Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s “The Bad Guys” made off with the No.1 spot at the box office this weekend, earning 8 million on opening day for an estimated 25 million opening from 4,009 theaters, and beating box office projections for a poor opening in the mid-teens.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.
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