{"id":338836,"date":"2025-06-23T02:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=338836"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:19:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:19:25","slug":"how-to-train-your-dragon-dominates-box-office-with-impressive-opening-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-train-your-dragon-dominates-box-office-with-impressive-opening-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Train Your Dragon Dominates Box Office with Impressive Opening Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This weekend at the box office, animations and horror flicks battled for supremacy, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/how-to-train-your-dragon-soars-to-over-200-million-in-live-action-debut\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"with DreamWorks' live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon coming out on top.\">with DreamWorks&#8217; live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon coming out on top.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The film debuted impressively with <\/strong>$83.7 million in the United States and <strong>$197.8 million globally.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite a 44% decline in its second weekend, with $37 million domestically and $90.5 million worldwide, it has maintained strong earnings, bringing its total to $160.4 million domestically and $358.1 million globally\u2014surpassing other major releases like Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and The Little Mermaid at similar points in their runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHow to Train Your Dragon\u201d retained the box office crown with $37 million in its sophomore frame. So far, the live-action remake has generated $160.4 million in North America and $358 million worldwide. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wAapXnPqTs\">https:\/\/t.co\/wAapXnPqTs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dWzm35lbeD\">pic.twitter.com\/dWzm35lbeD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Variety (@Variety) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1936867032072372261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pixar&#8217;s Elio suffers worst debut in the studio&#8217;s history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the horror genre, Danny Boyle&#8217;s 28 Years Later achieved the most successful opening of the acclaimed director&#8217;s career, securing $30 million in the U.S. and $60 million worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While this win is notable, it pales in comparison to the biggest horror premiere of the year, *Sinners*, which raked in $45.6 million in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018ELIO\u2019 had the worst box office opening for a Pixar film ever with $21M domestically.<br><br>Read our review: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sWEbQbysOC\">https:\/\/t.co\/sWEbQbysOC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/woftUZVS2n\">pic.twitter.com\/woftUZVS2n<\/a><\/p>&mdash; DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiscussingFilm\/status\/1936804719328170479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However,<strong> it was a disappointing weekend for Pixar&#8217;s latest offering, Elio, which opened to a mere $21 million domestically and $35 million globally<\/strong>, marking it as Pixar&#8217;s worst box office debut despite being released on 3,750 screens. This resulted in a disappointing per-theater average of only $5,600.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/lilo-stitch-dominates-the-box-office-in-the-us-while-one-of-the-most-anticipated-titles-of-the-year-sinks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lilo &amp; Stitch continues to draw audiences, sitting in fourth place with a total of $386.7 million domestically and $910.3 million globally\">Lilo &amp; Stitch continues to draw audiences, sitting in fourth place with a total of $386.7 million domestically and $910.3 million globally<\/a>, promising a likely billion-dollar milestone ahead. The tight race for box office dominance heads into next weekend with two strong contenders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F1: The Movie, featuring Brad Pitt, and M3GAN 2.0, the much-anticipated sequel to the AI horror hit. Rumors can suggest that either could potentially dethrone How to Train Your Dragon from its current leading position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend at the box office, animations and horror flicks battled for supremacy, with DreamWorks&#8217; live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon coming out on top. The film debuted impressively with $83.7 million in the United States and $197.8 million globally. Despite a 44% decline in its second weekend, with $37 million domestically and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/how-to-train-your-dragon-dominates-box-office-with-impressive-opening-weekend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Train Your Dragon Dominates Box Office with Impressive Opening Weekend&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":306799,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1827],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6998],"class_list":["post-338836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-streaming","content-category-videos-en-linea"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338838,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338836\/revisions\/338838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338836"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=338836"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=338836"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=338836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}