Update: Article and chart updated with the final actual numbers.
The weak debuts of The Back-Up Plan (#2 – $12.2M) and The Losers (#4 – $9.4M) allowed for How to Train Your Dragon to win another weekend. The 3D feature grossed $15.35 million, pushing its domestic cume to a solid $178.346 million and its worldwide tally to an impressive $355.346 million. After opening more than 25% below Monsters vs. Aliens ($59.3M vs. $43.7M), ‘Dragon’ has surpassed ‘MvsA’ on a daily basis and will easily cross the $200M mark domestically.
The only other new release this week was the limited Oceans (which opened on Thursday) which grossed $6.059 million ($8.526M cume) for the weekend — #8 — from 1,206 theaters (for a top 10 best $5,024 per theater average). Rounding out the top five were Date Night in third place ($10.461M / $63.333M cume) and Kick-Ass in fifth place ($9.342M / $34.708M cume). Click over the jump for the weekend chart.
Weekend Chart for April 23 – April 25, 2010: [Updated with final actuals]
| MOVIE TITLE | WEEKEND GROSS | % CHANGE | THEATERS | CHANGE | TOTAL GROSS | |
| 1 | How to Train Your Dragon | $15,350,213 | -21.8% | 3,665 | -160 | $178,345,927 |
| 2 | The Back-Up Plan | $12,201,710 | NEW | 3,280 | NEW | $12,201,710 |
| 3 | Date Night | $10,461,223 | -37.4% | 3,294 | -86 | $63,332,819 |
| 4 | The Losers | $9,406,348 | NEW | 2,936 | NEW | $9,406,348 |
| 5 | Kick-Ass | $9,342,398 | -52.9% |
3,065 | - |
$34,708,222 |
| 6 | Clash of the Titans | $8,924,180 | -42.0% |
3,271 | -482 | $145,563,557 |
| 7 | Death at a Funeral | $8,022,762 | -50.5% |
2,459 | - | $28,471,939 |
| 8 | Oceans | $6,058,958 | NEW | 1,206 | NEW | $8,525,488 |
| 9 | The Last Song | $3,760,816 | -36.9% |
2,794 | +27 | $55,459,487 |
| 10 | Alice in Wonderland | $2,264,097 | -38.1% |
1,385 | -639 | $327,537,023 |
Sources: Box Office Mojo
