--- description: The film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill took down the family-friendly animated adventure title: Box Office: 22 Jump Street Beats How to Train Your Dragon 2 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0e2ac144cbacde/698697b4e8524b76a6603772/844542_full.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sequel Showdown: _22 Jump Street_ Bests _How to Train Your Dragon 2_ at Box Office  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2014 8:13 PM CUT  Columbia  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 15, 2014 8:13 PM CUT _How to Train Your Dragon 2_ couldn’t tame [the box office this weekend](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/06/15/jump-street-train-your-dragon-box-office/10530103/ "undefined") in the battle of sequels, losing out to _22 Jump Street_. The buddy cop film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, a sequel to 2012’s _21 Jump Street_, earned $60 million at theaters this weekend, according to estimates from industry analysts at Rentrak, _USA Today_ reports. The surprise victory, nearly twice what its prequel earned during its opening weekend, makes _22 Jump Street_ one of the most [successful live-action comedies](http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/22-jump-street-box-office "undefined") of the decade. The [animated adventure _How to Train Your Dragon 2_](http://time.com/2847290/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-soundtrack/ "undefined") wasn’t far behind, however, earning its anticipated $50 million — the same amount _22 Jump Street_ was expected to score — following rave reviews from critics. “Hollywood may be mostly out of ideas,” Box Office Prophets analyst Reagan Sulewski told _USA Today_. “But the ideas they’re reusing, at least this weekend, are pretty strong.” \[[_USA Today_](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/06/15/jump-street-train-your-dragon-box-office/10530103/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2878944/box-office-22-jump-street-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2878944/box-office-22-jump-street-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/"},"headline":"Sequel Showdown: 22 Jump Street Bests How to Train Your Dragon 2 at Box Office","datePublished":"2014-06-15T20:13:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:25:35.182Z","description":"The film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill beat out the family-friendly animated adventure","url":"https://time.com/2878944/box-office-22-jump-street-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0e2ac144cbacde/698697b4e8524b76a6603772/844542_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbc0e2ac144cbacde/698697b4e8524b76a6603772/844542_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"844542_full","caption":"","creditText":"Columbia","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2878944/box-office-22-jump-street-how-to-train-your-dragon-2/","name":"Sequel Showdown: 22 Jump Street Bests How to Train Your Dragon 2 at Box Office"}}]}] ```