EXCLUSIVE: Common‘s stay motion take of DreamWorks Animation’s The right way to Practice 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 at all times say, these are business estimates, so they may fluctuate by the point Common reviews 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 publish 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 of larger than Lilo & Sew‘s 72% contemporary; that pic’s viewers rating settling at 93%). Previews started as we speak at 2PM.
The right way to Practice 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).
Palms down, The right way to Trian Your Dragon‘s early cash is forward of the third animated pic, The right way to Practice Your Dragon: The Hidden World ($3M previews, $55M opening) and it’s additionally forward of The right way to Practice Your Dragon 2‘s $2M in money (that sequel launched by twentieth Century Fox when DWA had their distribution deal there) which changed into a $49.4M 3-day opening.
The The right way to Practice Your Dragon trilogy of flicks have grossed near $1.7 billion on the international field workplace.
We’ll have extra updates within the AM.
