After being knocked to second place last week, critically-acclaimed animation "How to Train Your Dragon" roared back to the top of the North American box office, preliminary figures showed Sunday.
The Dreamworks fantasy about a young Viking who tames a dragon lost the poll position last week to "Kick-Ass," but takings of $15 million this weekend returned it to the top spot, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations said.
In at number two was new release "The Back-Up Plan," a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, which took $12.3 million in receipts over the Friday-Saturday-Sunday period.
Slapstick comedy "Date Night," starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell as a jaded married couple who land in a series of explosive situations after a rare romantic evening without their children, retained the third spot with $10.6 million.
In at number four was "The Losers," an action film adaptation of the comic book of the same name, which took $9.6 million in its first week in theaters.
Falling four places from the number one spot was "Kick-Ass," a controversial action hero movie featuring Nicolas Cage and a host of foul-mouthed, pint-sized crime fighters, which took $9.5 million in sales.
"Clash of the Titans," a critically-panned blockbuster based on the exploits of Perseus and his battles with the serpent-haired Medusa and a fearsome sea monster, fell one spot to number six, earning $9 million.
Remake "Death at a Funeral," featuring a wealth of African American Hollywood talent, including stand-up stars Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan, fell three spots to number seven, with $8 million.
At number eight was "Oceans," a documentary exploring the Earth’s five oceans, which took $6 million in its first week in theaters.
"The Last Song," a romantic teen-targeted Miley Cyrus flick, fell to ninth place in its fourth week in theaters with $3.7 million.
Tenth place went to the live-action version of Lewis Carroll’s classic "Alice in Wonderland" starring Johnny Depp, which took $2.2 million to raise its total earnings to $327.5 million.
