Archive · 22 Jun 2025
Box Office: '28 Years Later,' 'Elio' Weekend Opening Updates
The weekend box office is showing mixed results.
"28 Years Later", a horror movie, is expected to open with a good amount.
"How to Train Your Dragon" is still leading with a strong second weekend.
Disney/Pixar's "Elio" is also premiering and hopes to do well.
Other movies like "Lilo & Stitch" and "Mission: Impossible" continue to perform, with "Final Reckoning" doing better than a previous film at the same point.
Audience reactions to "28 Years Later" are mixed, but critics generally enjoy it.
"28 Years Later" is projected to earn $28M-$30M in its opening weekend.
"How to Train Your Dragon" is expected to remain at No. 1 with a second-weekend gross of $35.2M.
Disney/Pixar's "Elio" is aiming for a $22M-$24M opening weekend.
"Lilo & Stitch" is in fourth place with a total of $387M.
"Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning" has a running cume of $178.4M after its fifth weekend.
- Who
- Several movie releases including "28 Years Later", "How to Train Your Dragon", "Elio", "Lilo & Stitch", and "Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning".
- What
- Box office performance of several movies.
- When
- Friday afternoon updates on opening weekend earnings.
- Where
- United States and Canada.
- Why
- To provide an update on the financial performance of various films in theaters.
Audience
Critics
Reviews
Audience
Giving a mixed definite recommend of 54%.
Critics
Giving a 92% score
- "28 Years Later" Friday Gross
- $14M
- "28 Years Later" Projected Weekend
- $28M-$30M
- "How to Train Your Dragon" Second Weekend
- $35.2M
- "Elio" Projected Weekend
- $22M-$24M
- "Lilo & Stitch" Total Gross
- $387M
- "Mission: Impossible" Cume
- $178.4M