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Box Office: ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ to Fly to $75 Million in Opening Weekend
"How to Train Your Dragon" will fly to the top of box office charts in its opening weekend.
Enthusiasm from family audiences and goodwill toward the original 2010 animated adventure could propel inaugural ticket sales even higher, according to independent tracking services and rival studios. Set on the mythical viking village of Berk, the story follows the adventures of a scrawny misfit teen named Hiccup, who befriends an injured dragon he calls Toothless. Directed by Celine Song in her follow-up to the Oscar nominated “Past Lives,” the film follows a New York City matchmaker (Dakota Johnson) who finds herself torn between the perfect match (Pedro Pascal) and her imperfect ex (Chris Evans).
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