The winter box office season is nearing an end, serving as good news for what has been a rather rough start to 2019.
Fortunately, before all eyes turn to March and Captain Marvel and Us, it would appear one of the final new wide releases of the season is looking to close things out on a high note as Universal debuts How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, their first DreamWorks Animation release since acquiring the animation studio in 2016 for $3.8 billion.
The film is already off to a strong start internationally since releasing overseas seven weeks ago and is now looking to keep the momentum domestically.
Also going wide this weekend is MGM’s Fighting with My Family, after a limited debut last weekend, and Roadside is debuting Run the Race in moderate release.
At a reported $129 million, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World carries the lightest budget
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