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How to Train Your Dragon Tops $600 Million and Sets Franchise Records

Its success has driven Universal to greenlight a 2027 sequel, highlighting the studio’s live-action remake strategy.

Cogman driving Sir Edmund through the city in Transformers: The Last Knight

Overview

  • After seven weekends it has amassed about $605 million worldwide, with $257 million domestic and $348 million international
  • It overtook Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight ($602 million) and edged past Will Smith’s I Am Legend ($256 million) in domestic earnings
  • The remake ranks as the second-highest global entry in its franchise and claims the top domestic spot among all How to Train Your Dragon films
  • It is the fifth highest-grossing film of 2025 globally and held a #7 position in North America’s box office chart despite typical seventh-weekend declines
  • Universal’s July 15 PVOD debut did not dent momentum, sustaining strong audience demand and a 97% Rotten Tomatoes viewer score, which underpinned a sequel greenlight