“How to Train Your Dragon” flew to the top of the box office charts, earning a stronger-than-expected $83 million in its first weekend of release.
Enthusiasm from family audiences and nostalgia toward the original 2010 animated adventure helped to propel inaugural ticket sales above expectations of $70 million to $80 million. Universal’s live-action remake brought in another $114 million at the international box office for a mighty worldwide start of $197.8 million.
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