Dog Man,” an animated adventure set in the “Captain Underpants” universe, opened in first place at the domestic box office.

Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s new movie has made $1.36 million at the box office in Thursday previews. It’s expected to make between $25 million to $30 million, though some predictions are as high as $40 million due to the demand for family fare.

DreamWorks Animation's “Dog Man” fetched $36 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office, making it the biggest debut yet in 2025.

Fourth place went to “One of Them Days,” which made $6 million in its third weekend, followed by “Flight Risk,” which slipped to fifth place with $5.6 million, one week after opening in first place.

Dog Man”—starring the voices of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery and Ricky Gervais—is scurrying to a No. 1 debut at this weekend’s box office.

Without the same level of brand recognition, Dog Man couldn't quite put up opening weekend numbers that matched with Mike Mitchell's Kung Fu Panda 4 (which was Dreamworks Animation's biggest hit in 2024), but the new title has basically matched the performance of Chris Sanders' The Wild Robot from last fall, and that puts it on very good footing.

In North America, it scored the second-biggest January start ever for an animated film behind DreamWorks Animation’s 2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3 ($41.28 million), not adjusted for inflation. Directed by Peter Hastings — who also voices the hybrid Dog Man — the PG-rated film’s cast also includes Pete Davidson,

Family movies last year buoyed the box office, with PG-rated films accounting for $2.9 billion, or 33% of all ticket revenue, according to data firm Comscore. So far, they’re li