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DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s family film Dog Man didn’t have any trouble staying atop the box office in its second weekend with an estimated $13.7 million from 3,886 theaters. That puts Dog Man‘s domestic total at a pleasing $54.1 million through Sunday — the pic cost a modest $40 million or so to produce — despite …

Mufasa: The Lion King continues to roar at the box office, where it tops a very slow weekend. In fact, it looks to be one of the slowest MLK weekends in years as Hollywood and theaters face another slowdown in product for the time being. Universal’s attempt at rebooting Wolf Man did not go …

Wicked and Gladiator II  combined for a phenomenal weekend at the pre-Thanksgiving box office, pulling in the best results in over a decade. Wicked came in at an estimated $114 million to top the domestic chart. While that’s behind Friday’s estimate of $120, it’s still a history-making number for a film based on a Broadway …

DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s family film The Wild Robot is charming reviewers and audiences alike. The great word of mouth propelled The Wild Robot to win the box office this weekend with an estimated $35 million. Wild Robot is based on Peter Brown’s beloved bestseller about a robot nicknamed ROZ who forms an unexpected …

 Twisters is whipping up huge winds at the box office, with forecasters predicting a far better than expected domestic opening of $80.5 million in North America. Twisters arrives 28 years after Twister, the envelope-pushing feature that broke ground for marrying visual effects with practical effects. Overseas the film is coming in slightly behind expectations. It took …

With an estimated five-day domestic opening of $122.6 million from 4,428 theaters, including a three-day weekend haul of $75 million after earning a stellar A CinemaScore, Despicable Me 4 dominated the Fourth of July box office, proving that Illumination and Universal’s Minions franchise is holding its own. The fourth film …

Universal’s The Fall Guy, the Ryan Gosling starrer inspired by the 1980s TV show starring Lee Majors, kicked off the summer movie season at No. 1 with $28.5 million. Disney’s rerelease of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace took the second spot pulling in $8 million for the slow weekend. Despite …

Kung Fu Panda 4 opened to a stellar $58.3 million domestically, well ahead of expectations and a near-series best in a win for the family marketplace, as well as for DreamWorks Animation and parent company Universal. The only other Kung Fu Panda installment to open higher was the first one in 2008 with $62 …

The Super Bowl sacked the domestic box office this weekend as revenue fell to historic lows due to the weekend-long frenzy over Sunday’s showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas, and an ongoing winter slowdown in major Hollywood studio titles. Matthew Vaughn‘s big budget bust, Argylle, placed No. 1 …

Matthew Vaughn‘s pricey spy comedy Argylle bombed at the North American box office in the biggest miss to date for Apple’s theatrical ambitions.  The movie opened to an estimated $18 million from 3,605 cinemas against a price tag of $200 million to $250 million, according to sources. The results weren’t much better overseas, where Argylleopened …