'How to Train Your Dragon' soars to top of N.America box office
Published: 03:06 PM,Jun 16,2025 | EDITED : 07:06 PM,Jun 16,2025
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'How to Train Your Dragon,' 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.
'This is an excellent opening for a live-action animation remake, and it's especially good for the fourth episode in a series like this,' said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch,' 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's 'Materialists,' a sophisticated rom-com starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, at $12 million.
'It's a grown-up story that's well-timed as summer counter-programming,' Gross said.
'Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning' -- 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's 'Ballerina,' a 'John Wick' 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. —AFP
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.
'This is an excellent opening for a live-action animation remake, and it's especially good for the fourth episode in a series like this,' said David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research.
Disney's 'Lilo & Stitch,' 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's 'Materialists,' a sophisticated rom-com starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, at $12 million.
'It's a grown-up story that's well-timed as summer counter-programming,' Gross said.
'Mission: Impossible -- The Final Reckoning' -- 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's 'Ballerina,' a 'John Wick' 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. —AFP