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.

For the first time in 2025, the box office is going to have some sort of pulse as Universal’s DreamWorks Animation title Dog Man is set to send families back into theaters after 2024’s holiday Mufasa-Wicked juggernaut with an opening in excess of $20 million-plus.

DOG MAN, a movie from the world of CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, is expected to make $25-$30 million over the weekend. Booked at 3,800 theaters, some estimators even venture it could get as much as $40 million. CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE opened to $23.8 million and ended with $125 million globally, per Variety.

The Jack Quaid horror movie Companion and the DreamWorks animated feature Dog Man open on the same weekend, but which could debut at No. 1?

Universal/DreamWorks Animation’s feature take of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man bit $1.36M in previews yesterday which comps to DWA’s previews for The Bad Guys ($1.15M) and Trolls Band Together ($1.3M), those movies respectively opening to $23.