Dragon 2 still not quite taking flight at box office

by Dacey | June 22, 2014 4:54 pm

Despite strong critical reception and being pretty much the only animated movie playing in theaters right now, How to Train Your Dragon 2 has more or less underwhelmed at the box office so far, Collider[1] is reporting. As the site points out, the movie is on track to cross the $100 million mark by Tuesday (which is nothing to sneeze at), but with no Pixar film this year, many were expecting for Dragon 2 to be one of the biggest movies of the summer, if not the biggest. One thing that’s possibly getting in its way is the PG-rated Maleficent doing a lot better than many predicted, with the Angelina Jolie fairy tale now on track for a $200 million+ finish. Still, Disney’s Planes: Fire and Rescue doesn’t open until mid-July, so Dragon 2 does have at least some time to do decent business until then.

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Collider: http://collider.com/weekend-box-office-think-like-a-man-too-on-top-with-30-million-jersey-boys-remains-in-fourth/#more-340479

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