“Dog Man,” the new animated comedy from Dav Piley’s “Captain Underpants” kids’ novel universe, is proving to be a very good dog indeed, opening by selling some $13 million more worth of (higher priced tickets) than “Underpants” did eight years back.

Its audience is very young — 6 and unders. But parents, starved for something other than “Mufasa” or “Moana 2” to justify getting the tykes out of the house, are making this a hit.

Box Office Mojo said it tallied $35 million on its opening weekend, thanks to a middling Thursday night but strong Friday. Deadline.com, which always underestimates animated films for kids, had it coming in at $33. Then $35.

Not a lot of reviews for this one, as lower budget, less ambitious animated comedies like this and the more cynical “Paw Patrol,” “D.C.’s Superpets” etc aren’t critic reliant.

The horror audience is showing up — some of it anyway — for the AI robotic girlfriend who kills thriller “Companion,” which is on track to pull in over just $9.5 million this weekend, thanks to modest Thursday night and unembarassing Friday ticket sales. Enthusiastic reviews (from some, not all) didn’t help much. Let’s see if Sophie Thatcher’s a draw on through next week.

“Valiant One,” the other new wide release, has less cachet and even fewer “names” in the cast, did not crack the top ten with a $700k take. I think the teens sitting behind me at the Thursday night screening I caught had the pithiest review of this eye-roller of a combat film. “That was some B-S, man,” one blurted as the credits rolled. Yes Timmy, it certainly was.

The fading, indifferently-plotted “Mufasa” cleared $6.1 on its umpteenth weekend of release. It is on track to roll past “Sonic 3” next week, at long last catching its Christmas Week release rival.

Fourth is the audience-holding Keke Palmer/SZA comedy “One of Them Days,” which should pull in another $6 million. It’ll clear the $33 million mark by weekend’s end, and should wind up its run with a respectable $45-50 million in the bank.

And the Mel Gibson-directed/Mark Wahlberg/Michelle Dockery/Topher Grace thriller “Flight Risk” slides all the way to fifth with a $5 million take on its second weekend. It will clear the $20 million mark Sunday or Monday. Not really a hit, but not a red ink bloodbath either, which considering the movie’s not all that, is about all they could hope for.

“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Moana 2” finally fall out of the top five. A handful of Oscar contenders pepper the ranks of the top 20, if not the top ten. With T. Chalamet singing on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, “A Complete Unknown” could get a bounce. “The Brutalist,” “Nosferatu” and “Nickel Boys” are playing at a theater (relatively) near you. And me.

I wonder if the Reese Witherspoon/Will Ferrell comedy “You’re Cordially Invited” could have made a mark at the box office, had it gone to theaters as originally planned instead of Amazon Prime? They’re older stars, but its about a Gen Z wedding, even if there are a few generational shots — and complaints — addressed in it. Not great, but there are laughs.

I’ll update this running tally as more data comes in Sat. and Sunday.