Box Office History for How to Train Your Dragon Movies

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Release
Date
TitleProduction
Budget
Opening
Weekend
Domestic
Box Office
Worldwide
Box Office
Jun 13, 2025How to Train Your Dragon Li…
Nov 24, 2020Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hut…
Feb 22, 2019How to Train Your Dragon: T… $129,000,000$55,022,245$160,799,505$521,595,422
Jun 13, 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2 $145,000,000$49,451,322$177,002,924$614,586,270
Nov 15, 2011Dragons: Gift of the Night …
Mar 26, 2010How to Train Your Dragon $165,000,000$43,732,319$217,581,232$494,870,992
 
Averages $146,333,333$49,401,962$185,127,887$543,684,228
Totals 6 $439,000,000$555,383,661$1,631,052,684

Video Release Breakdown

Release DateTitleDomestic
Video Sales
to Date
Watch Now
Oct 15, 2010How to Train Your Dragon $201,793,419 Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Nov 15, 2011DreamWorks Dragons Double Pack: Gift of th… $7,182,622  
Nov 11, 2014How to Train Your Dragon 2 $74,944,968 Netflix Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
Jan 22, 2019How to Train Your Dragon 1 & 2 $2,915,265 Google
Jan 22, 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Short Film C… $205,780  
Feb 12, 2019Dragons: Race to the Edge — Seasons 1 & 2 $418,785  
Apr 30, 2019How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World $36,036,969 Amazon iTunes Google Vudu
May 21, 2019How to Train Your Dragon: 3-Movie Collection $14,439,375  
Dec 3, 2019How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming   Vudu
Nov 24, 2020Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday   Netflix
 
 Totals$337,937,183

Our DVD and Blu-ray sales estimates are based on weekly retail surveys, which we use to build a weekly market share estimate for each title we are tracking. The market share is converted into a weekly sales estimate based on industry reports on the overall size of the market, including reports published in Media Play News.

For example, if our weekly retail survey estimates that a particular title sold 1% of all units that week, and the industry reports sales of 1,500,000 units in total, we will estimate 15,000 units were sold of that title. The consumer spending estimate is based on the average sales price for the title in the retailers we survey.

We refine our estimates from week to week as more data becomes available. In particular, we adjust weekly sales figures for the quarter once the total market estimates are published by the Digital Entertainment Group. Figures will therefore fluctuate each week, and totals for individual titles can go up or down as we update our estimates.

Because sales figures are estimated based on sampling, they will be more accurate for higher-selling titles.

Streaming Releases: Apple Bets on The Banker, Ozark’s Back on Netflix

March 26th, 2020

Ozark: Season 3

As the movie industry tries to adapt to the the COVID-19 outbreak, we at The Numbers are adapting with them, although it might take another week or so to get our new columns and schedule set, so bear with us in the meantime. Or bare with us, the choice is yours. Starting today, we will have a new weekly column looking at the films and TV shows hitting popular streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime. Of the titles on this week’s list. It is The Banker that has my attention the most. More...

VOD Releases: Will these VOD Releases Rescue the Movie Industry?

March 26th, 2020

Banana Split

With the COVID-19 outbreak causing mass shutdowns of non-essential businesses in a lot of places, theatrical releases are, for the most part, non-existent. However, the movie industry is trying to rapidly adapt to this and so are we. They are fast-tracking lots of theatrical releases to VOD and we will be expanding our coverage of VOD releases. Like last week, there are a lot of fast-tracked theatrical releases coming out this week, but we also have the more typical VOD premieres to talk about. Of the former category, Bad Boys for Life is clearly leading the way, although Birds of Prey is coming out on Friday rather than Tuesday, so it gets a jump on the action. Of the latter category, Banana Split is the film that I’m most interested in seeing. Sadly, there are so many major VOD releases this week that I fear it will slip between the cracks. More...

Weekend Predictions: Will Audience Answer the Call?

February 20th, 2020

The Call of the Wild

It’s a post-holiday weekend, so we are not expecting much at the box office. The Call of the Wild is earning good reviews, but not great reviews, while its buzz is far too quiet for its massive production budget. On the other hand, Brahms: The Boy II is a low-budget horror movie earning terrible reviews and frankly I’m sick of talking about these movies. Seriously. We are less than two months into the year and we’ve already at least four other low-budget horror movies to come out. I don’t want to hear anyone complain about too many super hero movies ever again. … Moving on. Neither of these two films are expected to challenge Sonic the Hedgehog for top spot on the box office chart. In fact, I’m not convinced Brahms will open in the top five. This weekend last year, the final installment of the How to Train Your Dragon opened with just over $55 million. There’s no way the box office will match that this year and 2020 is going to lose in the year-over-year competition unless the holdovers hold on a lot better than anticipated. More...

