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...young people take flight on a dragon, just like in Avatar, but the trip is longer and way swoopier. Ancient warriors strut their testosterone in approved Beowulf or 300 fashion. A kid befriends an otherworldly creature - a flame-spuming update of the alien from E.T. - and tries to hide him from adults. It's a foolproof scheme for picture making: take the plot elements of favorite movies, paint the concoction with bright colors so it looks like the zazziest customized car, set it running at NASCAR speed - then add 3-D - and you have How to Train Your Dragon...
...Aboard the Dragon Train Fun is the first of the goals set by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, Dragon's directors and (with Will Davies) writers, for their version of the Cressida Cowell book. Their teen hero, Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel from She's Out of My League), is the underachieving son of a fierce Viking warlord, Stoick (300's very own Gerard Butler), whose tribe has been battling dragons for centuries. When Hiccup wounds an elusive creature called the Night Fury, no one believes him. Soon he tames, trains and learns to ride the beast, thus schooling...
Clash was the third new stereoptic release in a month, after Alice in Wonderland (now well past $300 million at home, and at $672.8 million worldwide) and last weekend's topper, How to Train Your Dragon (already closing in on $100 million domestic). Apparently audiences are insatiable for movies for which they have to wear goggles. The Hollywood bosses like them too, since they can charge an extra $3 or $4 per ticket for the privilege of seeing a movie like Clash that is retrofitted with no other purpose than greed. This time, audiences responded to the saturation marketing campaign...
Viewers addicted to 3-D are going to have to wait another seven weeks for the next one, Shrek Forever After. In the meantime, they'll just have to rewatch Alice, Dragon and Clash. Hey, movie exhibitors: Care to bring back Avatar...
...Clash of the Titans, $61.4 million, first weekend 2. Why Did I Get Married Too, $30.2 million, first weekend 3. How to Train Your Dragon, $29.2 million; $92.3 million, second week 4. The Last Song, $16.2 million; $25.6 million, first five days 5. Alice in Wonderland, $8.3 million; $309.8 million, fifth week 6. Hot Tub Time Machine, $8 million; $27.8 million, second week 7. The Bounty Hunter, $6.2 million; $49 million, third week 8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, $5.5 million; $46.2 million, third week 9. She's Out of My League, $1.463 million; $28.7 million, fourth week 10. Shutter...