- How to Train Your Dragon (review)- $83.7M
Dreamworks and Universal’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon, officially elbowed its way into Disney territory. The film opened huge with $83.7M domestic and $197M worldwide. The film, a nearly shot-for-shot remake of the 2010 original, and directed by the same filmmaker, Dean DeBlois, is the third best opening ever for Dreamworks Animation behind a pair of Shrek movies. Reviews were strong all around, too, with critics giving it a 77% RT score and audiences at 98%.
2. Lilo & Stitch– $15.5M/$366.3M
3. Materialists (review)- $12M
The powerhouse trio of A-listers Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, and Pedro Pascal drove Celine Song’s rom-com Materialists to $12M, a successful bit of counterprogramming by A24. The film, a love triangle set in the world of romantic matchmaking, was A24 ‘s biggest debut of the year.
4.Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning– $10.3M/$166.3M
5. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina– $9.4M/$41.8M
6. Karate Kid: Legends– $5M/$44.1M
7. Final Destination Bloodlines– $3.9M/$130.6M
8. The Phoenician Scheme– $3M/$12.8M
9. The Life of Chuck (review)- $2.1M/$2.4M
After a solid debut in platform release last week, The Life of Chuck leaped into the top 10 with $2.1M and an 854% increase. The Stephen King adaptation from Doctor Sleep director Mike Flanagan is led by Tom Hiddleston in a crowd-pleasing performance that won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, usually an indicator of an awards season contender.
10. Sinners– $1.4M/$275.4M
