectacular, making all the things else look even worse. Try the total Prime 10 under and be part of me after for evaluation.
| TITLE | WEEKEND GROSS | DOMESTIC GROSS | LW | THTRS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Canine Man | $13,700,000 | $54,102,000 | 1 | 3,887 |
| 2. Coronary heart Eyes* | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | N/A | 3,102 |
| 3. Love Hurts* | $5,800,000 | $5,800,000 | N/A | 3,055 |
| 4. Mufasa: The Lion King | $3,924,000 | $235,206,192 | 3 | 2,945 |
| 5. Companion | $3,020,000 | $15,487,000 | 2 | 3,285 |
| 6. One Of Them Days | $3,000,000 | $39,372,000 | 4 | 2,051 |
| 7. Changing into Led Zeppelin* | $2,685,000 | $2,685,000 | N/A | 369 |
| 8. Flight Threat | $2,600,000 | $25,198,993 | 5 | 2,740 |
| 9. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 | $1,750,000 | $233,094,000 | 6 | 2,061 |
| 10. Moana 2 | $1,544,000 | $456,118,310 | 7 | 1,785 |
Canine Man Wins The Field Workplace Once more, However Takes A Exhausting Weekend-To-Weekend Fall
Whereas getting modestly sturdy opinions and arriving at a time when household movies are doing nicely, Canine Man acquired off to a scorching begin on the field workplace final weekend, having the most effective begin for a 2025 launch to this point and bringing in $36 million. Sadly for the animated function, issues did not go almost as nicely in its second Friday-to-Sunday. The film was capable of maintain on to its place on the high of the home charts, but it surely noticed earnings drop 62 p.c in comparison with its debut.
In keeping with The Numbers, Canine Man solely introduced in $13.7 million within the final three days. The DreamWorks Animation movie has now made $54.1 million so far in the US and Canada, and contemplating that it price $40 million to make earlier than publicity and promoting (per Deadline), it is not but in essentially the most comfy place financially talking. In international markets, it has made $11.9 million so far, bringing its worldwide field workplace whole to $66 million.
Within the seek for silver linings, it is noteworthy that the function remains to be doing higher than the final Dav Pilkey adaptation: David Soren’s Captain Underpants: The First Epic Film. By day 10 of being in theaters domestically, the 2017 film was sitting at $44.4 million (although its ticket gross sales solely dropped 49 p.c in its second weekend).
The place comparisons get much less pleasant is whenever you take a look at how the film is doing in comparison with Mike Mitchell’s Kung Fu Panda 4 and Chris Sanders’ The Wild Robotic – the 2 profitable DreamWorks Animation movies that got here out final 12 months. The previous clearly had the benefit being a part of a beloved franchise and was sitting at almost $108 million domestically by the tip of its second weekend, however the latter was sitting at $64.2 million within the fall after its tenth day in theaters.
It is unlikely issues will enhance for Canine Man in the remainder of February. The film won’t solely be competing with the broad attraction of the Marvel Cinematic Universe subsequent weekend with the arrival of Julius Onah’s Captain America: Courageous New World, however audiences too younger for the MCU will have the ability to go see Dougal Wilson’s Paddington In Peru. In brief, it might appear that the brand new launch’s hottest theatrical window is closed.
Coronary heart Eyes And Love Hurts Fail To Make An Impression At The Field Workplace
what’s even worse than a primary film with tough field workplace numbers? The truth that there are 9 different titles within the high 10 that managed to make even much less. On high of Canine Man taking a large drop in its second weekend, it was the one function that managed to earn eight figures – and that features a pair of latest vast releases in Josh Reuben’s Coronary heart Eyes and Jonathan Eusebio’s Love Hurts.
Whereas Captain America: Courageous New World is occupying Valentine’s Day weekend correct, the 2 romance-themed style releases tried to get in forward of the blockbuster by arriving every week earlier than the vacation, however the technique did not actually work out. Neither the horror function nor the motion film managed to fire up sufficient buzz to make a lot of a splash on the weekend field workplace.
Of the 2 titles, Coronary heart Eyes got here out on high by making a reported $8.5 million, which means it go off to a slower begin than Drew Hancock’s horror function Companion from final week (which made $9.3 million). Fortuitously, what the 2 titles have in frequent is that they each have been made with modest budgets – Selection reporting that it price $18 million. It is not in the end going to be seen as an enormous hit, making it unclear if it is going to find yourself getting a sequel as is custom within the slasher subgenre, however it is going to in all probability find yourself within the black by the point its theatrical run is full.
Love Hurts was made with the identical reported funds as Coronary heart Eyes, but it surely solely made $5.8 million, and it is future would not appear fairly as brilliant as its direct competitors. The motion movie sports activities two Academy Award profitable stars in its forged (specifically Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose), however critics have not been too variety to it – particularly pointing at the truth that its too acquainted in its “atypical man seems to be an elite ass-kicker plotting.”
Like Canine Man, neither of those titles is in a powerful place to showcase legs in the remainder of February (despite the fact that Coronary heart Eyes did get a good quantity of affection from critics and has constructive buzz going for it). The aforementioned new Marvel film is definitely going to outshine Love Hurts within the weeks forward, and there may be going to be a brand new alternative for blood and guts on the large display screen when Osgood Perkins’ upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Monkey arrives in theaters on February 21 (and you’ll learn my four-star evaluation to get hyped!).
Was this a foul weekend for the field workplace? Completely. However there are thrilling instances forward. Make sure you examine again right here on CinemaBlend subsequent Sunday to see how all the things pans out with Captain America: Courageous New World and Paddington In Peru, and to start out planning your entire personal upcoming cinematic adventures, take a look at our 2025 Film Launch Calendar.