EXCLUSIVE: Common‘s dwell motion take of DreamWorks Animation’s Find out how to Prepare Your Dragon is eyeing round $8M-$9M in previews, which not solely contains tonight’s monies however these from early fan entry screenings. As we all the time say, these are trade estimates, so they may fluctuate by the point Common studies within the morning. The studio didn’t return request for touch upon what we have been recognizing.
Whereas early week projections have been $65M-$75M, exhibition has been pushing this one in hopes they’ll wrangle a $100M opening. We might use extra of these this summer time 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 contemporary (that’s a bit increased than Lilo & Sew‘s 72% contemporary; that pic’s viewers rating settling at 93%). Previews started at this time at 2PM.
Find out how to Prepare Your Dragon‘s preview cash isn’t removed from Frozen 2‘s ($8.5M, $130.2M opening), but it surely’s under Lilo & Sew‘s $14.5M ($146M opening). It’s additionally north of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts ($7.6M, $61M opening).
Fingers down, Find out how to Trian Your Dragon‘s early cash is forward of the third animated pic, Find out how to Prepare Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3M previews, $55M opening) and it’s additionally forward of Find out how to Prepare Your Dragon 2‘s $2M in money (that sequel launched by twentieth Century Fox when DWA had their distribution deal there) which become a $49.4M 3-day opening.
The Find out how to Prepare Your Dragon trilogy of films have grossed near $1.7 billion on the world field workplace.
We’ll have extra updates within the AM.
