Dog Man is a unique character from the filmography of DreamWorks, with him doing something that none of the studio's other heroes have done.

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