China News Agency, San Francisco, March 7th. This weekend, "Raya and the Last Dragon" created by Disney continued the excellent performance of animated films during the epidemic, and premiered at the top of the North American weekend box office rankings.
In addition, with the gradual improvement of the US epidemic, several major film companies have decided to release some important films ahead of schedule.
According to data released by the North American box office statistics website "boxofficemojo.com" on March 7, "The Legend of the Dragon" was released in 2,045 theaters in North America and simultaneously landed on the "Disney+" streaming media service platform. The box office at the premiere weekend reached $8.6 million.
The film's overseas box office was 17.6 million U.S. dollars, with the highest box office coming from China at 8.4 million U.S. dollars.
At present, the global box office of "Looking for the Dragon" reaches 26.2 million US dollars.
"Legend of the Dragon" is created by the "Frozen" production team. It tells the story of the evil forces threatening the safety of the kingdom. The warrior Raya and his partners search for the last dragon in the world and finally successfully save the kingdom.
As of the evening of the 7th, "Legend of Dragon Hunting" had 217 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", with a 95% high score.
On the second weekend of its release, the live-action animated film "Tom and Jerry" created by Warner Bros. earned US$6.6 million from 2563 theaters. The box office fell by 53.2%, and the film’s ranking on the charts fell to No. two.
At present, the North American box office of "Cat and Mouse" has reached 23 million U.S. dollars, the overseas box office is 34.3 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has reached 57.3 million U.S. dollars.
The sci-fi film "Chaos Walking" created by Lionsgate was released in 1980 theaters in North America and squeezed into the top three at the weekend box office for its premiere of US$3.825 million.
The overseas box office of this film is 2.6 million US dollars, and the total global box office is 6.425 million US dollars.
"Walk in Chaos" is adapted from the first "Noisy and Quiet" in the trilogy of "Walk in Chaos" by Patrick Nice, starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland.
As of the evening of the 7th, "Walking Chaos" had 83 reviews on the review site "Rotten Tomatoes", and only received 23% of the ratings.
The sports inspirational film "Boogie" written and directed by Huang Yiming was screened in 1,252 theaters in North America, and ranked fourth on the charts with a $1.2 million premiere weekend box office.
The animated sequel "The Croods: A New Age" (The Croods: A New Age) created by Universal Pictures and DreamWorks of the United States dropped 37.8% in the 15th week of its release, and it also fell to fifth place.
The film dubbed by Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone and Ryan Reynolds earned $780,000 in box office from 2211 theaters in North America.
At present, the total North American box office of "Crazy Primitive 2" exceeds 53.61 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office is close to 157.7 million U.S. dollars.
Of the top five films on this week's rankings, three are cartoons.
As children have been attending classes at home for a long time, child-friendly cartoons have become the most popular type of film in the North American market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the gradual improvement of the US epidemic, theaters in several major cities, including Chicago, San Francisco and New York, have recently reopened after being closed for nearly a year.
At the same time, several major film companies have also decided to release some important films in advance.
The adventurous comedy movie "Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway" originally scheduled to be released on June 11th this year will be released in North America on May 14th.
The North American release date of the thriller "A Quiet Place Part II" (A Quiet Place Part II) has been adjusted again, from September 17 to May 28 this year.
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