The live-action remake of DreamWorks Animation‘s How to Train Your Dragon opened to a series-best $83.7 million domestically and $197.8 million globally, according to Sunday estimates. That includes a huge international haul of $114.1 million from 81 markets. With rave exit scores from moviegoers — including an A CinemaScore and an almost-unheard-of 98 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes — the summer event pic is winning over both families andyounger single adults who grew up on the animated franchise.
Lilo & Stitch fell to second place domestically with an estimated $15.5 million from 3,675 cinemas, while earning another $31.1 million overseas as it flew past the $850 million mark worldwide.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, June 15, are as follows:
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How to Train Your Dragon | Universal | $83,700,000 | 4,356 | $19,215 | $83,700,000 | |
| 2 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney | $15,500,000 | 3,675 | $4,218 | $366,371,809 | -52% |
| 3 | Materialists | A24 | $12,000,423 | 2,844 | $4,220 | $12,000,423 | |
| 4 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Paramount | $10,300,000 | 2,942 | $3,501 | $166,316,000 | -31% |
| 5 | Ballerina | Lionsgate | $9,400,000 | 3,409 | $2,757 | $41,832,000 | -62% |
| 6 | Karate Kid: Legends | Sony | $5,000,000 | 3,008 | $1,662 | $44,153,000 | -42% |
| 7 | Final Destination Bloodlines | Warner Bros. | $3,900,000 | 2,138 | $1,824 | $130,648,000 | -40% |
| 8 | Phoenician Scheme, The | Focus Features | $3,050,000 | 1,731 | $1,762 | $12,777,000 | -51% |
| 9 | Life of Chuck, The | Neon Rated | $2,144,250 | 1,072 | $2,000 | $2,441,423 | 855% |
| 10 | Sinners | Warner Bros. | $1,470,000 | 951 | $1,546 | $275,484,000 | -48% |
| 11 | Bring Her Back | A24 | $1,415,578 | 1,250 | $1,132 | $17,654,275 | -60% |
| 12 | Thunderbolts* | Disney | $1,200,000 | 910 | $1,319 | $188,752,653 | -50% |