Home Market Releases for May 21st, 2019

May 21st, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

It is a very strange week on the home market. There are two $100 million hits, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and The Upside, a midlevel hit, Isn’t it Romantic, and then practically nothing. The week’s releases are more top-heavy than any other week I can remember. Fortunately, the biggest release of the week, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, is also one of the best wide releases of the year so far and it is easily the Pick of the Week. In fact, it would likely have won that title even if it was a busier than average week. More...

International Box Office: China Propels Alita to the Top

February 27th, 2019

Alita: Battle Angel

Alita: Battle Angel rose to first place with $92.42 in 82 markets for totals of $202.68 million internationally and $263.70 million worldwide. The film debuted in China with $63.26 million over the weekend for a total opening of $64.31 million. This is a great start in that market and better than the film’s predicted $50 million opening and even better than its early $60 million projection. It won’t be enough to save the film’s financial future, but it will be enough to save face. The film only made $3.2 million during its opening in Japan, which is disappointing, as the movie was based on a Manga / Anime from Japan and many assumed it would perform better there. The film has no more openings but should top $400 million internationally with relative ease and with a bit of luck, could get to $450 million. We will know more next week, once we see how long its legs will be in China. More...

Weekend Wrap-Up: Dragons Breath Fire and Life into the Box Office

February 26th, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World not only led the way over the weekend, it had the fastest start of the year so far. This helped the overall box office grow to $127 million. This is 4.3% higher than last weekend, which might not seem impressive, but this is a post-holiday weekend and we usually see a substantial drop-off. On the other hand, this is still 34% lower than this weekend last year, as Black Panther’s sophomore stint was almost exactly double The Hidden World’s debut. This left 2019 even further behind 2018 and the gap is now 25% or $460 million at $1.36 billion to $1.82 billion. More...

Friday Estimates: Dragons Take Flight One Last Time

February 23rd, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is beating expectations with $17.49 million on Friday, putting it on pace for $60 million over the full weekend, including its $2.5 million from paid previews. This is more than enough to be the fastest opening in the franchise and it is easily the best opening of the year so far. It’s nice for a potential major hit to actually top expectations and this is the first time that’s happened all year. Hopefully the film’s reviews and word-of-mouth can continue to lift its box office chances over the full weekend and indeed over the next few weeks. More...

Weekend Predictions: Can Dragons make the Box Office Soar Again?

February 21st, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

There’s only one true wide release this weekend, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, but it should become the fastest opening film of the year so far. Additionally, Fighting With My Family is expanding wide and after its stellar start last weekend, it should easily earn a spot in the top five. It likely won’t be able to top Alita: Battle Angel or The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, but it should be in a battle for fourth place with Isn’t It Romantic. On the positive side, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World should earn more than the three new wide releases from this weekend last year. On the negative side, Black Panther remained in top spot with closer to $120 million. 2019 is going to get destroyed in the year-over-year comparison, again, but at least it won’t be as bad as last week was. More...

International Box Office: Dragon is No Longer Hidden

February 5th, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World roared into first place on the international chart with $40.8 million in 40 markets for a still early international total of $85.5 million. It was buoyed by a quartet of major market openings, led by Mexico, where it earned first place with $7.56 million in 891 theaters. This is 20% more than the previous film in the franchise opened with in that market. It also opened in first place in the U.K. ($6.95 million in 556 theaters) and in Italy ($3.67 million in 467). On the other hand, it had to settle for third place in South Korea with $3.30 million on 971 screens over the weekend for a total opening of $4.61 million. The film opens in France and Germany this weekend, but doesn’t finish its box office run until August, when it finally opens in Japan. More...

Preview: February

February 1st, 2019

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

2019 got off to a slow start as the biggest release of January, Glass, missed expectations and as a result, 2019 lost every weekend in the year-over-year comparison. Unfortunately, 2019 isn’t going to turn things around this month, as last February, Black Panther broke all of the records. That doesn’t mean there are no bright spots this month. Both The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World are virtually guaranteed to reach $100 million domestically, while I wouldn’t be too surprised if one or both hit $200 million. Meanwhile, there are several midlevel hits, one of which could turn into a surprise $100 million hit. That said, there’s a chance all nine movies opening this month combined will earn less than Black Panther did last year. More...

Home Market Releases for January 22nd, 2019

January 24th, 2019

The Hate U Give

We’re getting close to the monster hits from fall finally coming out on the home market. Closer, but we are not quite there yet. This week’s biggest release is First Man, but it is not the best. The race for Pick of the Week came down to three contenders: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Hate U Give, and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Set Three. It was a close race, but in the end The Hate U Give won out. More...

