Our long national nightmare of live-action remakes continues, with a staggering $83 million box office take for How To Train Your Dragon, a remake of the 2010 animated smash. Coupled with the film’s $114 million international haul,

The movie had stronger-than-expected ticket sales over the weekend, becoming the third PG-rated, live-action hit in three months.

Jeremy Fuster, Film Reporter, joined TheWrap in 2016 and covers box office and labor news. He received a National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award for his coverage of the 2023 WGA Strike and was nominated by the LA Press Club as Best Entertainment Journalist. He can be reached at [email protected].