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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I don’t think Elio should have come out so soon after the How to Train Your Dragon live-action version. I saw a fair bit of marketing for the movie, but not an extremely high amount (Inside Out 2 was marketed well and timed well), and what little I saw seemed rather straightforward, considering that this is a new IP.
The only movie I’d want to see in the theater right now is The Life of Chuck, but unfortunately it’s not playing anywhere near me so I’m out of luck. Hopefully Freakier Friday, The Running Man, Avatar and Spongebob will play closer to me.