Opinion/BOX OFFICE

NZ box office report: How to Train Your Dragon wings its way to #1 again

Our weekly guide to what’s happening at the Aotearoa box office.

Box office updates thanks to Numero.

How to Train Your Dragon stays afloat in top spot at the box office this week, ready to swoop on the upcoming school holidays. 28 Years Later opens in second place, ahead of Materialists, itself just a little ahead of Lilo & Stitch.

Here are the top 10 films at the Aotearoa box office, June 19-25:

1. How to Train Your Dragon (Universal) $1,083,238 (cume total $2,434,736)
2. 28 Years Later (Sony) $542,622 (new release)
3. Materialists (Sony) $276,802 (cume total $709,171)
4. Lilo & Stitch (Walt Disney) $263,518 (cume total $4,380,538)
5. Elio (Walt Disney) $225,329 (new release)
6. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount) $209,002 (cume total $4,315,130)
7. Sitaare Zameen Par (Forum Distribution) $130,017 (new release)
8. Kōkā (Studiocanal) $111,514 (new release)
9. Ballerina (Roadshow) $105,812 (cume total $654,638)
10. The Salt Path (Transmission) $44,881 (cume total $1,130,218)