Dog Man provided the first sign of life to the 2025 box office this weekend with an opening that now stands at $36M.

That’s the second biggest opening for a January animated title of all time after DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 ($41.8M) and it’s the third consecutive No. 1 debut for DWA after Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Wild Robot.

Tonight the nonprofit Sundance Institute awarded the prizes for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program at the Short Film Awards Ceremony & Party Presented by Vimeo. Filmmakers from across all 57 shorts selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival gathered at The Park in Park City, Utah, for a private event celebrating short-form storytelling.

This year’s event will take place March 7, 8, & 9 on the North Campus of Valdosta State University, with films from across the world with an emphasis on the art and industry growing here in the Southeast.

Georgia film industry professionals gathered in Park City, UT, over the weekend to discuss the state’s film future at Sundance.

Today at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, the nonprofit Sundance Institute, in partnership with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, presented the juried Feature Film Prize to Cristina Costantini for her work on SALLY.

Each year, producers gather at the Sundance Film Festival to celebrate and honor the producers within the independent filmmaking community. Today, at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival Producers Celebration presented by Amazon MGM Studios, held at The Park in Park City, Utah.