‘How to Train Your Dragon’ soars again as weekend box office reaches $120.6M

Universal’s (NASDAQ:CMCSA) How to Train Your Dragon held steady in its second weekend, topping the North American box office with $37 million in sales, according to studio estimates compiled by Comscore. The animated sequel has now grossed $160.5 million domestically.

Sony’s (NYSE:SONY) post-apocalyptic thriller 28 Years Later debuted at No. 2 with $30 million, an impressive launch fueled by strong Friday ticket sales of $14.1 million. The film averaged $8,711 per location across 3,444 theaters.

Disney’s (NYSE:DIS) Pixar release Elio opened in third with $21 million, a solid showing that was front-loaded on Friday ($9 million) but tapered off through Sunday ($5.4 million). Its performance gave Disney (NYSE:DIS) two films in the top four, with Lilo & Stitch still pulling in $9.7 million in its fifth week and pushing its cumulative gross to a hefty $386.7 million.

Paramount’s (NASDAQ:PARA) Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning slipped to fifth place in its fifth weekend, adding $6.55 million and bringing its total to $178.4 million. A24’s fashion industry satire Materialists followed close behind with $5.8 million, representing a 49% drop from its debut.

The rest of the top 10 included Lionsgate’s (NYSE:LION) Ballerina ($4.5 million, -43%), Sony’s Karate Kid: Legends ($2.4 million, -54%), and Warner Bros.’ (NASDAQ:WBD) Final Destination: Bloodlines, now in its sixth week with a total domestic haul of $134.8 million.

Rounding out the top 10 was the Indian import Kuberaa, which debuted in 500 theaters and earned $1.7 million with a solid $3,428 per-location average.

In total, the top 10 films grossed $120.6 million over the June 20–22 weekend, signaling continued audience enthusiasm as summer movie season kicks into high gear.

Top 10 U.S. & Canada Box Office List for the weekend of June 20–22, 2025, based on studio estimates compiled by Comscore:

1. How to Train Your Dragon (Universal) — $37,000,000
2. 28 Years Later (Sony) — $30,000,000
3. Elio (Disney) — $21,000,000
4. Lilo & Stitch (Disney) — $9,700,000
5. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount) — $6,550,000
6. Materialists (A24) — $5,815,506
7. Ballerina (Lionsgate) — $4,535,000
8. Karate Kid: Legends (Sony) — $2,400,000
9. Final Destination: Bloodlines (Warner Bros.) — $1,885,000
10. Kuberaa (Prath) — $1,713,841

Total top 10 weekend gross: $120,599,347

Source: Studio estimates compiled by Comscore. Final numbers will be released Monday.