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Dog Man (film)

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Dog Man
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPeter Hastings
Screenplay byPeter Hastings
Based on
Dog Man
by Dav Pilkey
Produced byKaren Foster
Starring
CinematographyScott Cullen
Edited byHoppy Hopkins
Music byTom Howe
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • January 15, 2025 (2025-01-15) (Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez[1])
  • January 31, 2025 (2025-01-31) (United States)
Running time
89 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$40 million[3]
Box office$146.1 million[4][5]

Dog Man[a] is a 2025 American animated superhero comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and based on the children's graphic novel series by Dav Pilkey. A spin-off to Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), the film was written and directed by Peter Hastings, and stars the voices of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Lucas Hopkins Calderon, and Ricky Gervais, with Hastings providing vocal effects for Dog Man. The film follows the title character as he defends Ohkay City from Petey, a supervillain cat who inadvertently becomes the father of an infant clone, and later on, Petey joins forces with Dog Man and the others to defeat Flippy the Fish, a cybernetic butterflyfish with telekinesis.

DreamWorks Animation announced a film adaptation of Dog Man in December 2020, with Hastings set to write and direct after his experience with Pilkey's works from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018–2020). Karen Foster joined as a producer in January 2024, and the cast was announced that September.

Dog Man premiered at the 2025 Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez in Alpe d'Huez, France on January 15, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States on January 31 by Universal Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $146.1 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. A sequel is in development.[6]

Plot

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A villainous orange cat named Petey constantly terrorizes Ohkay City, with one of his schemes involving planting a bomb to destroy an abandoned warehouse. Famed cop Officer Knight and his dog Greg chase Petey down until they reach the warehouse to defuse the bomb, but Knight cuts the wrong wire and it explodes, killing Knight by head injury and paralyzing Greg's body. The surgeons save Greg by transplanting his head onto Knight's body, renaming him Dog Man. Dog Man inherits Knight's job and quickly becomes beloved for his repeated arrests of Petey who fired his assistant Butler. However, Petey's constant escapes angers the mayor, and she forces the Chief of Police to take Dog Man off the Petey case. Dog Man becomes lonely and depressed due to the loss of Knight and the abandonment of his girlfriend Alice, who sells their house. He takes a tennis ball he used to play with as his only memory of his former life and moves into a doghouse on the city outskirts.

Petey decides to clone himself to create an assistant just like him. However, the machine he purchases creates a newborn copy of him with no interest in evildoing, whom he calls Li'l Petey. Petey steals the corpse of an evil telekinetic fish named Flippy and plans to use Living Spray to resurrect him and defeat Dog Man, but Li'l Petey interferes. Petey decides to abandon him in a cardboard box in the middle of the city, where Dog Man finds and adopts him. The two begin to bond as they spend time together in Dog Man's home.

At his lair, Petey discovers a picture book drawn by Li'l Petey depicting both of them as a family, making him feel guilty for abandoning him. Learning from his former assistant that Li'l Petey was adopted by Dog Man, Petey uses his orb-shaped mech, 80-HD, to retrieve him. Upon realizing that Li'l Petey is missing, Dog Man, news reporter Sarah Hatoff, and her cameraman Seamus search for Li'l Petey to no avail. Meanwhile, Petey reveals to Li'l Petey that his abusive father abandoned him as a child. In an attempt to cheer him up, Li'l Petey uses 80-HD to bring Petey's father, called Grampa by Li'l Petey, to his lair. Grampa immediately starts berating Petey, revealing that he has not changed despite Li'l Petey's hopes.

Flippy is resurrected at the Living Spray factory after being mishandled by the factory employees, which also causes the factory itself to come to life. Having been reprogrammed by Petey to destroy all do-gooders, he targets Dog Man and his friends, before Flippy's programming makes him switch to kidnapping Li'l Petey. A remorseful Petey reluctantly teams up with Dog Man, Li'l Petey, and their friends fight an army of buildings affected by the Living Spray. Petey swaps out Li'l Petey inside 80-HD with himself. Realizing that his reviver is redeemed, Flippy decides to drop Petey into an active volcano to kill him, but Li'l Petey arrives and after Flippy explains his story, he shows him a comic book depicting them as friends, making him cry, redeeming him, and disabling his telekinetic powers, dropping Petey above the volcano. Dog Man uses his beloved tennis ball to knock Petey from falling in the lava, losing the ball in the process, and Flippy is arrested.

