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?

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,” 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. Universal and DreamWorks Animation’s canine-crime-fighting film is expected to collect $25 million to $30 million from 3,