DreamWorks Animation's “Dog Man” fetched $36 million in ticket sales at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday, making it the biggest debut yet in 2025. It was a big opening for the Universal Pictures release adapted from the popular graphic novel series by author Dav Pilkey.

Universal/DreamWorks/Jellyfish Pictures’ “Dog Man” has given a bit of a boost to a sagging box office, earning a $36 million opening weekend from 3,885 theaters.

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.