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EXCLUSIVE: Universal‘s live action take of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon is eyeing round $8M-$9M in previews, which not solely consists of tonight’s monies however these from early fan entry screenings. As we at all times say, these are trade estimates, so they might fluctuate by the point Universal experiences within the morning. The studio didn’t return request for touch upon what we have been recognizing.
While early week projections have been $65M-$75M, exhibition has been pushing this one in hopes they will wrangle a $100M opening. We may use extra of these this summer season submit Memorial Day weekend.
The viewers rating on Rotten Tomatoes for this Dean DeBlois directed film (he did the unique animated trilogy) is an epic 99% with critics at 77% licensed recent (that’s just a little larger than Lilo & Stitch‘s 72% fresh; that pic’s viewers rating settling at 93%). Previews started right this moment at 2PM.
How to Train Your Dragon‘s preview money isn’t removed from Frozen 2‘s ($8.5M, $130.2M opening), but it’s beneath Lilo & Stitch‘s $14.5M ($146M opening). It’s additionally north of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($7.6M, $61M opening).
Hands down, How to Trian Your Dragon‘s early money is ahead of the third animated pic, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3M previews, $55M opening) and it’s additionally forward of How to Train Your Dragon 2‘s $2M in money (that sequel launched by twentieth Century Fox when DWA had their distribution deal there) which was a $49.4M 3-day opening.
The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy of films have grossed near $1.7 billion on the world field workplace.
We’ll have extra updates within the AM.