Dragon Trains Madea's Funeral

But Tyler Perry's final installment still captures $27M
By Polly Davis Doig,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 3, 2019 11:07 AM CST
Dragon Trains Madea's Funeral
Astrid, voiced by America Ferrera, left, and Hiccup, voiced by Jay Baruchel, in a scene from "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World."   (DreamWorks Animation/Universal Pictures via AP)

Tyler Perry put the final nail in his Madea franchise this weekend, but moviegoers left Madea Family Funeral in second place, with $27 million, notes the Hollywood Reporter. That's the third biggest opening for the 15-year-old franchise. Topping the box office a second weekend in a row was How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, which the AP reports pulled in $30 million, bringing its domestic total to close in on $100 million. On the heels of its best-picture Oscar, Green Book added $4.71 million, while Greta opened to a disappointing $4.6 million. (More box office stories.)

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