How to Train Your Dragon has pᴀssed a huge milestone at the global box office. The new movie is the first live-action remake from DreamWorks, adapting their 2010 animated hit of the same name. Helmed by returning director Dean DeBlois, the movie stars Mason Thames as the wannabe Viking warrior Hiccup, who forges a bond with a wounded dragon named Toothless in spite of his village’s commitment to destroying all dragons. The How to Train Your Dragon cast also includes Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, and Gerard Butler.
Per The Numbers, shortly before the end of its first full week, How to Train Your Dragon has reached a worldwide gross of $252.9 million, comprising $113.7 million from domestic theaters and $139.2 million from international markets. In addition to making it only the ninth movie of 2025 to pᴀss the $250 million global milestone, this total makes the movie the 96th highest-grossing release from Universal ever, landing the movie in the studio’s Top 100 by surpᴀssing the grosses of Get Out ($252.3 million), Dolittle ($251.5 million), The Bad Guys ($250.8 million), Glᴀss ($246.9 million), and Love Actually ($246.5 million).
What This Means For How To Train Your Dragon
It Will Continue To Climb The Chart
The movie still has a way to climb if it hopes to break even, as the reported budget of How to Train Your Dragon is $150 million with an additional $100 million for advertising, meaning that its estimated break-even point could be as high as $500 million. However, the fact that it has soared past the $250 million milestone in a single week is a very good sign that it will be a major success. Additionally, it is set to quickly climb up Universal’s chart of their all-time highest-grossing movies. Below, see the movies between it and No. 90:
|
Rank |
тιтle |
Box Office |
|---|---|---|
|
#96 |
Halloween (2018) |
$255.4 million |
|
#94 |
Us (2019) |
$255.6 million |
|
#93 |
Erin Brockovich (2000) |
$257.8 million |
|
#92 |
Out of Africa (1985) |
$258.2 million |
|
#91 |
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004) |
$263.9 million |
|
#90 |
Waterworld (1995) |
$264.2 million |
Given the fact that ᴅᴇᴀᴅline projects that the How to Train Your Dragon release will take in another $40 million or so at the domestic box office alone by the end of its sophomore weekend, it is poised to shoot past all of those тιтles. With just its domestic total, by the end of the weekend, it should surpᴀss 2018’s Pacific Rim: Uprising ($290.9 million) to become their 78th highest-grossing movie of all time.
Our Take On The How to Train Your Dragon Milestone
It Could Become An All-Time Smash Hit
Given its current trajectory, by the end of its run, How to Train Your Dragon could reach a global gross of $925 million or more, which would place it among Universal’s Top 15 тιтles and mark it as a major hit. Given this success, it makes sense why DreamWorks has already greenlit the upcoming How to Train Your Dragon 2, which will be a live-action remake of the second installment in the original animated trilogy, which grossed $621.5 million during its theatrical run in 2014.
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Source: The Numbers & ᴅᴇᴀᴅline
