It was a big weekend at the box office and, once again, it was thanks to a great film that is friendly to the family-more, live remake of an animated favorite. The new download of DreamWorks and Universal on "How to Train Your Dragon" hit theaters over the weekend and did very good for yourself, proving that this whole living with a live remake still has a lot of gas in the tank.

"How to train your dragon" to director Unbloyis, at the top of the box office with about $ 83.7 million at home. Even better for Universal, the film performed significantly stronger abroad, taking $ 114.1 million as a global start of $ 197.8 million. Even against the $ 150 million production budget and significant consumption of global marketing, it is a very good debut. It didn't hurt that match was relatively easy, with Lilo and Stitch slowing down a bit and last weekend is Ballerina "Johnon Wick" spin-off "ballerina" falls from rock after no longer so great opening. Everything worked for the benefit of this film.

So what has passed properly, exactly? How did Universal successfully withdraw this remake of a 15-year-old modern animated classic? And how did it stand out so successfully even among the crowded summer edition calendar? We look at the biggest reasons why "how to train your dragon" managed the box office for his open weekend. Let's get into that.

Films rarely reach this level of success without critics. To this end, "how to train your dragon" currently has a critical rating of 78% approval on rotten tomatoes. Although it is not approximately as high as its animated predecessor, it is good enough to generate positive buzz. More importantly, however, it seems that the general audience absolutely loves the film, with the audience rating sitting at 98%. Earn a cinema. It is a nearly universal level of Loveube from people who actually get off the couch to buy tickets.

/Film is Etan Anderton called "How to train your dragon", move "Equivalent to the Movement of Movement" by Tuk Tacos in Nachos, in his reviewwriting that it is "better" than most live remake with Disney action, if it is still something unnecessary in creative sense. So, yes, there is some cynicism by certain critics and cynefiles about these live remake by acting on animated favorites. However, the general audience eats this and, at the end of the day, that is which universal aims to satisfy it. The fact that critics were greatly okay with the film, while Moviegoers worshiped him is a good answer, as anyone could hope with such a venture.

One of the biggest factors that contributes to the success of this remake in early walking is the fact that Universal was able to keep the global audience "how to train your dragon" with the transition from animation into live action. Often there is a big focus on the United States, as far as box office is concerned, but films are really relying on the global theater market to become successful. In this case, the international audience was crucial.

"How to train your dragon" followed to earn as much as $ 77 million before his publication. He blew these projections to North America. However, more importantly, previous animated films have made strong amounts of money around the world, "How to train your dragon: the hidden world", "brought about 70% of its $ 540 million gross out of the United States, but still refers to the property of the property of the property to take care of the property.

Indeed, people around the world want teeth and like it. They emerged and proved that in a significant way over the weekend. With the answer as it is, this film is positioned to have definitely long legs in the coming weeks. When everyone is told and done (but without getting too much ahead), we could look at one of the biggest global hits of the year here.

I am not interested in opening a debate on the topic, but one thing that is very clear about the remake "How to Train Your Dragon" is that Dean Unbloys, who also co-raised the original film, remained very faithful to the animated classic ... so much that some might ask why someone would have been able to spend 15 million. However, at the end of the day, from the turn of this remake of opening weekend just for it all. People love the original film, and if not broken, don't fix it.

Yes, There are some differences between animated and live versions with the action of "How to Train Your Dragon", But they are not significant. Universal Greenlit this film because it is part of the billion -dollar franchise and, well, there was money to be made from it. Meanwhile, Unbloys directed it because he clearly wanted to ensure that he remains loyal to the film he did 15 years ago. Although there is certainly a conversation that needs to be held about the artistic merit of the remake, it is obvious that the audience still loves this story and her characters. It is also clear that staying true to what worked before and not to do anything too different was the real call, at least from dollars and cents pov.

One thing that proved to be the right time and time again in the last few years is the value of the family film that has been signing up to the box office. 2025 was massive in this regard by "how to train your dragon" which serves as the latest example. "Minecraft" also had one of the biggest Hollywood film openings this year And since then it has made more than $ 950 million worldwide, the largest total for any American film in 2025. Lilo and Point (Another Live Remake with Animated Favorite Action) had a similarly opened monster -sized opening and has since earned more than $ 850 million globally. He is likely to join the $ 1 billion club.

These are far from the only examples that pass in mind, with films like "Puss in Boots: Last Desire", "Wonka", And, of course, Pixar's monster hit "Inside 2", I also did a business in the box. Family films, when performing properly, can be a gold mine right now, partly thanks to reduced competition in that area, but also for the volume. After all, when entire families head to the theater, it means more tickets are bought at a weekend instead of a ticket at a time. Where superhero films were once the chances of becoming automatic blockbusters in the 2010s, it seems that family films that have successfully thrown the widest possible network have ever taken their place.

It's no secret that Disney has made billions of dollars in the last 15 years with the release of live remake of acting on its classic animated films. It doesn't always come out, Snow White has become one of the biggest wrong fires since 2025. That, he said, the huge success of Lilo and Stitch, as well as "Mufasa: The King of the Lion" in 2024, prove that this is more an exception than a rule.

More to the point, Universal and DreamWorks have decided that Disney is not the only studio that can be included in what has proved to be a very good business model. "How to Train Your Dragon" is a wealth of property that now has more generations of fans of its name (with thematic parks, animated shows and goods accompanying films). Based on Disney's PlayBook, it makes a strong choice for a live remake with action, and early numbers suggest it is a good decision. There is a reason Live-action "How to Train Your Dragon 2" is already firmly in the works.

Universal was rightly confident about what it had, which means that there is now a possible street for another popular film trilogy. Success is more elusive in box office than ever before. That is why this movie exists and why it will get a sequel. Indeed, the only thing that is surprising to all this is the fact that it lasted so long for another great Hollywood player to do what Disney did for more than a decade.

"How to train your dragon" is now in cinemas.