The 2019 box office has finally received a jolt of energy with an impressive, $55.5 million debut for DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
The performance led the weekend box office, closing out the final weekend within what has been a rough start to the first two months at the domestic box office this year.
The weekend also saw MGM’s expansion of Fighting with My Family, which debuted at the lower end of industry expectations, while Roadside’s Run the Race found itself within the top ten from just 853 locations.
With an estimated $55.5 million, Universal’s release of the DreamWorks Animation title How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World delivered not only the #1 movie at this weekend’s box office, but the largest debut of the year so far, surpassing Glass by more than $15 million.
The opening is also the largest debut in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise,
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