Dreamworks may have yet another hit on its hands as How to Train Your Dragon had a strong opening weekend and managed to knock Alice in Wonderland out of the top slot at the Box Office domestically this past weekend. The 3-D animated movie pulled in $43.3 million in receipts in its debut in the States and tacked on an additional $8 million worldwide. While that was a decent opening salvo, it did fall short of the opening weekend of Monsters vs. Aliens which opened from Dreamworks last year at this time with a take of $59 million. It also has quite a ways to go to make up its $165 million budget. But with the Easter weekend approaching, it should still have some good traction, though it will have to compete with the debut of Clash of the Titans. Alice fell to the Number 2 slot domestically, with a $17.3 million take, though it still remained on top worldwide. The Hot Tub Time Machine did little to steam up the Box Office in its debut as it only managed to climb to the Number 3 slot with $13.6 Million in receipts. That one has a much more modest budget of $36 million, though, so it still has a chance of finishing in the black.
You can see the full Box Office results from the weekend at Box Office Mojo.