Petey is pardoned by the mayor, but refusing to be considered a do-gooder, he and Li'l Petey return to their lair to find that Grampa took everything except for Li'l Petey's books. After a talk with him, Petey decides to share custody of his son with Dog Man, and gives him a new ball. One of the living buildings returns to Dog Man's home and has a party with Dog Man and his friends.

Voice cast

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  • Peter Hastings as:
    • Dog Man/Greg, a Golden Retriever whose head is transplanted onto his owner Officer Knight's body following an accident. Keeping in line with the source material, Dog Man does not speak, although Hastings still provides his barks and expressions.[7]
    • Officer Knight, Dog Man's police officer owner whose body is given to Greg to become Dog Man following his death.
    • Harold Hutchins' House, a house brought to life by the living spray
  • Pete Davidson as Petey, a quick-witted and arrogant orange cat who is Dog Man's rival and the self-proclaimed "world's most evilest cat" until he redeems himself[8][9]
  • Lil Rel Howery as Chief, the irritable yet supportive police chief of the station Dog Man works at[8][9]
  • Isla Fisher as Sarah Hatoff, a news reporter[9]
  • Billy Boyd as Seamus, Sarah's cameraman[9]
  • Lucas Hopkins Calderon as Li'l Petey, a kind-hearted kitten clone of Petey and Dog Man's sidekick[7]
  • Ricky Gervais as Flippy the Fish, a cybernetic butterflyfish with telekinesis until Li'l Petey redeems him[9]
  • Stephen Root as Grampa, an elderly and grumpy orange cat who is Petey's neglectful father and Li'l Petey's grandfather[9]
  • Poppy Liu as Butler, a Zoomer-style girl who is Petey's former assistant[9]
  • Cheri Oteri as the Mayor of Ohkay City, who frequently berates Chief and Dog Man's police work[10]
  • Melissa Villaseñor as the realtor who sells Officer Knight's house[10]
  • Kate Micucci as Dippy, an unintelligent woman whom Petey tries to sell Li'l Petey to

George Beard and Harold Hutchins, the in-universe creators of Dog Man and Captain Underpants, make a brief appearance, with Kelly Stables providing the voice of the latter, who was previously voiced by Thomas Middleditch in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.[11]

Production

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On December 9, 2020, DreamWorks Animation (DWA) announced that a film based on the Captain Underpants spin-off graphic novel series Dog Man was in development, with Peter Hastings attached to write and direct after his experience with Dav Pilkey's works from The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018–20).[12] On January 29, 2024, following the release date announcement, DreamWorks announced that Karen Foster would serve as producer.[13] On September 17, 2024, with the release of the first trailer, Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, and Ricky Gervais were revealed to be part of the film's voice cast.[8][9]

Pilkey approved of the film on the condition that Hastings directed, originally wanting the film to be animated in stop motion. Instead, the film is a combination of traditional animation and computer animation.[14] Unlike Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)—which was animated by Mikros Image and Technicolor Animation Productions—the film's animation is handled by Jellyfish Pictures, who previously did the animation for DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019) and Spirit Untamed (2021), along with marketing custom animation for Trolls World Tour (2020) and providing additional production assets for The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021), The Bad Guys (2022), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024). Nate Wragg was the production designer.[15]

On October 6, 2023, the film was confirmed to be released in 2025, while it was also confirmed that Dog Man and Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie would be animated entirely at partner studios (excluding Sony Pictures Imageworks who was named as the animation partner for The Bad Guys 2).[16]

Music

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The album features an original score composed by Tom Howe and was released through Back Lot Music on January 31, 2025.[17]

Marketing

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In May 2024, Jakks Pacific and its costume division Disguise entered into a partnership with Dav Pilkey to make merchandise based on the Dog Man film along with the comic book series. A book featuring the art of the film was released on December 10, 2024, published by Abrams Books.[18] Universal's marketing campaign for the film began in September 2024 with a trailer on YouTube that accumulated 102 million views. Theatrical trailers were paired with screenings of Transformers One, The Wild Robot, Moana 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3. Television advertisements targeted families during the holidays (Thanksgiving and Christmas) during airings of the National Dog Show, holiday specials, New Year's Eve programming, show premieres and finales, and major sports events. The push extended to Amazon devices, Hulu, Peacock, and Hallmark. On January 20, Dog Man was integrated into the Food Network's Kids Baking Championship, with a film-themed baking challenge, sets, and custom animation. Social media analytics firm RelishMix reported that online marketing led to 246.6 million interactions across social media platforms, attracting both fans of the graphic novels and newcomers intrigued by the animation style.[19]

