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Box Office: ‘Dog Man’ Chases $30 Million Opening Weekend, Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Companion’ Targets $10 Million


"Dog Man," an animated adventure, will sniff and scratch its way to the top of box office charts over the weekend.

“ Dog Man,” an animated adventure set in the “Captain Underpants” universe, will sniff and scratch its way to the top of box office charts over the weekend. Some box office prognosticators believe that with great buzz and pent-up demand for family offerings, initial ticket sales could reach as high as $40 million. Based on “Captain Underpants” author Dav Pilkey’s children’s graphic novel series, the $40 million-budgeted film follows a human police officer and his faithful dog, who are fused together in a life-saving surgery after they’re injured on the job.

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