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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1750009843183Toothless_MasonThames.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A scene from &quot;How To Train Your Dragon.&quot; Handout/Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation"/>A scene from &quot;How To Train Your Dragon.&quot; Handout/Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation</div>LOS ANGELES -- &quot;How to Train Your Dragon,&quot; a live-action reboot of a popular 2010 animated film, roared to the top of the North American box office with $83.7 million in weekend ticket sales, industry estimates showed Sunday.The family-friendly film from Universal and DreamWorks Animation tells the story of a friendship between a Viking named Hiccup (Mason Thames) and a dragon called Toothless.&quot;This is an excellent opening for a live-action animation remake, and it&#x27;s especially good for the fourth episode in a series like this,&quot; said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/showbiz/movies-series/2025/6/9/gerard-butler-brings-viking-spirit-to-live-action-how-to-train-your-dragon-1413">READ: Gerard Butler brings Viking spirit to live-action &#x27;How to Train Your Dragon&#x27;</a></div>Disney&#x27;s &quot;Lilo &amp; Stitch,&quot; another live-action remake, kept up its excellent summer returns with $15.5 million, Exhibitor Relations said.So far, the film about Hawaiian girl Lilo (Maia Kealoha) and her blue alien friend Stitch (Chris Sanders) has grossed nearly $860 million worldwide.Debuting in third place is A24&#x27;s &quot;Materialists,&quot; a sophisticated rom-com starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, at $12 million.&quot;It&#x27;s a grown-up story that&#x27;s well-timed as summer counter-programming,&quot; Gross said.&quot;Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning&quot; -- the latest, and ostensibly last, in the hugely successful Tom Cruise spy thriller series based on a 1960s TV show -- held its own in fourth place at $10.3 million.The Paramount film has now topped the $500 million mark worldwide.In fifth place was Lionsgate&#x27;s &quot;Ballerina,&quot; a &quot;John Wick&quot; spin-off starring Ana de Armas as a dancer turned contract killer, and co-starring Anjelica Huston. Keanu Reeves makes a brief appearance as the hitman Wick. It took in $9.4 million.Rounding out the top 10 were:&quot;Karate Kid: Legends&quot; ($5 million)&quot;Final Destination: Bloodlines&quot; ($3.9 million)&quot;The Phoenician Scheme&quot; ($3.1 million)&quot;The Life of Chuck&quot; ($2.1 million)&quot;Sinners&quot; ($1.5 million)<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

The family-friendly film from Universal and DreamWorks Animation tells the story of a friendship between a Viking named Hiccup (Mason Thames) and a dragon called Toothless.

The family-friendly film from Universal and DreamWorks Animation tells the story of a friendship between a Viking named Hiccup (Mason Thames) and a dragon called Toothless.

'How to Train Your Dragon' soars to top of N.America box office

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'How to Train Your Dragon' soars to top of N.America box office

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Published Jun 16, 2025 02:16 AM PHT

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