Release

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Theatrical

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Dog Man had its world premiere during the 2025 edition of the Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez in Alpe d'Huez, France, on January 15, 2025, and was released theatrically in the United States on January 31.[1][13] On January 24, 2025, a week before release, DreamWorks announced that the short film Little Lies and Alibis, a short connected to DWA's film The Bad Guys, would run before Dog Man in theaters; the film also serves as a promotional feature for DWA's following film, The Bad Guys 2, which released on August 1.[20]

Home media

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Dog Man was made available for purchase and rent on digital streaming services on February 18, 2025.[21][22] The film was released on April 1 on DVD and Blu-ray.[23] As part of a long-term deal with Netflix for Universal's animated films, the film began streaming on Peacock on May 30, 2025[24] and will move to Netflix for the next ten months, starting on September 30,[25] before returning to Peacock for the remaining four.[26][27]

Reception

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Box office

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Dog Man grossed $98 million in the United States and Canada, and $48.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $146.1 million.[4][5]

In the United States and Canada, Dog Man was released alongside Companion and Valiant One and was projected to gross $20–30 million from 3,800 theaters in its opening weekend, with some estimates going as high as $40 million.[3][28] It made $10.8 million on its first day, including an estimated $1.36 million from Thursday night previews. It debuted to $36 million, topping the box office. The opening was the second biggest for animated films released in January after DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016; $41.8 million) and the third consecutive box office-topping debut for DreamWorks after Kung Fu Panda 4 and The Wild Robot (both 2024). Exit polling indicated that 45% of attendees saw the film because it looked "fun" and "entertaining" and a third bought tickets because they were fans of the IP. Men accounted for 52% of the opening weekend audience, with those under 35 comprising 70% and premium large format screens contributing 22%.[19] During Super Bowl weekend, in which movies in the United States regularly perform below average, the film grossed $13.8 million, dropping a bigger-than-expected 61.6% while remaining atop the box office.[29][30] During its four-day third weekend, it made $13.4 million and finished in third place.[31][32] Dog Man dropped out of the box office top ten in its ninth weekend.[33]

Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 82% of 105 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "Realizing Dav Pilkey's canine creation with a frenzied energy that never lets up, Dog Man will delight kids while throwing their parents a bone."[34] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[35] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[19]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards June 21, 2025 Favorite Animated Movie Dog Man Nominated [36]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards November 19, 2025 Best Original Score in an Animated Film Tom Howe Won [37][38]
Annie Awards February 21, 2026 Best Voice Acting - Feature Lil Rey Howery Nominated [39]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Billed as DreamWorks Dog Man

