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Box Office Results: 'Split' Trounces 'Dog's Purpose' With $2. MLasse Hallstrom's A Dog's Purpose came in behind expectations over the weekend with a debut of $1. North American box office after being dogged by controversy over a leaked video showing a canine in distress on the set of the film. M. Night Shyamalan's sleeper hit Split fell a scant 3. The horror film easily stayed No. Blumhouse and Universal.

Amblin Entertainment and Walden Media partnered on A Dog's Purpose, with Universal handling distribution and marketing. The filmmakers and production companies, along with producer Gavin Polone, have said the video was highly edited and dispute allegations of abuse. While the pic's debut is a solid opening in terms of financials — it cost a net $2. TMZ, prompting calls of a boycott from PETA.

Box- office observers believe A Dog's Purpose, rated PG, was hurt by the video, noting that major markets including New York, San Francisco and Washington, D. C., under- indexed.

The film, appealing to pet lovers of all ages, earned an A Cinema. Score, fueling hopes for strong word of mouth. In terms of other animal- themed live- action movies, A Dog's Purpose opened not far behind 2. Eight Below ($2. 0. Dalmatians ($1. 9.

Dolphin Tale ($1. It opened ahead of 2. Snow Dogs ($1. 7. Hotel for Dogs ($1.

At the other end of the spectrum, box- office hit Marley and Me barked to a $3. Christmas 2. 00. 8. Overseas, it debuted to $5 million for a global launch of $2.

A number of films that scored top Oscar nominations on Tuesday saw a bump, led by best picture contenders Hidden Figures and La La Land, both of which passed the $1. North America over the weekend. Hidden Figures, from Fox 2. Chernin Entertainment, came in No.

Sony and Screen Gems' new entry Resident Evil: The Final Chapter followed at No. The sixth installment in the franchise expects to do the majority of its business overseas, where it won the weekend with $2. The Lionsgate musical earned $1. North American haul of $1. Overseas, it earned another $2. Highlights included a French launch of $3. Lionsgate. Among holdover territories, the U.

K. 1. 0 in its North American debut, Stephen Gaghan's Gold bombed with $3. Matthew Mc. Conaughey's career (that doesn't count 1.

My Boyfriend's Back, in which he played a minor role). Edgar Ramirez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell and Craig T.

Nelson co- star in Gold, which The Weinstein Co. Next weekend, the movie will be playing in 1,7.

Among other films landing a best picture nom, Manchester by the Sea (Amazon/Raodside) earned a pleasing $2 million from 1,1. Arrival (Paramount) with $1. Moonlight (A2. 4) with $1. Fences (Paramount) with $1. At the specialty box office, Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's Oscar nominated The Salesman scored the top location average of the weekend for any film when opening to $7.

The movie debuted in New York and Los Angeles just as the filmmaker said he wouldn't attend the Oscar ceremony because of President Donald Trump's travel ban.