It was a three-movie race at the box office this weekend, with the comedy Date Night debuting in the gold-medal position followed closely by the 3-D films Clash of the Titans and the DreamWorks Animation feature How to Train Your Dragon.
Date Night topped the list with an estimated $27.1 million weekend. Clash of the Titans, released in both 3-D and 2D versions, was right behind it with a $26.9 million weekend that brought its domestic total to $110 million. And How to Train Your Dragon took the bronze with $25.3 million in its third weekend for a total of $133 million.
Dragon has made an estimated $122 million in international markets, bringing its worldwide total to about $256 million. Clash of the Titans, meanwhile, has earned $119 million overseas for a total of $229 million.
Tim Burton’s 3-D reimagining of Alice in Wonderland landed in sixth place with $5.6 million, taking it to a total of $319 million in domestic theaters. Its international take of $461 million brings its worldwide total to an impressive $780 million.
Avatar also remains in release, earning $870,000 in domestic theaters in its 17th weekend of release. That nudges up its domestic record total to $743 million, and its $1.9 billion overseas total makes for a massive $2.7 billion worldwide theatrical take.
The Secret of Kells, which was nominated for an Academy Award as best animated feature, took in about $41,000 from 23 theaters for a domestic gross of $257,000 in six weeks of release.
