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.
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.
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.
Rounding out the top 10 were Karate Kid: Legends with $5 million, followed by Final Destination: Bloodlines at $3.9 million, The Phoenician Scheme with $3.1 million, The Life of Chuck earning $2.1 million, and Sinners closing the list at $1.5 million. AFP
