How to Train Your Dragon (2025 film)

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How to Train Your Dragon
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Dean DeBlois
Screenplay byDean DeBlois
Based on How to Train Your Dragon
by Cressida Cowell
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Bill Pope
Edited byWyatt Smith
Music by John Powell
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • April 2, 2025 (2025-04-02)(CinemaCon)
  • June 13, 2025 (2025-06-13)(United States)
Running time
125 minutes [3]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150 million [4]
Box office$629 million [5] [6]

How to Train Your Dragon is a 2025 American fantasy adventure film and a live-action remake of the 2010 animated film, itself loosely based on the 2003 novel by Cressida Cowell. Produced by Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Marc Platt Productions, and distributed by Universal, the film was written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-wrote and directed the animated films. It stars Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gabriel Howell, Julian Dennison, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Peter Serafinowicz, and Nick Frost, with Gerard Butler reprising his role as Stoick the Vast from the animated films.

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Plans for a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon were announced in February 2023, with DeBlois returning to write, direct, and produce after previously spearheading the animated trilogy. John Powell, who also worked on the trilogy, additionally returned to compose the score for the film. Thames and Parker joined the cast in May 2023, [7] with additional casting announced in January 2024. Filming began later that month in Belfast, Northern Ireland and wrapped in May. It is DreamWorks Animation's first live-action film. [8]

How to Train Your Dragon premiered at CinemaCon on April 2, 2025, and was released in the United States on June 13. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and has been commercially successful, grossing $629 million worldwide and becoming the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2025, as well as the highest-grossing film in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise. A sequel based on the second film in the trilogy is scheduled to be released on June 11, 2027. [9]

Plot

Dragons frequently attack the Viking village of Berk, stealing livestock and endangering villagers. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the 16-year-old son of chieftain Stoick the Vast, attempts to create mechanical devices to overcome his physical weaknesses. During a dragon raid, Hiccup shoots down a rare dragon called a Night Fury with a bolas launcher, but is disbelieved. Vowing to prove himself, Hiccup searches for the dragon to kill it. Upon seeing the dragon helpless and wounded, he compassionately releases him. To Hiccup's surprise, the angered dragon spares his life.

Meanwhile, Stoick rallies his fleet to destroy the dragons' nest. Before leaving, Stoick heeds the advice of his best friend and Hiccup's mentor, local blacksmith Gobber the Belch, and enrolls Hiccup in a dragon-fighting class with other local teens: Fishlegs Ingerman, Snotlout Jorgenson, the Thorston twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, and Hiccup's crush, Astrid Hofferson. Hiccup is mocked by his peers and struggles in class. Returning to the forest, he finds the Night Fury trapped in a cove, unable to fly because Hiccup's bolas severed half of his tail fin. Hiccup befriends the dragon, naming him "Toothless" for his retractable teeth; he builds a harness, saddle, and prosthetic fin, allowing Toothless to fly with Hiccup riding on his back to guide him. Hiccup also learns about dragon behavior from Toothless, which allows him to subdue the captive training dragons, impressing the villagers, but arousing Astrid's suspicions.

Meanwhile, Stoick's fleet is damaged while searching for the nest, and returns to Berk. Upon learning he must kill a dragon for his final exam, Hiccup attempts to flee with Toothless, but Astrid discovers them. Hiccup takes her on a flight to show her Toothless' friendliness. During the flight, Toothless is drawn to a dragon's nest, where a gigantic dragon, the Red Death, commands smaller dragons to feed it to avoid being eaten themselves. Realizing the dragons attack Berk for survival, Astrid wants to inform the villagers, but Hiccup advises against it to protect Toothless.

In his final exam, Hiccup faces a captive Monstrous Nightmare dragon. Rather than killing it, he attempts to publicly prove dragons can be peaceful, but Stoick inadvertently enrages the Monstrous Nightmare, causing Toothless to emerge from hiding to protect Hiccup. Stoick captures Toothless and disowns Hiccup after discovering the truth. Stoick's fleet uses Toothless to guide him to the nest despite Hiccup's warnings. After reminding a distraught Hiccup he spared Toothless out of sympathy, not cowardice, Astrid has Hiccup rally the other teens to tame the training dragons. Together, they pursue Stoick's fleet to the nest.

