LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — While it was a close run, Universal and DreamWorks animated’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World topped the weekend box office, both in North America and worldwide.
The third and maybe final installment in the Dragon trilogy added $30m from domestic theaters and $82m worldwide over the course of the weekend. The weekend’s take helped Dragon to close in on the $400m mark.
In North America, Dragon fended off a challenge from the Lionsgate distributed newcomer Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral, which debuted to a $27m opening weekend.
Worldwide, the sci-fi comic book adaption Alita: Battle Angel crossed the $350 million global box office threshold, generating $7m in North America, and $47m worldwide.
The top 12 worldwide weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 3, are below.
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Universal – $82.0M
Alita: Battle Angel – 20th Century Fox – $47.4M
Green Book – Lionsgate – $36.6M
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral – Multiple – $27.1M
Wandering Earth, The – Multiple – $14.9M
Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, The – Warner Bros. – $12.7M
Happy Death Day 2U – Universal – $8.7M
Cold Pursuit – Multiple – $7.5M
Fighting With My Family – Multiple – $7.0M
Escape Room – Sony – $6.3M
Resistance: The Yoo Kwan-soon Story – Lotte Entertainment – $5.2M
Greta – Universal – $5.0M
The top 12 domestic weekend box office estimates, listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, March 3, are below.
How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World – Universal – $30.0M
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral – Lionsgate – $27.1M
Alita: Battle Angel – 20th Century Fox – $7.0M
Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, The – Warner Bros. – $6.6M
Green Book – Universal – $4.7M
Fighting With My Family – MGM – $4.7M
Isn’t It Romantic – Warner Bros. – $4.6M
Greta – Focus Features – $4.6M
What Men Want – Paramount – $2.7M
Happy Death Day 2U – Universal – $2.5M
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse – Sony – $2.1M
Upside, The – STX Entertainment – $2.1M
