Dragon Outsmokes Alice with $43.7 Mil. Debut
By wchung | 22 Mar, 2026

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Hiccup, voiced by Jay Baruchel, rides Toothless a scene is shown from "How to Train Your Dragon." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

How to Train Your Dragon” scaled its way to a No. 1 box-office debut with $43.7 million.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. “How to Train Your Dragon,” Paramount, $43,732,319, 4,055 locations, $10,785 average, $43,732,319, one week.

2. “Alice in Wonderland,” Disney, $17,707,858, 3,384 locations, $5,233 average, $293,534,935, four weeks.

3. “Hot Tub Time Machine,” MGM, $14,020,502, 2,754 locations, $5,091 average, $14,020,502, one week.

4. “The Bounty Hunter,” Sony, $12,006,731, 3,074 locations, $3,906 average, $38,418,433, two weeks.

5. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” Fox, $10,121,961, 3,083 locations, $3,283 average, $35,898,390, two weeks.

6. “She’s Out of My League,” Paramount, $3,512,218, 2,432 locations, $1,444 average, $25,586,560, three weeks.

7. “Green Zone,” Universal, $3,384,480, 2,564 locations, $1,320 average, $30,475,005, three weeks.

8. “Shutter Island,” Paramount, $3,187,487, 2,123 locations, $1,501 average, $120,612,552, six weeks.

9. “Repo Men,” Universal, $3,010,515, 2,519 locations, $1,195 average, $11,304,730, two weeks.

10. “Our Family Wedding,” Fox Searchlight, $2,352,539, 1,132 locations, $2,078 average, $16,938,562, three weeks.

11. “Avatar,” Fox, $2,047,475, 930 locations, $2,202 average, $740,440,529, 15 weeks.

12. “Remember Me,” Summit, $1,935,640, 1,935 locations, $1,000 average, $17,036,782, three weeks.

13. “The Ghost Writer,” Summit, $1,696,784, 819 locations, $2,072 average, $9,239,079, six weeks.

14. “Greenberg,” Focus, $1,021,151, 181 locations, $5,642 average, $1,200,139, two weeks.

15. “Chloe,” Sony Pictures Classics, $900,688, 350 locations, $2,573 average, $900,688, one week.

16. “Crazy Heart,” Fox Searchlight, $791,256, 849 locations, $932 average, $37,746,228, 15 weeks.

17. “Brooklyn’s Finest,” Overture, $766,098, 739 locations, $1,037 average, $26,228,372, four weeks.

18. “The Crazies,” Overture, $724,623, 851 locations, $851 average, $37,673,626, five weeks.

19. “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” Fox, $672,691, 790 locations, $852 average, $86,106,485, seven weeks.

20. “Cop Out,” Warner Bros., $501,662, 655 locations, $766 average, $43,568,744, five weeks.

LOS ANGELES (AP)