Behind the Screens4 Feb 2025

Dog Man, Companion, and Captain America pre-sales

Dog Man took a bite of the box office this weekend, beating expectations. We bring you all the insights into the box office and audience for both new releases Dog Man and Companion, plus join us for a look at pre-sales for the upcoming Captain America: Brave New World here on Behind the Screens.

Topics and times:

International Box office & Chinese New Year - 1:39
Reflecting on the Chinese movie industry - 4:06
Dog Man box office overview - 4:47
Dog Man audience analysis - 5:34
Marketing recommendations with Dog Man - 7:15
Companion box office overview - 9:01
Companion audience analysis - 9:54
Box office roundup - 12:38
Upcoming releases - 13:05
Captain America: Brave New World pre-sales analysis - 14:02
Next week - 14:43

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Box Office Overview:

The Chinese New Year box office in China this year is 27% ahead of 2024 with a total of $978m, led by Nezha 2 with $550m at time of recording. Nezha 2 is therefore on track to potentially become China’s biggest film of all time.
Dog Man led the US box office this past weekend with $36m for its debut, the 2nd-biggest January animated opening behind Kung Fu Panda. It took a further $6m internationally for a worldwide debut of $40m.
Companion came in second position with $9.65m from the domestic market and $5.5m from 61 international territories, totally a $15.2m worldwide debut.
Mufasa: The Lion King stayed strong with a drop of 28%, grossing an additional $6m.
One Of Them Days likewise saw a small drop of only 25%, grossing $6m.
And Flight Risk rounded out the top 5 with $5.2m, a drop of 52%.

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