Before the film began to land on the North American theaters, it earned $665,000 in the box office, which is more than three times that of " The Croods ". The film was expanded to 3708 theaters in North America on the day of the screening, and it was accounted for $15.7 million on the day, topping the single-day box office list. This first day's box office was in the DreamWorks March animation, second only to " Monsters vs. Aliens " at $16.75 million, and nearly double the $8 million on the first day of " Mr. Peabody & Sherman " in March 2014.
The first weekend of the film’s first weekend of three days was $54 million. This premiere result is DreamWorks Animation ’s best start since the 2012 summer archive " Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted ". The month’s " How to Train Your Dragon 2 "nearly 10 % higher, which was 24% higher than " The Croods "'s $43.63 million. The excellent start of the film also ended the situation where the box office of four consecutive DreamWorks animations was not as good as expected since the 2013 summer " Turbo "
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