New York-Neither Pixar nor the zombies were enough to overthrow “how to train your dragon” from the N ° 1 slit of the North American offices during the weekend. The Remake Universal Pictures Live-Action remained the best film, reports $ 37 million in ticket sales in its second weekend, despite the major new “Elio” outings and “28 years later”, according to studio estimates on Sunday.
“How to train Your Dragon” quickly raised $ 358.2 million worldwide.
Six years after its last entry, the “How to train Your Dragon” led by Dean Deblois has proven a powerful renewal of the animation franchise DreamWorks. A suite is already in preparation for the production of $ 150 million, which redid the 2010 animated tale on a Viking boy and his dragon.
“Elio” by Pixar spent a particularly difficult weekend. Walt Disney Co.’s animation studio often launched some of its greatest titles in June, notably “Cars”, “Wall-E” and “Toy Story 4”. But “Elio”, an adventure of science fiction on a boy who dreams of meeting extraterrestrials, marked a modest of $ 21 million, the lowest opening of Pixar.
“This is a low opening for a new Pixar film,” said David A. Gross, who heads the Cinematographic Consulting Company. “It would be solid numbers for another original animated film, but it is Pixar, and according to the remarkable standard of Pixar, the opening is much lower than the average.”
“Elio”, originally at the end of the beginning of 2024, had a jumper route to the screen. Adrian Molina – “Coco” co -director – has been replaced in the middle of production by Domee Shi (“Turning Red”) and Madeline Sharafian. Back at the D23 Conference in Disney in 2022, America Ferrera seemed to announce his role as Mother of Elio, but the character does not even exist in the revised film.
Disney and Pixar spent at least $ 150 million by making “Elio”, which has not managed to internationally in North America, only report $ 14 million in 43 territories. Pixar fell out of the pandemic before stabilizing the performance with “Elemental” of 2023 ($ 496.4 million worldwide) and “Inside Out 2” of 2024 ($ 1.7 billion), which was the largest hit in the company.
“Elemental” was a lowest winner film in Pixar, launched with $ 29.6 million. He joined the following weeks to perceive nearly half a billion dollars at the box office. The company’s first film, “Toy Story” opened with $ 29.1 million in 1995, or $ 60 million when it was adjusted for inflation. It remains to be seen if “the decent criticism of Elio and” a “of the Cinemascore public can lead him to repeat” the trajectory of Elemental “.
With most schools on summer holidays, the competition for the family public was stiff. “Lilo & Stitch” by Disney, another live remake, continued to attract young moviegoers. He brought in $ 9.7 million during his fifth weekend, bringing his global total to $ 910.3 million.
“28 years later” pointed out the return of another Gourier FAR franchise. Director Danny Boyle found the scriptwriter Alex Garland to resume his pandemic apocalypse thriller 25 years after “28 days later” and 18 years after his suite, “28 weeks later”.
The release of Sony Pictures opened its doors with $ 30 million. It was good enough to give Boyle, the filmmaker of “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Trainspotting”, the biggest weekend of opening his career. The film, which cost $ 60 million to do, jumps almost three decades from the Epidemia of the so-called rage virus for a story of the age of 12 (Alfie Williams) venturing out of the village protected from his family. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer and Ralph Fiennes Co-Star.
The opinions were good (90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) for “28 years later”, although the reaction of the public (a “B” Cinemascore) was mixed. Boyle has more plans for the Zombie franchise, which will then see the release of “28 years later: The Bone Temple” next year from Director Nia Dacosta.
“28 years later” added an additional $ 30 million in 59 markets abroad.
After its strong start last weekend with $ 12 million, the A24 “materialists” kept $ 5.8 million in its second weekend. The romantic drama of the writer-director Celine Song and with Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans has collected $ 24 million so far.
Next weekend should also be competitive in cinemas, with “F1”, Apple and Warner Bros., and “Megan 2.0” by Universal in cinemas.
Top 10 films at the national ticket office
According to Comscore, with the national final figures, this list is launched in sales of estimated tickets from Friday to Sunday in the United States and Canadian theaters.
- “How to train your dragon”, $ 37 million
- “28 years later”, $ 30 million
- “Elio”, $ 21 million
- “Lilo & Stitch”, $ 9.7 million
- “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” 6.6 million dollars
- “Materialists”, $ 5.8 million
- “Ballerina”, $ 4.5 million
- “Karate Kid: Legends”, $ 2.4 million
- “Final Destination: Bloodlines”, 1.9 million dollars
- “Kuberaa”, $ 1.7 million