Box office: Madea franchise couldn’t top the Dragons

Which movie did you watch in theaters this weekend? The box office numbers are in thanks to Box Office Mojo, and it’s a close call for the No. 1 movie of the weekend.

Tyler Perry’s Madea franchise has come to an end, but even the hilarious sendoff wasn’t enough to top the third How to Train Your Dragon movie. Kids (and kids at heart) have won the weekend!

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World takes the No. 1 spot with $30 million, but is only approximately $3 million in front of Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral, which gathered $27 million over the weekend. Did you find that surprising?

Alita: Battle Angel follows far behind in third with $7 million, but The LEGO Movie 2 is closer by to Alita, with $6.6 million. Keep in mind all of these numbers are early estimates. Still they give fans a pretty good idea on where they stand.

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Other notable movies on the top ten, are: Academy Award winner Green Book, find it at No. 5 with $4.7 million. Fighting With My Family is close by at No. 6 with $4.6 million, and Greta is already slipping out of the top ten, settling for No. 8 with $4.5 million.

Here are the top ten movies of the weekend, from Friday, March 1, through Sunday, March 3: 

1. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: $30 million
2. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral: $27 million
3. Alita: Battle Angel: $7 million
4. The LEGO Movie 2: $6.6 million
5. Green Book: $4.7 million
6. Fighting With My Family: $4.6 million
7. Isn’t It Romantic: $4.6 million
8. Greta: $4.5 million
9. What Men Want: $2.7 million
10. Happy Death Day 2U: $2.5 million

A huge weekend is up next! With the release of the highly anticipated movie Captain Marvel on March 8. Before that, moviegoers are also looking forward to Triple Frontier with Ben Affleck and Oscar Isaac. It’s easy to guess which movie will win the weekend, but by how much? We’ll find out soon enough!