In the past year, the stock has traded from $16.35, a 52-week low set in January, and $22.98, a level reached this month. Rise of the Guardians garnered just a $32.6 million debut, well shy of ...

As of 9:35 a.m. ET on Friday, the stock was down 10.8 percent at $19 after going as low as $18.51, below its previous 52-week low of $19.20 set at the end of July. It had closed at $21.31 on Thursday.

Shares in DreamWorks Animation fell more than $4 in early morning trading Wednesday after Piper Jaffray downgraded the toon studio's stock to "underweight" from "neutral." Company also set a ...