{"id":31645,"date":"2022-08-01T00:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T00:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dc-league-of-super-pets-1-but-its-a-box-office-disappointment\/"},"modified":"2022-08-01T00:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T00:18:04","slug":"dc-league-of-super-pets-1-but-its-a-box-office-disappointment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dc-league-of-super-pets-1-but-its-a-box-office-disappointment\/","title":{"rendered":"DC League of Super-Pets #1 but It’s a Box Office Disappointment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Audiences rushed to see “Minions: The Rise of Gru” in theaters; for the canine companions of Superman and Batman, they seem more inclined to wait at home.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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July 2022 was the best month for theaters since 2019, but it ends on a weak note: For the first time since May (just before Paramount opened \u201cTop Gun: Maverick), grosses for all films will total under $100 million. This particular fallow patch won’t last long with \u201cBullet Train\u201d (Sony) starring Brad Pitt opening next Friday; it could open to $40 million or higher. After that, theaters may have to wait for October for another significant performer when Warner Bros. opens \u201cBlack Adam\u201d starring Dwayne Johnson.<\/p>\n

That’s assuming it doesn’t underwhelm like some DC Comics adaptations, like this weekend’s animated \u201cDC League of Super-Pets\u201d (Warners). It’s #1 this weekend, but with a less-than-stellar $23 million. By comparison, that’s less than a quarter of the opening gross for \u201cMinions: The Rise of Gru;\u201d another animated Universal title, last spring’s \u201cThe Bad Guys,\u201d cost $90 million less and opened to $1 million more.<\/p>\n

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Animated superheroes can be gold mines \u2014 \u201cSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse\u201d (Sony) had a domestic total of $190 million \u2014 but animation has been uneven all summer. \u201cLightyear\u201d (Disney) was a real disappointment as a Pixar-brand film. \u201cPaws of Fury: The Legend of Frank\u201d (Paramount) did less than $4 million to open last weekend, and didn’t even make the Top 10 this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cGru,\u201d with another $10 million this weekend at #4, is headed to more than $350 million \u2014 better than \u201cThor: Love and Thunder.\u201d \u201cSonic the Hedgehog 2\u201d (Paramount) took in $190 million. Still, moviegoers are clearly becoming more selective with VOD and streaming as near-term options.<\/p>\n

Ticket sales totaled $96 million, 59 percent of the same 2019 weekend. That lowers the ongoing four-week comparison to 2019 to 85 percent, but it’s very unlikely to maintain that performance over the next two months.<\/p>\n