Universal Pictures enters the world of live-action remakes this weekend with How to Train Your Dragon. Will audiences who loved the animated version flock to theaters for the live-action entry? View How to Train Your Dragon’s opening weekend box office predictions and odds below.
What Is How To Train Your Dragon About?
On the island of Berk, Vikings and dragons are at odds with each other.
Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler) orders his son, the meek Hiccup (Mason Thames), to attack a Night Fury dragon. When Hiccup finally gets the chance to hurt a dragon, he elects to let it live.
Instead of fighting the dragon, he befriends it and names it Toothless. Vikings and dragons are not allies, so this newfound partnership between Hiccup and Toothless will be challenged.
When a threat emerges that endangers Vikings and dragons, Hiccup and Toothless must unify their respective groups and fight as one. It’s the only way to ensure the safety of their communities.
How to Train Your Dragon also stars Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz, and Murray McArthur.
Dean DeBlois, who helmed the animated trilogy, writes and directs the live-action remake.
How to Train Your Dragon opens in theaters on June 13.
How to Train Your Dragon Opening Weekend Box Office Odds
| How to Train Your Dragon Opening Weekend Box Office: Domestic | Odds |
|---|---|
| Less than $78 million | +122 |
| $78 million-$85 million | +285 |
| $85 million-$92 million | +426 |
| $92 million-$99 million | +1011 |
| Over $99 million | +1900 |
Odds via Polymarket on 6/11/25 at 5:15 p.m. ET
Nostalgia for animated movies has powered the box office the last month thanks to Lilo & Stitch.
How to Train Your Dragon should ride that same nostalgic wave to an opening over $70 million (+122).
Early estimates position the live-action movie opening between $75 million and $80 million.
If the same fans that showed up for Lilo & Stitch’s $145 million opening show up for HTTYD, then the audience can power it to north of $80 million.
