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US Box Office Analysis Weekend 22 - 25 February 2019: How To Train Your Dragon 3 makes its debut at the top

US Box Office Analysis Weekend 22 - 25 February 2019:  How To Train Your Dragon 3 makes its debut at the top
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The third and final film in the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy makes its debut at the top of the US box office this weekend with a gross well ahead of all competition.

Fighting With My Family

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

The third film in the series makes its debut at the US box office with an opening weekend gross of $55.5 million.

This opening is by far the best of the series and puts the film in good stead to be the top grossing film of the series.

Alita: Battle Angel

The Battle Mange film drops from the top on its second weekend of release with a gross of $12 million which pushes the Robert Rodriguez directed movie to $60 million in US grosses.

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The brick movie falls to third this week with a weekend gross of $10 million pushing its US gross to $83.6 million.

Fighting With My Family

Making its debut at number 4 is the directorial debut from Stephen Merchant who also wrote the film and persuaded Dwayne Johnson to appear it it, although he gets a production credit as well!

The film takes $8.2 million (with previews) on its debut weekend.

Isn't It Romantic

Finally in the top 5 is the Rebel Wilson vehicle which takes $7.5 million on its second weekend of release for a $33.7 million total.

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