Channing Tatum will be starring in a 2022 comedy titled DOG.
The story follows Army Ranger Briggs (Tatum) as he takes a pup named Lulu on a trip down the Pacific Coast in attempts to make a soldiers funeral in time. The soldier just so happens to be Lulu's handler and Brigg's best friend. Along the way Lulu and Briggs find adventure and a "fighting chance of finding happiness" in both of their lives.
Lulu is a Belgian Malinois pup.
The film is set to release February 18th, 2022. Channing Tatum also directed and produced this film.
UPDATE: As of May 24, 2022, Dog has grossed $61.8million in the United States and Canada, and $18.2million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $80million. Thus, It was also a box office success, grossing $80 million worldwide against a $15 million budget.
"The film was inspired by a real road trip director Channing Tatum took with his dying dog, a pitbull mix also named Lulu, after she was diagnosed with cancer in 2018. Tatum told Yahoo! News, "When I went on my last road trip with my puppy, [I experienced] that feeling of, 'There's nothing I can do. There's nothing left to do. You just have to accept it and be thankful for the time that you did get and know that they're not supposed to be here forever. I'm supposed to go on and she has to go someplace else."
Tatum's dog passed away on December 19, 2018,[6] and the film is dedicated to her memory. On November 5, 2019, Tatum and Reid Carolin were announced as the directors, both to be making their directorial debuts, from a script Carolin wrote with Brett Rodriguez. Tatum and Carolin would also produce, alongside Peter Kiernan and Gregory Jacobs through Free Association. On March 2, 2020, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired North American distribution rights to the film.
In addition to co-directing the film, Tatum also stars in the lead role. In December 2020, Q'orianka Kilcher was added to the cast. On November 15, 2019, filming was announced set to start in the middle of 2020. It filmed in Valencia and Lancaster, California, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. WALL-E composer Thomas Newman composed the score for Dog.
In the United States and Canada, Dog was released alongside Uncharted and The Cursed, and was projected to gross $6–11 million from 3,677 theaters in its opening weekend, and $7.5–14 million over the four-day Presidents' Day holiday frame.
The film earned $5 million on its first day, including $1.26 million from Valentine's Day (February 14) and Thursday night previews. Its opening surpassed projections, grossing $14.9 million in three days and $17.4 million for the four day weekend, finishing second at the box office behind Uncharted.
Overall audiences during its opening were 54% female, 73% above the age of 25, 53% above 35, and 37% above 45. The film grossed $10.2 million in its second weekend, remaining in second place behind Uncharted. It later made $6.1 million in its third, $5.2 million in its fourth, $4 million in its fifth, $2.1 million in its sixth, $1.3 million in its seventh, and $514,606 in its eighth. The film dropped out of the box office top ten in its ninth weekend, finishing twelfth with $143,811." SOURCE
The trailer can be watched HERE
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