Must Love ‘Dog’: Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin on How They Proved an Original Indie Movie Can Still Succeed in Theaters

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Ramin Setoodeh Executive EditorWhen Channing Tatum was promoting his latest movie “Dog,” he got the same question over and over again: Does the title character survive through the end credits?“People were saying I will not see this movie unless I know the dog lives,” Tatum says, laughing. “‘Marley and Me’ scarred everyone so hard.

Everyone has PTSD from it. They will not see a dog movie unless they know for certain that thing doesn’t die.”Tatum wasn’t initially sure if he should reveal the outcome of the film — which opened last month, in which he stars and co-directed with his producing partner Reid Carolin — about a U.S.

Army Ranger who takes a road trip with a Belgian Malinois. “I was so vehemently against telling people the end of my movie, but apparently it works,” he says. “I think I’m going to tell everyone the end of my movies now.” As the omicron variant swept through the country earlier this year, casting doubt over whether audiences would return to the movies, “Dog” has been one of 2022’s biggest indie success stories.

The film, which cost about $15 million to make in the early days of the pandemic, has so far grossed $54.5 million at the domestic box office in five weeks.