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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Richard Corliss](https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/) Apr 25, 2010 4:00 AM UTC  A scene from How to Train Your Dragon A scene from How to Train Your Dragon Paramount / AP by [Richard Corliss](https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/) Apr 25, 2010 4:00 AM UTC In its fifth week in theaters, _How to Train Your Dragon_, the DreamWorks animated feature with surprising firepower and sturdy legs, took the No. 1 slot at the North American box office over the weekend. It defeated the leading contender among new releases, the Jennifer Lopez mom-rom-com _The Back-Up Plan_, $15 million to $12.25 million, according to early studio estimates. There were photo finishes of the top two entries for the previous two weekends, but this time, in the dance-off between _Dragon_ and J.Lo, there were no butts about it. [(See the 100 best movies of all time.)](https://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/) _The Back-Up Plan_, which had an unusually strong rival in the romantic comedy _Date Night_ (which was in its third week), was one of three new features in wide release. _Oceans_, the French documentary timed to celebrate and exploit Earth Day, earned $6 million thanks to Whole Foods–shopping parents and their Montessori-schooled kids. The action film _The Losers_ scared up $9.6 million, thereby nosing out another R-rated comic-book fantasy, Lionsgate’s _Kick-Ass_, which cadged $9.5 million, a 52% drop from last weekend’s opening. Those numbers drove a stake through the collective heart of the fanboys who had expected that _Kick-Ass_‘s imaginative rethinking of the superhero ethos would translate into big bucks at the Bijou. A week ago, the movie was in a tight race with _Dragon_, finally claiming the top spot with $19.8 million. But as Nikki Finke, the asp-tongued blogger at Deadline Hollywood, pointed out, “Lionsgate unethically inflated its opening numbers by including last Thursday midnight’s take in order to grab the No. 1 title last weekend.” (Seems to us that most studios with midnight-preview showings of their movies count those earnings as part of the Friday take, but we’re reluctant to make a point of that. The combative Ms. Finke might have someone bust our kneecaps.) [(See TIME’s review of _How to Train Your Dragon_.)](https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1975321,00.html) All praise then, if only by default, to _Dragon_, which opened to soft business in late March but has proved to be one of those pictures kids and adults want to see and see again. Its $178 million cume, with about the same amount from theaters abroad, should assure it of franchise status among DreamWorks features; as with _Shrek, Madagascar_ and _Kung Fu Panda_, this movie will have one or more sequels. _Dragon_‘s success also underlines the box-office clout of 3-D. If you disqualify _Kick-Ass_ from last weekend’s top spot and hand the trophy to _Dragon_, then this marks the 15th week out of 19 that a movie released in 3-D has been No. 1\. But it has finished first partly because newer films flopped in a period when the national box office always slumps. [(See TIME’s review of _Kick-Ass_.)](https://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1982315,00.html) Late April, the movie canyon between spring break and the start of the summer blockbuster calendar (_Iron Man 2_ opens in two weeks), is both trash-disposal time for lame releases and a good place to test the star quality of budding performers. On the last two weekends of April 2009, _High School Musical_‘s Zac Efron made a good impression in his first solo turn, in _17 Again_ ($23.7 million), and Beyoncé Knowles showed some sinewy BO muscle with _Obsessed_ ($27.6 million). The films went on to take in $64 million and $69 million, respectively, in their domestic theatrical runs. Neither _The Back-Up Plan_ nor _The Losers_ will earn anything near those tallies; the mass audience just doesn’t feel obligated to see them. But then nobody cared much about going to the movies at all this weekend. The total revenue predicted for the three-day session is $92 million, about 25% less than the $116 million that a single picture, _Alice in Wonderland_, grossed on its first weekend in early March. Expect _Iron Man 2_ to do nearly as well — though, since that movie is not being shown in 3-D, it won’t be able to demand the hefty surcharge for goggles rental. Poor Tony Stark; he’ll have to earn his nine figures on sheer entertainment value. Here are the weekend’s top-grossing pictures in North American theaters, as reported by Box Office Mojo: 1\. _How to Train Your Dragon_, $15 million; $178 million, fifth week 2\. _The Back-Up Plan_, $12.25 million, first weekend 3\. _Date Night_, $10.6 million; $63.5 million, third week 4\. _The Losers_, $9.6 million, first weekend 5\. _Kick-Ass_, $9.5 million; $34.9 million, second week 6\. _Clash of the Titans_, $9 million; $145.6 million, fourth week 7\. _Death at a Funeral_, $8 million; $28.4 million, second week 8\. _Oceans_, $6 million, first weekend; $8.5 million, first five days 9\. _The Last Song_, $3.7 million; $55.4 million, fourth week 10\. _Alice in Wonderland_, $2.2 million; $327.5 million, eighth week [See the 100 best TV shows of all time.](https://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1651341%5F1659188,00.html) [See the 10 worst video-game movies.](https://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1851626%5F1851846,00.html) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6910810/box-office-weekend-dragon-gets-j-los-back-up/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6910810/box-office-weekend-dragon-gets-j-los-back-up/"},"headline":"Box-Office Weekend: Dragon Gets J.Lo's Back Up","datePublished":"2010-04-25T04:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-22T16:14:02.307Z","description":"In its fifth week in theaters, How to Train Your Dragon, the DreamWorks animated feature with surprising firepower and sturdy legs, took the No. 1...","url":"https://time.com/archive/6910810/box-office-weekend-dragon-gets-j-los-back-up/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27dfe877103f0319/698a4b6886f68e96766f401a/360_bo_dragon_0418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Richard Corliss","url":"https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27dfe877103f0319/698a4b6886f68e96766f401a/360_bo_dragon_0418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"360_bo_dragon_0418.jpg","caption":"A scene from How to Train Your Dragon","creditText":"Paramount / AP","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":"https://time.com/archive/6910810/box-office-weekend-dragon-gets-j-los-back-up/","name":"Box-Office Weekend: Dragon Gets J.Lo's Back Up"}}]}] ```