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How to Train Your Dragon

2025 • PG • 2h 5m • Action / Adventure / Fantasy • Universal Pictures

The beloved tale of a young Viking and his dragon comes to life in a stunning live-action retelling of the animated classic.

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4.1

7.7

CS A

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$84.6M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$263.0M

Final

Worldwide Total

$639.9M

All markets

Budget$180M

Domestic Legs3.2x

2025 Rank#10

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Cast & Crew

Full DeBlois filmography

Dean DeBlois Director

Mason Thames Starring

Nico Parker Starring

Gerard Butler Starring

Nick Frost Starring

Julian Dennison

Julian Dennison Starring

ScreenplayDean DeBlois Produced byDean DeBlois, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel CinematographyBill Pope MusicJohn Powell SeriesHow to Train Your Dragon

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$244M–$263M

$226M $254M $282M

$263.0M so far

The prediction model updated after a -57% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $226M–$282M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$254M

Baseline

Action Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

0%

CinemaScore

A: Action avg is A

+6%

Audience

Elite — RT 89%, LB 4.10, IMDB 7.7

-3%

Seasonality

Summer Early

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

-1%

2nd Weekend

-57% drop

-2%

Genre

Action Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 13–15 (opening) #1 $84.6M — 4,356 $19,429 $84.6M

2 Jun 20–22 #1 $36.6M −56.8% 4,373 $8,364 $160.1M

3 Jun 27–29 #2 $19.6M −46.4% 4,127 $4,747 $200.3M

4 Jul 4–6 #3 $11.2M −42.6% 3,714 $3,028 $224.2M

5 Jul 11–13 #4 $7.9M −29.7% 3,285 $2,406 $239.9M

6 Jul 18–20 #6 $5.4M −31.7% 2,848 $1,896 $250.8M

7 Jul 25–27 #7 $2.9M −46.3% 2,346 $1,236 $257.1M

8 Aug 1–3 #10 $1.3M −54.4% 1,459 $906 $260.4M

9 Aug 8–10 #13 $456.4K −65.5% 600 $760 $261.6M

10 Aug 15–17 #19 $186.8K −59.1% 243 $768 $262.1M

11 Aug 22–24 #17 $388.4K +108% 1,178 $329 $262.5M

12 Aug 29–31 #20 $161.8K −58.3% 217 $745 $262.9M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Jun 13 #1 $35.3M — $35.3M 4,356 $8,115 1

Sat Jun 14 #1 $26.6M −25% $61.9M 4,356 $6,105 2

Sun Jun 15 #1 $22.7M −15% $84.6M 4,356 $5,208 3

Mon Jun 16 #1 $8.5M −62% $93.2M 4,356 $1,959 4

Tue Jun 17 #1 $12.1M +42% $105.3M 4,356 $2,776 5

Wed Jun 18 #1 $8.5M −30% $113.7M 4,356 $1,941 6

Thu Jun 19 #1 $9.8M +15% $123.5M 4,356 $2,241 7

Fri Jun 20 #2 $10.9M +12% −69% $134.4M 4,373 $2,497 8

Sat Jun 21 #1 $14.5M +33% −45% $148.9M 4,373 $3,325 9

Sun Jun 22 #1 $11.1M −24% −51% $160.1M 4,373 $2,541 10

Mon Jun 23 #1 $4.6M −58% −46% $164.7M 4,373 $1,054 11

Tue Jun 24 #1 $7.1M +55% −41% $171.8M 4,373 $1,630 12

Wed Jun 25 #1 $4.8M −33% −43% $176.6M 4,373 $1,093 13

Thu Jun 26 #1 $4.1M −15% −58% $180.7M 4,373 $930 14

Fri Jun 27 #2 $5.8M +43% −47% $186.5M 4,127 $1,408 15

Sat Jun 28 #2 $7.8M +33% −47% $194.2M 4,127 $1,878 16

Sun Jun 29 #2 $6.0M −22% −46% $200.3M 4,127 $1,460 17

Mon Jun 30 #2 $3.1M −48% −32% $203.4M 4,127 $761 18

Tue Jul 1 #2 $4.3M +38% −39% $207.7M 4,127 $1,053 19

Wed Jul 2 #3 $2.5M −43% −49% $210.2M 3,714 $662 20

Thu Jul 3 #3 $2.8M +14% −31% $213.0M 3,714 $753 21

Fri Jul 4 #3 $2.9M +4% −50% $215.9M 3,714 $783 22

Sat Jul 5 #3 $4.7M +61% −40% $220.6M 3,714 $1,262 23

Sun Jul 6 #3 $3.7M −22% −39% $224.2M 3,714 $982 24

Mon Jul 7 #3 $1.7M −52% −44% $226.0M 3,714 $469 25

Tue Jul 8 #3 $2.5M +42% −43% $228.5M 3,714 $666 26

Wed Jul 9 #3 $1.9M −25% −25% $230.3M 3,714 $499 27

Thu Jul 10 #3 $1.7M −9% −40% $232.0M 3,714 $452 28

Fri Jul 11 #4 $2.4M +40% −19% $234.4M 3,285 $716 29

Sat Jul 12 #4 $3.1M +33% −33% $237.5M 3,285 $954 30

Sun Jul 13 #4 $2.4M −23% −34% $239.9M 3,285 $735 31

Mon Jul 14 #4 $1.2M −51% −33% $241.1M 3,285 $356 32

Tue Jul 15 #4 $1.8M +51% −28% $242.9M 3,285 $539 33

Wed Jul 16 #5 $1.3M −27% −30% $244.2M 3,285 $394 34

Thu Jul 17 #4 $1.2M −5% −27% $245.4M 3,285 $374 35

Fri Jul 18 #7 $1.6M +32% −31% $247.0M 2,835 $574 36

Sat Jul 19 #6 $2.2M +32% −31% $249.2M 2,835 $759 37

Sun Jul 20 #6 $1.6M −25% −33% $250.8M 2,835 $571 38

Mon Jul 21 #6 $763.5K −53% −35% $251.5M 2,835 $269 39

Tue Jul 22 #6 $1.2M +52% −34% $252.7M 2,848 $408 40

Wed Jul 23 #6 $825.5K −29% −36% $253.5M 2,848 $289 41

Thu Jul 24 #6 $669.8K −19% −46% $254.2M 2,848 $235 42

Fri Jul 25 #7 $862.8K +29% −47% $255.1M 2,346 $367 43

Sat Jul 26 #7 $1.1M +31% −47% $256.2M 2,346 $482 44

Sun Jul 27 #7 $905.3K −20% −44% $257.1M 2,346 $385 45

Mon Jul 28 #7 $436.8K −52% −43% $257.5M 2,346 $186 46

Tue Jul 29 #7 $655.4K +50% −44% $258.2M 2,346 $279 47

Wed Jul 30 #8 $489.6K −25% −41% $258.7M 2,346 $208 48

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$258.7M

Jun 13Jun 25Jul 7Jul 18Jul 30

Weekend grossWk 10 · $186.8K

$84.6M

$36.6M

$19.6M

$11.2M

$7.9M

$5.4M

$2.9M

$1.3M

$456.4K

$186.8K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,373 → 2,346 −46.4%

4,356 open2,346 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −59.1%

−56.8%

W1→2

−46.4%

W2→3

−42.6%

W3→4

−29.7%

W4→5

−31.7%

W5→6

−46.3%

W6→7

−54.4%

W7→8

−65.5%

W8→9

−59.1%

W9→10

Steepest −65.5%Best hold −29.7%

Run milestones

$200M in 17 days

$100M

Day 5

Jun 17

$200M

Day 17

Jun 29

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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