DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 11, 2025--
EFG Companies has yet again been named aDallas Morning News Top Workplaces, reinforcing its position as a leading employer in the North Texas area. In addition, the company was named a finalist for aNorth Texas Better Business Bureau ® (BBB) Torch Award for Ethics, showcasing its commitment to ethical business practices. For more information, visit https://bit.ly/43TWJci
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“It is a tremendous honor to be included as a 2025 Top Workplace and a finalist for the notable BBB Torch Award,” said Jennifer Rappaport, CEO of EFG Companies. “Both distinctions reflect our culture of empowerment that fanatically strives for excellence. Both recognitions are employee-driven and truly speak to the expert team at EFG that comes to work every day, engaging intensely to drive profitable results for our clients and a positive experience for our contract holders.”
These new accolades add to the numerous honors received by EFG Companies. 2025 marks the eleventh consecutive year that the company has been recognized with multiple awards for national excellence. EFG has now received 15 Gold Stevies ® from the American Business Awards, the company has been a BBB-accredited business since 2009, and has maintained an A+ BBB rating, and EFG was just awarded platinum and gold Titan awards, recognizing the company’s dedication to delivering profits for its clients. These awards reflect the company’s dedication to setting a high bar in the consumer protection product industry for client engagement and overall customer experience.
These awards also reflect the remarkable business expansion success EFG has achieved in 2025, breaking year-over-year historical records for growth. Combined, these honors underscore that EFG’s people, principles, and performance are driving a new standard of success for the organization.
The Dallas Morning News, in partnership with Medium Giant, collaborates with Energage, LLC, an independent research firm, to conduct the annual Top Workplaces DFW survey. This survey assesses workplace culture through key areas such as alignment, connection, leadership, and engagement.
The BBB Torch Awards for Ethics honor companies that lead with integrity, trust, and a people-first mindset. These awards celebrate marketplace role models who set the standard for doing business the right way. Since 2000, the BBB has honored businesses of all sizes that meet the highest standard of ethics and trust among their employees, customers, and local communities – embodying BBB's mission to advance marketplace trust.
About EFG Companies
For nearly 50 years, EFG Companies has provided consumer protection programs for vehicles and residences across seven market channels. The company’s strategic intent is to build sustainable market differentiation and profitability for its clients and partners, including dealers, lenders, manufacturers, independent marketers, and agents. EFG’s award-winning engagement model is built upon the belief that the company serves as an extension of its clients’ management teams, providing ongoing F&I development, training, product development, compliance, and nationally recognized product administration with an ASE-certified claims team. Learn more about EFG at: www.efgcompanies.com
EFG Companies has been named to the 2025 Dallas Morning News Top Workplaces list, reinforcing its position as a leading employer in the N. Texas area.
In a box office battle of the sequels, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had the slight edge over “Mortal Kombat II” in North American theaters this weekend. According to studio estimates Sunday, “The Devil Wears Prada 2” earned a chart topping $43 million in its second weekend, while “Mortal Kombat II” took in $40 million in its first.
This weekend had wide variety of newcomers playing in wide release, including the family-friendly whodunnit “The Sheep Detectives” and a James Cameron co-directed Billie Eilish concert film.
But it was the holdover that triumphed. “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” which has grossed $433.2 million worldwide in its first 12 days in release, helped push The Walt Disney Studios over $2 billion globally for the year. It’s also surpassed the total grosses of the first film, which earned $327 million globally in 2006, not accounting for inflation.
Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Comscore, said Mother's Day might have helped “Prada” get the advantage over the newcomer and have such a modest 44% dip in weekend two.
“The release date was perfect,” Dergarabedian said. “This may be the new blueprint for how to start a summer."
“Mortal Kombat II” provided some gendered counterprogramming in the second weekend of Hollywood's summer movie season. Warner Bros. opened the movie in 3,503 locations where it drew a heavily male audience. According to PostTrak, 75% of the ticket buyers were men. “The Devil Wears Prada 2” had almost the exact opposite gender breakdown on its first weekend.
The first movie in this series, “Mortal Kombat,” was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max in April 2021 as a part of Warner Bros.’ pandemic-era day-and-date strategy. Reviews have been mixed for the sequel, as was its B CinemaScore. It also earned $23 million from 78 markets internationally, adding up to a $63 million global debut.
“Michael” landed in third place in its third weekend with another $36.5 million over the weekend, down only 33% from last weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic has now earned $240.5 million in North America, surpassing the total domestic grosses of “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and $577.4 million globally.
Fourth place went to Amazon MGM Studios' “The Sheep Detectives” which brought in $15.9 million in its first weekend in 3,457 theaters. The quirky, all-ages murder mystery features a starry ensemble including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson and Nicholas Braun, as well as the voices of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, Regina Hall and Patrick Stewart as the sheep who try to figure out who murdered their shepherd. Audiences gave it an A- CinemaScore. The movie cost a reported $75 million to produce.
Rounding out the top five was “Billie Eilish—Hit Me Hard & Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” an immersive concert experience which Cameron shared co-directing credits on with Eilish. Paramount released the movie in 2,613 theaters, where it earned $7.5 million in North America and $12.6 million internationally. The movie was very well reviewed by critics (93% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audiences, who gave it an A CinemaScore.
“Project Hail Mary,” in its eighth weekend, and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” in its sixth weekend, are still going strong as well — adding up to a weekend that is up significantly from the same weekend last year. Dergarabedian said the films that seem to be doing well and drawing new and repeat audiences week after week are the ones offering “pure, escapist entertainment.”
“This is playing out very well for movie theaters right now,” he said.
With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Comscore:
1. “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” $43 million.
2. “Mortal Kombat II,” $40 million.
3. “Michael,” $36.5 million.
4. “The Sheep Detectives,” $15.9 million.
5. “Billie Eilish—Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour,” $7.5 million.
6. “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” $6.6 million.
7. “Project Hail Mary,”$6.1 million.
8. “Hokum,” $3.3 million.
9. “Deep Water,” $780,274.
10. “Animal Farm,” $663,624.
James Cameron, left, and Billie Eilish pose for photographers upon arrival a the screening of the film 'Hit me Hard and Soft: The Tour' on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
Martyn Ford, from left, Tati Gabrielle, Adeline Rudolph, Lewis Tan and Mehcad Brooks pose for photographers upon arrival at the European Fan Event of the film 'Mortal Kombat II' on Thursday, April 30, 2026, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)
