‘How To Train Your Dragon’ roars to near-$200m global opening weekend

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Global box office revenue: June 13th-15th
Rank Film (distributor) 3rd (World) cume (world) 3 days (int’l) cume(int’l) territory
1 How to Train a Dragon (Universal) $197.8m $197.8m $114.1M $114.1M 82
2 Lilo & Stitch (Disney) $46.8 million $858.4m $31.3 million $492 million 53
3 Mission: Impossible – Final calculation (Paramount) $31.3 million $506.8m $21 million $340.5M 67
4 ballerina (Various) $22.9 million $91.5 million $13.5 million $49.7 million 85
5 Materialist (Sony) $15.5 million $15.5 million $3.5 million $3.5 million 12
6 Karate Kid: Legend (Sony) $8.5 million $90 million $3.5 million $45.8 million 58
7 Final Destination: Bloodline (Warner Bros.) $7.8 million $271.7m $3.9 million $141.1M 76
8 Phoenician Scheme (Universal) $4.5 million $26.9 million $1.4 million $14.1 million 58
9 Housefull 5 (Various) $4.5 million $27.1 million $4.2 million $25.9 million twenty three
10 Chuck’s Life (Various) $2.9 million $3.4 million $721,300 $937,000 12

Credit: comScore. All numbers are estimates.

“Dragon” fly

Update: Universal How to Train a Dragon Live action remakes surged at global box office this weekend, with a $196.6 million opening over the weekend.

This is the biggest opening weekend for a franchise with three previous animated titles.

Director Dean DeBrois directed three animation features. Dragon It won strong $113 million from international territories and $84.6 million from the US.

That $1.996.6 billion global total is the fourth largest opening of 2025. Minecraft movies, Lilo & Stitch and ne zha2. This is the seventh-largest opening ever for a live-action remake of the animation feature behind the Disney release The Lion King, beauty and the beast, Lilo & Stitch, Jungle Books, Alice in Wonderland and Aladdin.

Most territory recorded the biggest opening weekend Dragon Franchises (except preview) include Mexico, the UK and Ireland, Brazil, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Central America, Netherlands, Chile, Argentina and Australia.

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Mexico provided its biggest international contribution at $13.8 million, while the UK-Ireland recorded a strong $11 million of $11 million, including $3.3 million from the preview.

The film thriving in IMAX format for $16.1 million worldwide, with roughly evenly split between $8.1 million in North America and $8 million internationally. Of that international IMAX total, $1.6 million came from China. It was about 15% of the territory’s total of $11.1 million.

How to Train Dragon 2 2the second animated title currently earns the highest revenue in the franchise at $622 million. After this fast start, live action Dragon You need to be sure that the remake will go beyond that.

The film stars Mason Thames as Hiccup. Hiccup becomes friends with the Toothless, the Dragon of the Night, as the ancient threat Vikings and Dragon dangers on the Island of Burke.

“Materialists” make banks

Materialistthe second feature from Past life Director Celine Song scored a solid $15.5 million over the weekend at the global box office.

The total consisted of $3.5 million from the international market released by Sony in most regions and $12 million from the US release up to A24.

The film’s international start was 78% ahead of Luca Guadagnino. Challenger John Crowley’s 13% We live in time. There are major territories including France (July 2), Mexico, Brazil (July 31), South Korea (August 8), Spain (August 14), UK-Ireland (August 15), Germany (August 21), and Italy (September 4). Past life By the end of the run.

Materialist Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal star in the story of an ambitious New York matchmaker whose own aches, between a perfect match and her incomplete former partner, is torn apart.

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Big hit milestone

Despite being knocked out at the top spot in the cinemas for the fourth weekend, Disney’s Lilo & Stitch It recorded another strong session, raising $46.8 million to a total of $858.4 million as the second-highest growth release of 2025. Minecraft movies.

It adds $313.3 million from the international market and remains the first film in Japan, Hong Kong, Georgia, Lebanon and Oman.

The film is Mexico’s best Disney live-action title of all time, several small markets, and the first film of 2025 in all markets in France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Mexico and Latin America.

Paramount Mission: Impossible – Final calculationIt was released on May 21st. Lilo & Stitchreaching its own milestone, exceeding $500 million.

The Tom Cruise-led smash hit totaled $556.8 million, of which there was a global weekend of $330 million, of which $21 million came from the international market.

Japan provided strong holdovers for both titles Lilo & Stitch It’s going to drop just 18% there Final calculation It only fell by 19%.

“Ballerina” spin

John Wick franchise title ballerina It added $22.9 million in the second session, a 55% drop in soft opening last weekend.

Released by various distributors in the US and UK – Lionsgate in Ireland, and elsewhere, the film won $13.5 million in international markets this weekend and has an international CUME of $49.7 million as part of a global total of $91.5 million.

Anna de Armas stars as an assassin trained in the tradition of the Luzca-Roman organization, seeking revenge after her father’s death.

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“Chuck” finds life

Mike Flanagan’s fantasy drama Chuck’s Life It sneaked into the top 10 global box office revenues, and $721,300 came from the international market on a $2.9 million weekend worldwide.

Winners of the People’s Choice Awards at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival – often indicators of success for further awards, including the Oscars – films are distributed by neon in the US and by various distributors in the international region.

Opened markets include France through Noor films and independent films through Holland.

Based on the novel by Stephen King, the film depicts three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz, played by Tom Hiddleston.

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