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More than 5x that posted by the day&#8217;s #2 film, the tally positions &#8220;The Hidden World&#8221; for an opening weekend in the $57-65 million range.<\/p>\n<p>Such a bow would represent a franchise high for &#8220;How To Train Your Dragon.&#8221;  The original film earned $43.7 million in its first weekend, while &#8220;How To Train Your Dragon 2&#8221; started with $49.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Alita: Battle Angel,&#8221; last weekend&#8217;s winner, took #2 with $3.1 million in Friday receipts.  It earn about $9.5-$12 million over the course of the full weekend.<\/p>\n<p>After bowing on select screens last weekend, &#8220;Fighting With My Family&#8221; earned $2.6 million in its first day of wide release.  It took third place Friday but may drop to #4 or #5 for the weekend with $7-8.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Isn&#8217;t It Romantic,&#8221; Friday&#8217;s #4 film, earned $2.2 million Friday.  It should post a full weekend tally in the $7-8 million range.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part&#8221; took fifth place Friday with just under $2.2 million, but it should jump to #3 for the full weekend with $9-10 million in three-day earnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World&#8221; is off to a strong start.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[36,1050],"tags":[12131,12146,12061,12111,12085],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;How To Train Your Dragon 3&quot; Dominates Friday Box Office, Set For Franchise-High Weekend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Critically acclaimed, high-profile animated film &quot;How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World&quot; predictably dominated the US Friday box office. 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