This Friday saw a major Hollywood showdown at the Indian box office with How To Train Your Dragon, soared far ahead, clearly outpacing the competition and emerging as the undisputed winner by a significant margin.

According to a TOI report, How To Train Your Dragon has collected Rs 4.88 crore, Minimalists have opened to Rs 55 lakh net, and Ballerina has scored Rs 1.85 crore on its first day in India.

According to early estimates from Sacnilk.com, the English version of How To Train Your Dragon raked in approximately ₹2.96 crore in India, with the Hindi-dubbed version trailing at ₹1.1 crore. The regional Tamil and Telugu versions also put up a strong show, earning ₹36 lakh and ₹46 lakh, respectively.

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On the global front, the film is smashing expectations, kicking off with an impressive $82.5 million debut across 4,356 screens in North America alone. Friday accounted for a whopping $35.5 million of that total, including $11.1 million from early preview screenings, making it the biggest opening weekend in the franchise’s history.

Ballerina kicked off its box office journey with promising numbers. After earning approximately ₹50 lakh net (₹60 lakh gross) from preview shows, the film added another ₹1.85 crore net (₹2.25 crore gross) on Friday. This brings its total opening day collection to ₹2.35 crore net.

With positive word-of-mouth and weekend footfall expected to rise, the film is likely to see solid growth in the coming days, with projections indicating a weekend total of around ₹8 crore net.

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The Minimalists had a modest start at the Indian box office, opening with ₹55 lakh on its first day. To stay in contention, the film will need strong weekend growth. Based on current advance booking trends, it’s projected to collect around ₹1 crore each on Saturday and Sunday, which would bring its weekend total to approximately ₹2.5 crore, a Pinkvilla report stated.

If it maintains steady traction with its niche audience, the film is expected to close its India run with a net total of around ₹7 crore. This would translate to a theatrical share of nearly ₹3.5 crore (roughly USD 400K) for the producers.