‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Edges ‘Nope’ With $22.5 Million Box Office Opening
thewrap.comPrior to release, the animated superhero film starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart had been projected for a $25-30 million opening, just below the $31 million earned by Warner Bros.’ 2021 animated film “Space Jam: A New Legacy.” Instead, “Super-Pets” is opening just below the $23.9 million opening recorded by Universal/DreamWorks’ “The Bad Guys” earlier this year. “The Bad Guys” went on gross $96.6 million domestic and $245 million worldwide against a $70 million budget.
With an A- CinemaScore and Rotten Tomatoes scores of 71% critics and 88% audience, “DC League of Super-Pets” may have a chance to turn a profit against its $90 million budget.
But it will need to leg out during the usually sluggish August period and get some strong numbers from overseas markets. In second this weekend is Universal/Monkeypaw’s “Nope,” which as expected has taken a stiff drop of 57% in its second weekend to $19 million.
With an $81 million estimated domestic total after 10 days, “Nope” is still just ahead of the $78 million grossed in the first two weekends of Jordan Peele’s debut film “Get Out,” but that will change as “Nope” isn’t showing the same kind of legs.
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