International Box Office: Bewitching the Box Office

June 25th, 2014

Maleficent poster

Maleficent rose to first place with $47.9 million in 54 markets for totals of $340.8 million internationally and $526.7 million worldwide. It became the first live-action film in Angelina Jolie's career to reach the $500 million mark. The film opened in first place in China with $22.01 million. Up next for the film is Japan and if it does well there, it could top Kung Fu Panda 2 as Angelina Jolie's biggest hit. More...

International Box Office: Trio Top the Charts

June 18th, 2014

Godzilla poster

There were three films that were in a virtual tie for top spot on the international top ten. Godzilla squeaked out a win with $38.4 million in 62 markets for totals of $248.7 million internationally and $440.2 million worldwide after a month of release. This includes a $37.00 million opening weekend in China. Needless to say, it earned first place in that market. The film finishes its international run in Japan at the end of July and it should jump over $500 million worldwide when it does. More...

Note: This list contains actors who appeared in at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Jay Baruchel 3 Hiccup $1,631,052,684 $3,376,023,746 48.3%
Gerard Butler 3 Stoick $1,631,052,684 $4,839,897,012 33.7%
America Ferrera 3 Astrid $1,631,052,684 $3,298,918,294 49.4%
Craig Ferguson 3 Gobber $1,631,052,684 $2,496,240,689 65.3%
Jonah Hill 3 Snotlout $1,631,052,684 $6,629,189,193 24.6%
Christopher Mintz-Plasse 3 Fishlegs $1,631,052,684 $3,449,159,696 47.3%
Kristen Wiig 3 Ruffnut $1,631,052,684 $7,887,530,483 20.7%
Cate Blanchett 2 Valka $1,136,181,692 $11,879,978,241 9.6%
T.J. Miller 2 Tuffnut $1,109,457,262 $6,556,310,641 16.9%
Kit Harington 2 Eret Son of Eret $1,136,181,692 $1,828,508,819 62.1%
Gideon Emery 2 Teeny $1,136,181,692 $1,151,519,547 98.7%

Note: This list contains people who contributed to at least two movies in the franchise.

PersonNr. of
Movies
Technical RoleFranchise
Worldwide
Box Office
Career
Worldwide
Box Office
Franchise
/
Career
Dean DeBlois 4 Director (4)
Screenwriter (4)
Executive Producer (2)
Producer (1)
$1,631,052,684 $1,876,852,681 86.9%
Chris Sanders 3 Executive Producer (2)
Director (1)
Screenwriter (1)
$1,631,052,684 $3,758,256,326 43.4%
Cressida Cowell 3 Story Creator (3) $1,136,181,692 $1,136,181,692 100.0%
Bonnie Arnold 3 Producer (3) $1,631,052,684 $2,763,929,687 59.0%
Pierre-Olivier Vincent 3 Production Designer (2)
Art Director (1)
$1,631,052,684 $1,810,409,810 90.1%
Gil Zimmerman 3 Head of Layout (3) $1,631,052,684 $2,186,040,161 74.6%
John Powell 3 Composer (3) $1,631,052,684 $14,955,958,979 10.9%
Doug Davison 3 Co-Producer (3) $1,631,052,684 $3,467,642,080 47.0%
Roy Lee 3 Co-Producer (3) $1,631,052,684 $6,644,235,961 24.5%
Randy Thom 3 Sound Designer (3)
Supervising Sound Editor (2)
Re-recording Mixer (1)
$1,631,052,684 $20,147,013,701 8.1%
Simon Otto 3 Head of Animation (2)
Story Artist (1)
$1,631,052,684 $1,631,052,684 100.0%
Nico Marlet 3 Character Designer (3) $1,631,052,684 $2,340,892,257 69.7%
Dave Walvoord 2 Visual Effects Supervisor (2) $1,136,181,692 $1,136,181,692 100.0%
Michael Connelly 2 Co-Producer (2) $1,109,457,262 $1,222,801,865 90.7%
John K. Carr 2 Editor (2) $1,136,181,692 $1,916,602,863 59.3%
Kate Spencer Lachance 2 Co-Executive Producer (1)
Co-Producer (1)
$1,136,181,692 $1,136,181,692 100.0%
Alessandro Carloni 2 Head of Story (1)
Story Artist (1)
$1,016,466,414 $1,537,637,239 66.1%
Leslee Feldman 2 Casting Director (2) $1,109,457,262 $12,478,001,673 8.9%
Shawn Murphy 2 Re-recording Mixer (2)
Score Mixer (1)
$1,136,181,692 $8,629,649,532 13.2%