In his last partnership with Lionsgate before shipping off to Paramount,Tyler Perrycame so close to winning out the box office. But never underestimate those Toothless stans.How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden Worldtopped the box office in its second weekend with $30 million, soaring pastTyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral’s $27 million.
It’s not entirely terrible news for Perry and his long-running character.A Madea Family Funeral’s debut haul is the fourth best in the ten-movie franchise, only landing behindMadea Goes to Jail($41 million),Madea’s Family Reunion($30 million), andBoo! A Madea Halloween($28.5 million). The film’s $27 million take is also far above initial expectations, which had the comedy coming in around $20 million.
Meanwhile, in a distant third, there isRobert Rodriguez’sAlita: Battle Angel, which whipped up another $7 million in its third weekend. It’s been mighty slow going for the James Cameron-produced manga adaptation at the domestic box office, where the film has now grossed $72 million. But keep an eye on that foreign box office if you’re hoping for a sequel; after this weekend,Alitahas totaled a pretty stellar $350 million worldwide thanks to $278 million overseas.
No such good news forGreta. DirectorNeil Jordan’s stalker thriller—in which the greatIsabelle Huppertdoes the stalking across fromChloë Grace Moretz—tallied a mere $4.5 million in its debut weekend, good enough for eighth place. Three spots above it isGreen Bookin its sixteenth weekend, buoyed by its Best Picture Oscar win to the tune of another $4.7 million.
Overall, it’s been a pretty sludgy 2019 at the box office so far;How to Train Your Dragon 3is still the best opening of the year with its good-but-not-mindblowing $55 million. But next weekend the box office gets a Marvel-sized injection. Check out the weekend’s top 10 estimates below, and be back here next week to see just how higher, further, fasterCaptain Marvelcan fly.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
$30,046,000
$97,696,275
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral
$27,050,000
Alita: Battle Angel
$7,000,000
$72,231,308
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
$6,615,000
$91,670,040
Green Book
$4,711,000
$75,920,611
Fighting With My Family
$4,691,284
$14,945,905
Isn’t It Romantic
$4,645,000
$40,299,003
$4,585,000
What Men Want
$2,700,000
$49,641,004
Happy Death Day 2U
$2,516,000
$25,282,610
