Neither Pixar nor zombies are enough to overturn “How to train your dragon” First place from North America Box Office on weekends. this Common Image Live Remake remains the top film, bringing $37 million in ticket sales on the second weekend despite a massive new release “Elio” and “In 28 years.” According to studio estimates, Sunday. “How to train your dragon” has quickly accumulated $358.2 million worldwide.
Six years after last entry, Dean DeBlois-guided “How to Train Your Dragon” proves a powerful revival of Dreamworks’ animation series. The sequel is already underway for $150 million, which produces an animated story of the Viking Boy and his dragon.
Pixar’s “Elio” had a particularly tough weekend. Walter Disney Co. Animation Studio often launches some of its biggest champions in June, including “Car”, “Wall-E” and “Toy Story 4”. But “Elio” is a science fiction adventure about a boy who dreams of meeting an alien and receives $21 million in modesty, the lowest Pixar has ever seen.
“It’s a weak opening for a new Pixar movie,” said David A. Gross, who runs the film consulting firm Cranchisere. “Those are solid numbers for another original animated film, but that’s Pixar and by Pixar’s excellent standards, the opening is well below average.”
Originally released in early 2024, “Elio” has a bumpy road to the screen. “Coco” co-director Adrian Molina was replaced by Domee Shi (“Turning Red”) and Madeline Sharafian. Back at the 2022 Disney D23 conference, America Ferrera seems to have announced her role as Elio’s mother, but the role doesn’t even exist in the revised film.
Disney and Pixar spent at least $150 million to make the “Elio”, which did not perform better internationally than North America, bringing only $14 million in 43 territories. Pixar stumbled upon the pandemic and then stabilized with 2023’s “Elemental” ($496.4 million worldwide) and 2024’s “Inside Out 2” ($1.7 billion) ($1.7 billion) — the company’s biggest box office hit.
“Elemental” is Pixar’s previous lowest-income movie, with a release of $29.6 million. It gathered in the following weeks, collecting nearly a billion dollars at the box office. The company’s first film, Toy Story, opened in 1995 for $29.1 million, after inflation-adjusted. It remains to be seen whether the “Elio” decent reviews from Cinemascore audiences can make it repeat the “Elemental’s” trajectory.
As most schools are in the summer, competition among family audiences is fierce. Disney’s own “Lilo & Stitch,” Another live-action remake that continues to attract young moviegoers. It earned $9.7 million in its fifth weekend, with its global box office reaching $910 million. .
“28 Years Later” marks the return of another Gorier franchise. Director Danny Boyle reunited with screenwriter Alex Garland to resume a pandemic-revelled thriller in 25 years after “28 Days After” and the sequel “28 Weeks After” (28 Weeks After.”
this Sony Image releases are open for $30 million. That’s enough to provide Boyle, a filmmaker for “Slum Millionaire” and “Train Index”, the biggest opening weekend of his career. The film, which costs $60 million, is nearly three decades more than the so-called Anger virus outbreak, is a mature story about a 12-year-old (Alfie Williams) who ventures out of a protected village of his family. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, co-starring Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes.
The review is a good review for “Rotten Tomatoes in 28 Years” (90% fresh), despite audience reactions (AB” Cinemascore). Boyle has more plans for the zombie series and will be next to see the release of director Nia Dacosta’s next year’s “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple.”
“28 years later” added another $30 million in 59 overseas markets.
After starting last weekend for $12 million, A24 “materialist” Holding $5.8 million in shares on the second weekend. To date, writer director Celine Song and romantic dramas starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans have charged $24 million.
Next weekend should also be competitive with the cinema, both of which are with “F1”. apple and Warner Bros. and Universal’s “Megan 2.0” in the theaters.
Top 10 movies in the domestic box office
According to ComScore, with the release of the final domestic figures, this lists factors in estimated ticket sales held at the U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday to Sunday.
- 1. “How to train your dragon”, $37 million.
- 2. “28 years later”, $30 million.
- 3. “Elio”, $21 million.
- 4. “Lilo & Stitch”, $9.7 million.
- 5. “Task: Impossible – The Last Estimate”, $6.6 million.
- 6. “Materialist”, $5.8 million.
- 7. “Ballet Dancer”, $4.5 million.
- 8. “Karate Boy: Legend”, $2.4 million.
- 9. “The Final Destination: Destiny”, $1.9 million.
- 10. “Kara”, $1.7 million.
