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NOW A Dragon Swooped In

By William Goss | Posted Under Box Office Round-Ups | Comments (8)

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OK, so I got burnt the past two weekends when the Sunday estimates were rendered inaccurate by the Monday totals, but with $15 million, I think it’s fairly safe to say that How to Train Your Dragon actually did take this weekend, even if it didn’t win last weekend (as I had written then). In fact, knowing that The Back-Up Plan is only estimated to bring in $12.3 million makes me confident that I’m not going to be eating my words and talking about J.Lo’s number one movie in the country (although Dustin’s review might lure in all of those horror fans that weren’t interested in the first place).

Hanging around in third was Date Night with $10.6 million, while the latest action offering, The Losers, fizzled with a mere $9.6 million in fourth. I don’t know if Warner Bros. was ever actually going to open the film the week before The A-Team, but right about now, I bet that they’re pretty glad they didn’t. Fifth place went to last week’s eventual champ, Kick-Ass, with $9.5 million; sixth went to Clash of the Titans with $9 million; and Death at a Funeral slipped to seventh with $8 million.

Disney claimed the last three spots of the top ten, with Oceans taking in about $6 million over the weekend and $8.5 million since Earth Day (last year’s Earth opened slightly better, albeit on a few more screens; next year’s African Cats is anyone’s guess), The Last Song earning another $3.7 million in ninth and Alice in Wonderland bringing in an additional $2.2 million in tenth place. Fittingly enough, Wonderland sits as 2010’s highest-grossing film, and right behind it (well, with half the grosses)? How to Train Your Dragon.

(And in two weeks, Iron Man 2 is probably going to blow them both away. Oh, how fleeting fame is…)









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Comments

Can't believe no one has posted, I, for one, am happy that the career black hole Jlo has crawled into is deeper than I imagined. WTG Dragons!

Posted by: Mebe at April 25, 2010 4:08 PM

Nice abs...

Posted by: Mariazinha at April 25, 2010 4:18 PM

Finally saw Kick-Ass. Sadly, just about all the good parts were spoiled in the trailers. Not nearly as entertaining as I had hoped.

But hey! Dragon is still awesome.

Posted by: Mick J at April 25, 2010 4:22 PM

So glad that Dragon has got legs and continues to be found by people.

Posted by: Fredo at April 25, 2010 5:05 PM

I actually went to see Kick Ass yesterday and it KICKED. MY. ASS. haven't had so much fun watching a film in a loooong time. Even Nic Cage managed to deposit some goodwill in his Slim account.

Don't hate, haters.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at April 25, 2010 10:26 PM

I knew JLo was going to fail in her comeback attempt. Sure it's #2, but it's a pretty pathetic number.

Face it, JLo: you're too old, you're too bitchy, and no one gives a crap about you anymore. BYE.

Posted by: figgy at April 25, 2010 10:50 PM

Looks like I was one of the few who saw Losers this weekend. I thought it was a lot of fun. Of coures, it may have helped that the theater I went to not only served beer, but actually delivered it to you at the push of a button.

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