‘Kick-Ass’ Claims Top Spot At Box Office Over ‘How To Train Your Dragon’

First Published: April 19, 2010 4:37 PM EDT Credit:

Caption Chloe Grace Moretz is Hit Girl in “Kick-Ass”

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The top movies at the weekend box office have flip-flopped again, with the superhero comedy “Kick-Ass” edging out the animated adventure “How to Train Your Dragon.”

Final studio numbers Monday have Lionsgate’s “Kick-Ass” at No. 1 with $19.8 million. DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon,” distributed by Paramount, ran a close No. 2 with $19.6 million.

On Sunday, Paramount had estimated “How to Train Your Dragon” took in $20 million, but the final number came in $400,000 lower.

The same thing happened the previous weekend, when 20th Century Fox’s “Date Night” was reported as No. 1 based on Sunday estimates. Final numbers Monday gave the box-office victory to the Warner Bros. release “Clash of the Titans.”

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