Stoick and his fleet locate and break open the nest, but the Red Death awakens and overpowers them. The dragon riders arrive to distract the Red Death while Hiccup attempts to free Toothless from a sinking ship. Stoick rescues both Hiccup and Toothless from drowning and reconciles with his son. Hiccup and Toothless lure the Red Death into the air, damage its wing membranes, and set its insides alight, causing it to crash and explode. The dying Red Death's tail hits Hiccup, and he falls into the explosion's fireball. Although Toothless rescues Hiccup, Hiccup loses his left foot.

With the Red Death's threat neutralized, the Berk villagers co-exist peacefully with the dragons. Gobber replaces Hiccup's foot and Toothless's fin with prosthetics, and Hiccup, now admired by his fellow villagers, begins a relationship with Astrid.

Cast

Production

Development

In February 2023, it was reported that a live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation's 2010 How to Train Your Dragon film, which was loosely based on Cressida Cowell's eponymous book series, was in development at Universal Pictures, with Dean DeBlois directing, writing and producing the film after previously writing and directing the animated entries, and Marc Platt and Adam Siegel joining as co-producers. [16] DeBlois only accepted to direct the adaptation on the condition that he had full creative control. [8] In November 2024, Forbes reported that Universal had spent over $50 million on pre-production for the film. [17]

Casting

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Nico Parker, Gerard Butler and Nick Frost play Astrid, Stoick and Gobber.

In May 2023, it was announced that Mason Thames and Nico Parker had been cast to star as Hiccup and Astrid respectively. [10] [18] In January 2024, Gerard Butler was cast to reprise his role as Stoick the Vast from the animated films, [11] with Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, and Harry Trevaldwyn joining the cast later that same month, who were cast to play Gobber, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, respectively. [12] [13] In March, Ruth Codd joined the cast of the film, portraying Phlegma. [14]

Filming

Principal photography was originally scheduled to begin in July 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, before it was postponed due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. [19] [20] After the strike concluded, screen tests were set for December 2023, with plans to begin production in mid-to-late January 2024. [20] Filming began on January 15, 2024, and wrapped on May 16. [21] [22] [23] Bill Pope served as the cinematographer. DeBlois originally contacted Roger Deakins, who served as a visual consultant on the animated films, about working on the live-action film, but when Deakins declined, he recommended Pope to DeBlois. [24] [8] Production was done with heavy use of practical sets and was filmed with the IMAX format in mind. Many scenes from the original film were re-created shot-for-shot in live-action form, notably Hiccup's first encounter with Toothless. [25]

Tindhólmur and Drangarnir of the Faroe Islands, which served as inspiration for Berk in the animated film, were used as filming locations for some of the flight scenes. [26] [27] [28]

Post-production

Framestore was the sole visual effects company working on the film, splitting the work across the company's studios in London, Melbourne, Montreal and Mumbai. [29] [30] [31] Christian Manz served as the production VFX supervisor. [32]

To drive authentic performances between the cast and their dragons and to inform the work of the visual effects teams animating the dragons in post-production, puppets were used on set. Tom Wilton led a team of puppeteers whose on set performances meant the cameraman could frame where the dragon would be while the actors had something to act against. [29] The Framestore visual effects animation team also programmed eight-axis gimbals which were saddled up for the actors to ride with each of the dragon's heads attached during flight scenes. The gimbals allowed each rider to give performances unique to their dragon's flight cycle. [29]

Music

In February 2023, John Powell revealed he was set to compose the film's music, after he previously scored the original film trilogy. [33] [34] The score was released through Back Lot Music day-and-date with the film on June 13, 2025, and was preceded by the single "Test Driving Toothless", which was adapted from the demo of the original film's soundtrack. [35] [36]

Release

How to Train Your Dragon had its world premiere at CinemaCon inside The Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on April 2, 2025, as part of Universal Pictures' presentation of its 2025 theatrical slate. [37] It had its first screening outside of the United States at the Sydney Film Festival on June 9, 2025, [38] followed by a Los Angeles premiere at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on June 7, 2025, and a New York premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Festival on June 11, 2025. [39] [40] [41]

The film was released theatrically by Universal in the United States on June 13, 2025, [42] including engagements in RealD 3D, IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, ScreenX and D-Box. It was previously set for release on March 14, 2025, [16] but due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, it was delayed to its June date. [42]

