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Movie Monday: ‘Dog Man’ Wags to Another Win

Well, the Kansas City Chiefs didn’t manage to win a third straight Super Bowl. But in the world of movies, one film was able to celebrate a repeat.

Dog Man barked to a second straight box-office victory. Granted, the win was relatively, um, ruff as wins go: Dog Man lost more than 60% of its weekend-over-weekend audience and earned just an estimated $13.7 million in North America. Still, it was enough to stave off a couple of newcomers to dig up another win. Dog Man has now earned a modest $54 million during its domestic run, and $66 million worldwide.

The horror flick Heart Eyes stared down second place with an $8.5 million weekend. Overseas, it added … well, nothing. So that means it’s earned $8.5 million overall. (And who says I can’t do math?)

Speaking of math, if you flip the numbers “8” and “5” from Heart Eyes’ $8.5 million weekend, you’d get Love Hurts’ own weekend take. The widely-panned R-rated action flick collected $5.8 million in North America. Which proves that while love may hurt, nothing hurts more in the cinematic world than hostile indifference.

Mufasa: The Lion King continues to hang around the box office’s top five, clawing up another $3.9 million to add to its already substantial bankroll. Mufasa has now earned $235.2 million stateside and $671.1 million globally. That’s a lot of money, and I ain’t lion.

Companion closed out the top five with a $3 million weekend. I’d add another terrible pun here, but I’m afraid that Plugged In has capped the number of wordplay instances I’m allowed. Have a great week!

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Paul Asay

Paul Asay has been part of the Plugged In staff since 2007, watching and reviewing roughly 15 quintillion movies and television shows. He’s written for a number of other publications, too, including Time, The Washington Post and Christianity Today. The author of several books, Paul loves to find spirituality in unexpected places, including popular entertainment, and he loves all things superhero. His vices include James Bond films, Mountain Dew and terrible B-grade movies. He’s married, has two children and a neurotic dog, runs marathons on occasion and hopes to someday own his own tuxedo. Feel free to follow him on Twitter @AsayPaul.

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