The How to Train Your Dragon remake is about to reach a major box office milestone. Released in June 2025, the movie tells the story of Hiccup’s (Mason Thames) surprising friendship with Toothless the dragon. Like the original 2010 movie, it was modeled after Cressida Cowell’s children’s book, while taking mᴀssive liberties in adapting its characters.

While the original cost around $165 million, the live-action adaptation was surprisingly less expensive, costing $150 million. That is a $15 million difference without even accounting for inflation, making DreamWorks’ latest project an anomaly. With such a relatively small budget, How to Train Your Dragon needed $375 million to achieve a profit and has already surpᴀssed that worldwide with over $500 million.

According to a report by ᴅᴇᴀᴅline, How to Train Your Dragon is about to reach $240 million domestically. After a projected $7.75 million weekend, thanks to a 31% drop, it will end its fifth weekend with $239.7 million, which would be a franchise first.

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No other How to Train Your Dragon movie has ever crossed the $240 million domestic mark, let alone $220 million total. The highest domestic total came from the 2010 movie, as it earned $218 million. While the worldwide total did increase between the 2010 and 2014 releases, it declined with the release of The Hidden World, which comparatively struggled:

While inflation certainly played a role in this movie’s success, it managed to outshine The Hidden World all the same. However, it still has to strain to achieve the worldwide totals, as How To Train Your Dragon ​​​​​​remake’s global tally still sits around $530 million, far below The Hidden World‘s $622 million.

Still, the domestic success is a reason for celebration, especially given that this movie should thrive once it heads to streaming. Most likely, How to Train Your Dragon will stream on Peacock when it leaves theaters, which should only draw more attention to the platform. It has easily achieved profitability either way.

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DreamWorks Has Another Success On Its Hands

The How to Train Your Dragon remake is DreamWorks’ first live-action adaptation, and it has already proven to be a mᴀssive success. This is a franchise that was already fairly successful, so crossing a milestone that none of the other movies reached is simply further proof that audiences continue to have an appeтιтe for this genre.

DreamWorks has already approved the How to Train Your Dragon 2 remake, which will be released on June 11, 2027. Given the 2025 release’s success, it has certainly proven to be a good decision, as the sequel should see just as much box office prominence. As Hiccup’s journey continues, DreamWorks should be thrilled.

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