Marketing

The first look at the film was revealed in Empire 's 2025 Preview on November 15, 2024, ahead of the release of the first teaser trailer in front of theatrical screenings of Wicked . [43] The trailer was later released online on November 19, 2024, followed by a featurette introducing Dean DeBlois's vision in translating the story to the live-action medium. [44] A new look at the film aired during Super Bowl LIX on February 9, 2025, ahead of the release of the official trailer on February 12, 2025, before being attached to showings of Captain America: Brave New World . [45] [46] An IMAX trailer was released on May 6, 2025. [47]

Burger King released four menu items and BMW cars promoted the film. [48]

Home media

As part of a long-term deal with Amazon Prime Video for Universal's live-action films, the film will first stream on Peacock for the first four months of the pay-TV window, before moving to Prime Video for the next 10, and returning to Peacock for the remaining four. [49] [50] [b]

How to Train Your Dragon was released for digital download on July 15, 2025, and on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD on August 12. [51] [52] [53]

Reception

Box office

As of September 1,2025, How to Train Your Dragon has grossed $262.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $366.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $629 million. [5] [6]

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Materialists and was projected to gross $65–80 million from 4,000 theaters in its opening weekend. [4] [54] The film made $35.6 million on its first day, including $11.1 million from preview screenings. It went on to debut to $84.6 million, topping the box office and marking the best opening of the series. [55] The film had the fourth-highest opening weekend of 2025 up to that point, behind A Minecraft Movie , Lilo & Stitch and Captain America: Brave New World . [56] [57] How To Train Your Dragon remained at the top of the box office in its second weekend with $37 million (a drop of 56.8%), beating out new releases 28 Years Later and Elio . [58] [59] In its third weekend, it was overtaken by F1 and grossed $19.6 million. [60] [61]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 76% of 250 critics' reviews are positive.The website's consensus reads: "Crafted with loving fidelity to the animated classic by original co-director Dean DeBlois, How to Train Your Dragon doesn't best the first iteration but still reaches enchanting heights on its own." [62] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [63] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, the same as the original animated film, while those surveyed by PostTrak gave it a 94% overall positive score, with 83% saying they would definitely recommend the film. [56]

Brandon Yu of The New York Times gave the film a positive review and said, "This live action remake of the 2010 animated film is faithful to the original. The result is exhilarating at times, if somewhat mechanical." [64] Dessi Gomez of Deadline Hollywood also gave the film a positive review and said, "While certain details in specific scenes were modified and some dialogue subtly shifted to enhance the story, the new version follows the original plot’s three-act structure to a tee." [65] Helen O'Hara of Empire Magazine gave the film three stars out of five and said, "It's clearly made with real love and care, but shows far too much deference to its progenitor. Even in a remake, we need more originality and less playing the hits." [66]

Kyle Smith of Wall Street Journal stated that "Mr. DeBlois's film harks back to the pre- Star Wars style of children's moviemaking, when the condescension of oversimplification was a defining attribute." [67] Writing for Consequence , Liz Shannon Miller said, "To be clear, Dragon is not the worst live-action remake this year — congrats to Snow White on holding onto that prize. It’s just a slightly distorted copy of what came before. Its best attributes are fully a credit to the original, while its worst qualities all come from the foolishness of adapting a movie that was just fine the way it was." [68] Eric Goldman of IGN gave the film a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "The live-action How to Train Your Dragon can feel hemmed in by its faithfulness to the animated original, but it's re-creating that film's sense of heart and soul as well as its entire plot and most enduring images." [69] Bilge Ebiri of Vulture gave the film a positive review and said, "All in all, this live-action adaptation works remarkably well — a rare feat." [70]

Radheyan Simonpillai of The Guardian gave the film two stars out of five and said, "DreamWorks tries to find success with the Disney live-action remake template but falls short." [71] Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film two stars out of four and wrote, "the new version of How to Train Your Dragon doesn't do a single thing better than the original. It's not quite as soulless as the worst of these live-action remakes." [72]

Sequel

On April 2, 2025, at CinemaCon, Universal Pictures announced that a live-action remake of the second film of the original animated trilogy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was in development. It is scheduled for release on June 11, 2027. [73]

Notes

  1. Not produced by DreamWorks Animation, but released under its label.
  2. Universal's 18-month deal with Netflix only covers fully animated films from Illumination and DreamWorks Animation.

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