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LOS ANGELES — “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” breathed some fire into a slumping box office with a franchise-best $55.5 million debut over Oscar weekend.
Writer-director Dean DeBlois’ third and supposedly final instalment in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series notched the best opening of the year in U.S. and Canadian theatres.
Going into the weekend, overall ticket sales for 2019 were down 18%, according to Comscore, throwing cold water on the record box office of 2018.
But as Hollywood was set to gather for the Academy Awards on