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How To Train Your Dragon

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1750613501393Toothless_MasonThames.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="A scene from &quot;How To Train Your Dragon.&quot; Handout/Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A scene from &quot;How To Train Your Dragon.&quot; <em>Handout/Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation</em></span></span></span></div><p>LOS ANGELES -- &quot;How to Train Your Dragon,&quot; a live-action reboot of the popular 2010 animated film, set the North American box office ablaze again in its second week, industry estimates showed Sunday.</p><p>The family-friendly film from Universal and DreamWorks Animation tells the story of a Viking named Hiccup (Mason Thames) who strikes up a friendship with Toothless the dragon.</p><p>Its $37 million haul was enough to beat out Columbia Pictures&#x27; zombie sequel &quot;28 Years Later,&quot; which took in $30 million despite coming nearly two decades after the last release in the trilogy, &quot;28 Weeks Later.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This is an excellent opening for the third episode in a horror series,&quot; said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.</p><p>&quot;The weekend figure is above average for the genre, and pending final numbers it&#x27;s approximately three times the opening of the last episode.&quot;</p><p>Critics&#x27; reviews and audience ratings have been strong for the Danny Boyle-directed threequel, which picks up -- as the title suggests -- more than a generation after the initial outbreak of the Rage Virus.</p><p>&quot;The long layoff has had no negative impact; in fact, it&#x27;s given the sequel time to add a new younger age group to the audience,&quot; Gross added.</p><p>Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend was the poor performance of Pixar Animation&#x27;s &quot;Elio,&quot; which limped into third place with $21 million in ticket sales, on a $150 million budget.</p><p>Gross said that while the tally would be respectable for most animation studios, it was the lowliest theatrical debut in Pixar&#x27;s history -- despite excellent reviews.</p><p>Disney&#x27;s &quot;Lilo &amp; Stitch,&quot; another live-action remake, added $9.7 million in its fifth week, extending a triumphant run for the film about a Hawaiian girl (Maia Kealoha) and her blue alien friend (Chris Sanders).</p><p>The fourth-placed entry has now grossed a whopping $910 million worldwide, according to Exhibitor Relations.</p><p>In fifth place -- and also in its fifth week -- is &quot;Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning,&quot; the latest, and supposedly final, entry in the hugely successful Tom Cruise spy thriller franchise.</p><p>The Paramount film took $6.6 million in North America, pushing it to $540 million worldwide.</p><p>Rounding out the top 10 were:</p><p>&quot;Materialists&quot; ($5.8 million)</p><p>&quot;Ballerina&quot; ($4.5 million)</p><p>&quot;Karate Kid: Legends&quot; ($2.4 million)</p><p>&quot;Final Destination: Bloodlines&quot; ($1.9 million)</p><p>&quot;Kuberaa&quot; ($1.8 million)</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong></strong><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nQc25LRxDy4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>"How to Train Your Dragon," a live-action reboot of the popular 2010 animated film, set the North American box office ablaze again in its second week, industry estimates showed Sunday.</p>

"How to Train Your Dragon," a live-action reboot of the popular 2010 animated film, set the North American box office ablaze again in its second week, industry estimates showed Sunday.

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Published Jun 23, 2025 01:55 AM PHT

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