Universal/DreamWorks/Jellyfish Pictures’ “Dog Man” is helping ease theaters through a slow period at the box office, earning $10 million on its opening day as it is now projected for a $35 million opening at the box office.
Prior to release, projections for the animated adaptation of Dav Pikey’s graphic novels topped out at $27 million. But the appetite for family films that turned Disney’s “Mufasa” and Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” into holiday hits remains strong, and so is audience reception for “Dog Man” with an A on CinemaScore and an early 89% on the Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter.
Primarily animated by the UK-based Jellyfish Pictures, “Dog Man” carries a reported budget of just $40 million.