Dog Man topped the domestic box office over the Jan. 31-Feb. 2 weekend, where it easily topped the chart with $35 million in another resounding win for family entertainment. The DreamWorks Animation and Universal spinoff of Captain Underpants brought in $40.2 million globally. In North America, it scored the second-biggest January start ever for an animated film behind DreamWorks Animation’s 2016’s Kung Fu Panda 3.
Dog Man follows a faithful police dog and his human police officer owner when they are injured together on the job. A harebrained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together and Dog Man is born, swearing to protect and serve — and to fetch, sit and roll over. The film has been given high marks by both critics and audiences.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, February 2, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Man | Universal | $36,000,000 | 3,885 | $9,266 | $36,000,000 | |
| 2 | Companion | Warner Bros. | $9,500,000 | 3,285 | $2,892 | $9,500,000 | |
| 3 | Mufasa: The Lion King | Disney | $6,113,000 | 3,180 | $1,922 | $229,510,210 | -29% |
| 4 | One of Them Days | Sony | $6,000,000 | 2,306 | $2,602 | $34,450,000 | -25% |
| 5 | Flight Risk | Lionsgate | $5,600,000 | 3,161 | $1,772 | $20,907,918 | -52% |
| 6 | Sonic The Hedgehog 3 | Paramount | $3,225,000 | 2,665 | $1,210 | $230,549,000 | -39% |
| 7 | Moana 2 | Disney | $2,836,000 | 2,200 | $1,289 | $453,894,948 | -32% |
| 8 | Complete Unknown, A | Searchlight | $2,164,000 | 1,515 | $1,428 | $66,691,601 | -30% |
| 9 | Brutalist, The | A24 | $1,865,690 | 1,612 | $1,157 | $12,116,310 | -30% |
| 10 | Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Lionsgate | $1,600,000 | 1,471 | $1,088 | $34,484,869 | -47% |
| 11 | Presence | Neon Rated | $1,340,000 | 1,739 | $771 | $5,883,377 | -60% |
| 12 | Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force | Well Go USA, Inc. | $1,300,207 | 200 | $6,501 | $1,300,207 |
