How to Train Your Dragon
What started as fire and fury will become friendship.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle.But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
- Director
- Dean DeBlois
- Signature
- Craft · Wonder · Action
- Worldwide
- $495M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
13 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How How to Train Your Dragon actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless – much to the chagrin of his warrior father.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
How to Train Your Dragon appears in 6 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Fantasy Movies Ranked #28
Placed at #28 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Animation Movies Ranked #33
Placed at #33 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Family Movies Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Best Movies of the 2010s Ranked #43
Placed at #43 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Adventure Movies Ranked #48
Placed at #48 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #165
Placed at #165 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
1 win · 4 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Animated Feature
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
Critics' Choice Awards
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature
Annie Awards
1 win
- WinnerAnnie Award for Best Animated Feature
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
No wins yet · 1 nomination
- WinnerKids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie
The numbers
Box Office & Release
How to Train Your Dragon returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $165M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $495M
- Release date
- Mar 18, 2010
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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