‘How to Train Your Dragon’ tops the U.S. box office as ‘Elio’ marks a new low for Pixar

New York – Pixar or Zombie was not caffeine to drop “how to train your dragon” from the No. 1 aperture in the box office offices in North America during the weekend. The new The Universal Pictures Live-Action has been the best movie, with $ 37 million in ticket sales on the weekend, despite the big new versions of “Elio” and “28 years”. , According to Sunday studio estimates. “How to Train your dragon” raised at a speed of $ 358.2 million worldwide.

After six years of its last entry, Dean Debois “How to Thor Dragon” has a strong revival of Dreamworks for animation. It is already operating for production of $ 150 million, which restores the 2010 animation of Viking boy.

Pixar was a very difficult weekend. Walt Disney Co. An animation has some of its largest titles in June, including “Cars”, “Wall-E” and “Toy Story 4.” But “Elio”, a science fiction adventure for a boy dreaming of meeting foreigners, has achieved $ 21 million, which is the slightest opening ever for Pixar.

David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting company, “This is a weak opening for a new Pixar.” “These will be strong numbers for another original animation, but this is Pixar, and under the great Pixar standard, the opening is much lower than average.”

“Elio”, originally appointed to the release in early 2024, had a rugged road on the screen. Adrian Molina-co-manager of “Coco”-was replaced in the middle of production by Domee Shi (“Turning Red”) and Madeline Sharafian. Returning to the Disney D23 conference in 2022, America Ferrera looked to announce its role as Elio, but the character is not present in the renewed movie.

Disney and Boxar spent at least $ 150 million in “Elio”, which was not better international than in North America, where it only achieved $ 14 million from 43 regions. Pixar finds out of the epidemic before installing the performance with “Elemental” for 2023 ($ 496.4 million worldwide) and 2024 “Inside Out 2” ($ 1.7 billion), which was the largest box office.

“Elemental” was the lowest film by Pixar, as it was released for $ 29.6 million. It rose in the following weeks to raise nearly half a billion dollars at the box office. The first company, “Game Story”, was opened at $ 29.1 million in 1995, or $ 60 when it is modified for inflation. It remains to see whether the “Elio” and “A” reviews of the fans of Cinemascore can repeat the “Elemental” path.

With most schools in the summer vacation, the competition for the family’s fans was harsh. Disney “Lilo & Stitch”, which is another new edition of direct work, has continued to attract young cinema pioneers. She achieved 9.7 million dollars on the fifth weekend, and reached its global balance to 910.3 million dollars. .

“After 28 years” indicated the return of another, luxurious concession. Director Danny Boyle reunited with screenwriter Alex Garland to resume the movie “End of the World” 25 years after “28 days” and 18 years after continuing “after 28 weeks”.

The Sony Pictures version opened with $ 30 million. It was good enough to give Boyle, the director “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Trainspotting”, the largest weekend in his career. The film, which cost $ 60 million, advances forward nearly three decades of the outbreak of the so -called anger virus for a story coming from the 12 -year -old Williams, which ventures from his protected family village. Harun Taylor Johnson, Judy Commer and Ralph Vins the participating star.

The reviews were good (90 % fresh on spoiled tomatoes) for “28 years”, although the audience’s reaction (A “Cinemascore is mixed. Boyle has more plans for the Zombie concession, which will then witness the “Bone Temple” version next year from the director Nia Dacosta.

After 28 years, he added another $ 30 million in 59 markets abroad.

After its strong start at the end of last week at $ 12 million, the “materials” with a well with $ 5.8 million on the weekend of the second weekend. The romantic drama of the writer and director Celine Song, starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, raised 24 million dollars so far.

The next weekend should also be competitive in cinemas, with “F1”, from Apple and Warner Bros. , The launch of “Megan 2.0” Universal in cinemas.

The 10 best films of the local box office

With the final local numbers on Monday, this list is factors in the sales of tickets estimated from Friday to Sunday in the American and Canadian theaters, according to COMSCORE:

1. “How to train your drank”, $ 37 million.

2. “After 28 years,” 30 million dollars.

3. “Elio,” $ 21 million.

4. “Lilo and GMT”, $ 9.7 million.

5. The mission: impossible – final account “, $ 6.6 million.

6. “materialism”, $ 5.8 million.

7. “Ballet Dancer”, $ 4.5 million.

8. “Karate Kid: Myths,” $ 2.4 million.

9. “Final destination: blood lines”, $ 1.9 million.

10. “Kuberaa,” $ 1.7 million.