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.

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.

Dog Man packed the families into theaters this weekend, and easily won the weekend box office over the rest of the field.

A s has become common in the last 13 years, it took a superhero movie to save the domestic box office from its financial doldrums. However, this time around, it wasn't a Marvel or