Ever wonder where How to Train Your Dragon’s village of Berk gets the money it needs to repair its ever-breaking buildings? Turns out, they get it from the box office.
The film took first place for its second week in a row. This time, it took in $37 million domestically. In total, its worldwide cume comes to $358.2 million. Right now, that number makes it the lowest-performing film in the franchise (the next highest, the original How to Train Your Dragon, took in $494.9 million). But time will tell if the live-action adaptation will soar or crash and burn.
Second place goes to box office newcomer 28 Years Later. The zombie sequel bit and clawed its way to $30 million, both domestically and internationally. For those bad at math, that means its worldwide debut earned $60 million total.
And that brings us to Elio, which we’re rather tempted to start calling “Eli-low” to reflect its box office performance. Because under normal circumstances, earning third place with $21 million would be something to brag about. But that number looks rather small in Pixar’s eyes: It’s the lowest opening for any movie the company has ever released.
Lilo & Stitch ravaged another $9.7 million this week. That’s good enough for fourth, and it brings its worldwide gross to $910.3 million.
Rounding out the top five, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning brought in another $6.6 million domestically. Its running worldwide total sits at $540.9 million.
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