“2010 is off to a strong start, thanks in large part to the performance of ‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ which – having grossed nearly $375 million to date in worldwide box office – has become DreamWorks Animation’s next franchise. We plan to release the sequel theatrically in 2013,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation. “3D continues to have a tremendous impact on the industry at large and we are now looking forward with great anticipation to bringing ‘Shrek Forever After,’ the final chapter in our beloved ‘Shrek’ series and the first in 3D, to audiences across the globe next month.”

How to Train Your Dragon, directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, is still out in theaters and in 3D for all to see. Check your local theater show times if you want to catch another peek of Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel) and the gang on the big screen while you still can.

Then we make our way over to the remake sector with the Neil LaBute helmed Death at a Funeral, which definitely took in a nice chunk of change this weekend with $17 Million. Check out the rest of the weekend totals from Box Office Mojo.:

Weekend Box Office (April 16-18)

1. How to Train Your Dragon  ($20 M)
2. Kick-Ass  ($19.7 M)
3. Date Night  ($17.3 M)
4. Death at a Funeral  ($17 M)
5. Clash of the Titans  ($15.7 M)
6. The Last Song  ($5.8 M)
7. Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?  ($4.1 M)
8. Hot Tub Time Machine  ($3.54 M)
9. Alice in Wonderland  ($3.5 M)
10. The Bounty Hunter  ($3.2 M)

If your into all things Cheech and Chong, you’ll be happy to know that on 4/20 their newest movie Cheech and Chong’s Hey Watch This is released in limited theaters. On this upcoming Friday there are the two big wide releases of The Losers and The Back-Up Plan. Within the realm of limited for that Friday is Paper Man, A Shine of Rainbows, In My Sleep and the Austin release of Best Worst Movie, set to expand in theaters in New York on May 14th and Los Angeles on May 21rst.

Among those films released during this past weekend is the Sony Pictures Classic Chloe, making about $1 Million. Granted the picture did not get that much marketing out here, so that could be the judge of the Amanda Seyfried starring picture for not gaining enough attention. Repo Men and Green Zone continue to respectively plummet, although they both retain spots within the top ten list. Check out the rest of the list below from Box Office Mojo.:

Weekend Box Office (March 26-28)

1. How to Train Your Dragon  ($43.3 M)
2. Alice in Wonderland  ($17.3 M)
3. Hot Tub Time Machine  ($13.6 M)
4. The Bounty Hunter  ($12.4 M)
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid  ($10 M)
6. She’s Out of My League  ($3.5 M)
7. Green Zone  ($3.3 M)
8. Shutter Island  ($3.1 M)
9. Repo Men  ($3 M)
10. Our Family Wedding ($2.2 M)

April is just right around the corner, and that means the next wave of testosterone is flooding into the theaters. On April 2nd is the 2D and 3D release of Clash of the Titans along with Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?. In the limited release circuit is Don McKay, Leaves of Grass and The Warlords. There is a New York only release of The Thorn in the Heart with a New York and Los Angeles release of Breaking Upwards and The Greatest.

The story is set in the prehistoric era, where a man’s position as Leader of the Hunt is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions … like fire. The feature is written by Sanders along with Kirk DeMicco from an earlier draft that was penned by DeMicco and John Cleese. The film is expected to open on March 30th, 2012.