How to Train Your Dragonhas had an enormous global debut. The 2025 movie is a live-action remake of the 2010 animated movie of the same name and stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, a Viking from a village of dragon hunters who forges an unlikely bond with an injured dragon who he names Toothless. TheHow to Train Your Dragonreleasekicked off on June 13, taking No. 1 at the domestic box office and knocking Disney’s competing live-action remakeLilo & Stitchfrom its perch at the top of the chart, which it held for three consecutive weekends.
PerVariety, as of Sunday morning,How to Train Your Dragonis expected to conclude its opening weekend with a global box office haul of $197.8 million. While this pales in comparison to its live-action remake competitorLilo & Stitch, which had a global debut of more than $340 million, this total is more than enough for the new movie to debut atNo. 10 on the chart of the highest-grossing movies of the year worldwidewithin just three days, surpassing DreamWorks’Dog Man, which previously held the position with a $145.2 million haul.
What This Means For How To Train Your Dragon
It Should Continue Rising Up The Top 10 Chart
This huge global debut for2025’sHow to Train Your Dragonsees itsoaring past the entire worldwide grosses of a number of other major 2025 movies, including the rom-com hitBridget Jones: Mad About the Boy($139.3 million), the Stephen King horror movieThe Monkey($68.9 million), and the successful comedyOne of Them Days($51.9 million), which has a sequel in early development. It will most likely climb even higher, especially if it follows the lead of the original animated movies, all of which had solid worldwide totals that grossed an average of 11.2 times their domestic debuts.
[How to Train Your Dragon] should more or less immediately claim the No. 9 position…
IfHow to Train Your Dragoncontinues that trend, it could eventually gross $900 million or more worldwide.This total would place it in the Top 5 of the year as it stands, behind onlyNe Zha 2($1.899 billion),A Minecraft Movie($951.5 million), andLilo & Stitch(which is on a trajectory to surpass $1 billion). While it will take some time to climb the chart, it should more or less immediately claim the No. 9 position, because it only needs an additional $7.8 million to surpass the $205.6 million total earned by Disney’s live-action disappointmentSnow White.
Our Take On The How To Train Your Dragon Debut
It Has Major Competition Coming Soon
While the movie’s success seems assured, it remains to be seen if theHow to Train Your Dragonbox officecan climb high enough for it to secure a position in the Top 10 at the end of the year. It has major competition coming up from fellow summer movies such asSuperman,Jurassic World Rebirth, andThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, as well as holiday season titles includingWicked: For Good,Zootopia 2, andAvatar: Fire and Ash. However, if it comes close to making $1 billion,it could potentially remain on the chart through the end of December.
