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‘The Bad Guys’ Steals the No. 1 Box Office Spot With a $25 Million Opening

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While that launch is nowhere near the opening for past DreamWorks films like “The Boss Baby” ($50 million) or “Trolls” ($46.5 million), “The Bad Guys” has a lower reported budget than those films at around $70 million.

The closest comparison from the DWA filmography would be the 2019 film “Abominable,” which opened to $20.6 million and grossed a modest profit $188.6 million worldwide against a $75 million budget. “The Bad Guys” could leg out and do the same, as families have embraced it with an A on CinemaScore and a 94% Rotten Tomatoes audience score to go with an 85% critics score.

The comedy about a group of animal thieves trying to leave behind their life of crime could serve as an alternative to Marvel’s upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for parents of younger kids looking for something less scary.

But this weekend’s other offerings, Focus’ “The Northman” and Lionsgate’s “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” may face a more difficult road theatrically. “The Northman” has opened in the No.

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