'How to Train Your Dragon 2' soars at Chinese box office

Poster of "How to Train Your Dragon 2" [Photo: cri.cn]

"How to Train Your Dragon 2" soared to the top of the Chinese box office over its four-day mainland opening.

Knocking kung fu romance drama, "White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom," off its perch, "Dragon 2" took off with over 26 million US dollars.

"White Haired Witch" fell to fifth place over the weekend, just a week after topping the domestic box office. Still, the Fan Bingbing-led film has so far earned over 61 million US dollars.

Canadian action flick "Brick Mansions" continues to clutch second-place in its third week. The actioner, which is also late American actor Paul Walker's last movie, has so far earned about 28 million US dollars at the Chinese box office.

Historical disaster drama "Pompeii," which opened last Friday, took third, while domestic title "Brotherhood of Blades" took fourth, earning a total of just over 12 million US dollars since opening on August 7.