References

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  1. 1 2 "Programme - Festival de l'Alpe de Huez" (in French). Archived from the original on January 15, 2025. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Dog Man (U)". British Board of Film Classification. December 24, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Rubin, Rebecca (January 29, 2025). "Box Office: Dog Man Chases $30 Million Opening Weekend, Sci-Fi Thriller Companion Targets $10 Million". Variety. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Dog Man – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved May 24, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Dog Man". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved September 9, 2026.
  6. ↑ "'Dog Man' Apparel, Cards and Calendars Coming to U.K. Market". License Global. June 18, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  7. 1 2 @Dreamworks (December 4, 2024). "RINGGG! 📞 This SUPA SQUAD answered the call! Watch this paw-some 🐾 cast ROOOMBA into theaters January 31! 🎟️🔥" (Tweet). Retrieved December 5, 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).[non-primary source needed]
  8. 1 2 3 Maison, Jordan (September 17, 2024). "Meet Dog Man in First Trailer for Animated Film". Cinelinx. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Weiss, Josh (September 17, 2024). "Dog Man: Captain Underpants Spinoff Starring Pete Davidson Fetches First Tail-Wagging Trailer". SYFY Official Site. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  10. 1 2 @peterhastings; (September 18, 2024). "Besides taking pictures, I've been writing and directing this movie for three years - comes out January 31. A shout out to my cast, friends old and new - Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Ricky Gervais, Luenell, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Laraine Newman, Melissa Villasenor, Cheri Oteri, Kate Micucci, Maggie Wheeler, Pearce Bunting, Max Koch, Rahnuma Panthaky, and more! Trailer on the YouTubes!!" – via Instagram. [non-primary source needed]
  11. ↑ Hood, Cooper (January 30, 2025). "Dog Man's Captain Underpants Cameos Explained". ScreenRant. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  12. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (December 9, 2020). "DreamWorks Developing Dav Pilkey's 'Dog Man' as Animated Feature". Animation Magazine.
  13. 1 2 Grobar, Matt (January 29, 2024). "'Dog Man' Movie Based On Books From 'Captain Underpants' Creator Set For 2025 Release From Universal And DWA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
  14. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (January 24, 2025). "How Dog Man Director Peter Hastings & Team Crafted Their Half-Dog, Half-Man Hero Tale". Animation Magazine. Retrieved May 17, 2026.
  15. ↑ Taylor, Drew (September 17, 2024). "'Dog Man' Director Explains the 'High-End Handmade' Visual Style of the 'Captain Underpants' Spinoff - Exclusive". TheWrap. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  16. ↑ Amidi, Amid (October 6, 2023). "Dreamworks Shifting Away From In-House Production In Los Angeles; Sony Imageworks Is A New Production Partner". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  17. ↑ Reporter, Film Music (October 1, 2024). "Tom Howe Scoring DreamWorks Animation's 'Dog Man'". Film Music Reporter. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  18. ↑ Foster, Elizabeth (May 14, 2024). "JAKKS Pacific Bites Into Upcoming Dog Man Movie From DreamWorks/Universal and Dav Pilkey's Global Bestselling Book Franchise for Toys and Costumes". Markets Insider. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  19. 1 2 3 D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 2, 2025). "The Dog Man Cometh With Second-Best January Debut For Animated Pic With $36M; Why Didn't Companion Find More Friends At Weekend Box Office? – Sunday AM Box Office Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
  20. ↑ "The Bad Guys: Little Lies and Alibis". January 24, 2025 – via YouTube.
  21. ↑ Rouse, Lauren (February 16, 2025). "Dog Man Movie Reveals Imminent Streaming Release Date". The Direct. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  22. ↑ Anne, Kenzie (February 16, 2025). "Dog Man VOD Release Date Revealed". Maxblizz. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  23. ↑ "Dog Man; Arrives On Digital February 18 & On Blu-ray & DVD April 1, 2025 From DreamWorks - Universal | Screen-Connections". screen-connections.com. February 17, 2025. Retrieved February 22, 2025.
  24. ↑ Grobar, Matt (April 30, 2025). "DreamWorks Animation's Dog Man Sets Peacock Premiere Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  25. ↑ Moore, Kasey (September 2, 2025). "DreamWorks Animations' Dog Man Sets Netflix Release Date After Peacock Stint in the US". What's on Netflix. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  26. ↑ Hayes, Dade (December 9, 2021). "NBCUniversal's New Theatrical Window Scheme To Bring Films To Peacock After As Few As 45 Days Of Release". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  27. ↑ Moon, Mariella (July 14, 2021). "Netflix extends exclusive rights to Universal's animated films in the US". Engadget. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  28. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 29, 2025). "Dog Man To Bark Louder Than Companion At Weekend Box Office With $20M+ – Preview". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  29. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 9, 2025). "No Box Office Touchdowns This Super Bowl Weekend: Dog Man Drops -62%; Few Falling In Love With Heart Eyes & Love Hurts – Sunday AM Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  30. ↑ "Domestic 2025 Weekend 6". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  31. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 16, 2025). "Disney Calls Captain America: Brave New World 4-Day At $100M Opening – Box Office Update". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
  32. ↑ "Domestic 2025 Weekend 7 | February 14–17, 2025 - Presidents' Day weekend (US)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  33. ↑ "Domestic 2025 Weekend 13". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  34. ↑ "Dog Man". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 15, 2026. Edit this at Wikidata
  35. ↑ "Dog Man". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  36. ↑ Denise Petski (May 15, 2025). "Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar & Selena Gomez Lead 2025 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Nominees; Tyla To Host". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  37. ↑ Pedersen, Erik (November 5, 2025). "'Wicked: For Good', 'Sinners' & 'F1' Lead Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  38. ↑ McGowan, Andrew (November 19, 2025). "'KPop Demon Hunters', 'Wicked', 'Sinners', and 'F1' Among Honorees at Hollywood Music in Media Awards". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  39. ↑ Lewis, Hilary (January 5, 2026). "2026 Annie Awards Nominations: 'Elio,' 'Kpop Demon Hunters' Lead Film Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 5, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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