How to Train Your Dragon ( film ) - wikipedia How to Train Your Dragon ( film ) How to Train Your Dragon Theatrical release poster Directed by Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Produced by Bonnie Arnold Screenplay by Will Davies Dean DeBlois Chris Sanders Based on How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Starring Jay Baruchel Gerard Butler Craig Ferguson America Ferrera Jonah Hill Christopher Mintz - Plasse T.J. Miller Kristen Wiig Music by John Powell Edited by Darren T. Holmes Maryann Brandon Production company DreamWorks Animation Distributed by Paramount Pictures Release date March 26, 2010 ( 2010 - 03 - 26 ) Running time 98 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $165 million Box office $495.8 million How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American 3D computer - animated action fantasy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Loosely based on the book series of the same name by Cressida Cowell, the film was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the duo who wrote and directed Walt Disney Animation Studios ' Lilo & Stitch. It stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, T.J. Miller, Kristen Wiig, and Christopher Mintz - Plasse. The story takes place in a mythical Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribe 's tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance at last of gaining the tribe 's acceptance, he finds that he no longer wants to kill the dragon and instead befriends it. The film was released March 26, 2010, and was a critical and commercial success, earning acclaim from film critics and audiences and earning nearly $500 million worldwide. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards, but lost to Toy Story 3 and The Social Network, respectively. The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature. A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was released on June 13, 2014, with DeBlois writing and directing by himself. Much like its predecessor, the sequel was also universally acclaimed and became a box office success. A second and final sequel, How to Train Your Dragon : The Hidden World, is to be released on March 1, 2019. The film 's success has also inspired other merchandise, including a video game and a television series. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Music 5 Release 5.1 Competition for 3D screens 5.2 Box - office 5.3 Critical reception 5.4 Accolades 5.5 Home media 6 Expanded franchise 6.1 Sequels 6.2 Short films 6.3 Television series 6.4 Video games 6.5 Arena show 7 See also 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links Plot On Berk, a Viking village located on a remote island from which dragons periodically steal livestock, Hiccup, the awkward fifteen - year - old son of the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, works as a blacksmith 's apprentice. As he is too small and weak to fight the dragons, he instead fashions mechanical devices under his apprenticeship with Gobber, the senior blacksmith, though his inventions often malfunction or backfire. During one attack, Hiccup shoots down a Night Fury, an extremely rare and dangerous dragon, with a bola launcher of his ; he later finds it in the forest trapped in his bolas, but finding that he can not bring himself to kill the dragon, he instead sets it free. Stoick assembles a fleet to find the dragons ' nest, entering Hiccup in a dragon - killing class taught by Gobber. Hiccup returns to the forest to find the Night Fury still there ; he realizes the dragon is unable to fly properly because of its crippled tail fin. Hiccup befriends the dragon, gradually taming it and giving it the name ' Toothless ' due to its retractable teeth. Feeling guilty for crippling Toothless, Hiccup eventually makes a harness and prosthetic fin that allows him to guide the dragon in flight. By observing Toothless 's behavior, Hiccup becomes increasingly proficient in subduing the captive dragons during training nonviolently, earning him the admiration of his peers but causing Astrid, a tough Viking girl on whom Hiccup has a crush, to become increasingly suspicious of his behavior. Meanwhile, Stoick 's fleet arrives home unsuccessful, though he is cheered by Hiccup 's unexpected success in dragon training. Astrid eventually discovers that he is training Toothless. Hiccup takes her for a flight to demonstrate his relationship with the dragon before she can tell the village. Toothless unexpectedly takes the pair to the dragons ' nest where they discover a gargantuan dragon named the Red Death, which eats the smaller dragons unless they bring it stolen livestock ; the pair realize that the dragons have been attacking Berk under its control as opposed to of their own free will. Back at the village, Hiccup, having won dragon training, is given the task of killing a captive Monstrous Nightmare dragon ; he, instead, subdues it in front of his father and village instead of killing it in an attempt to prove that the dragons are harmless. However, Stoick inadvertently angers the dragon into attacking. Toothless attempts to protect Hiccup in the ensuing panic but is instead captured by the Vikings in the process. Hiccup accidentally reveals to Stoick that Toothless is capable of locating the dragons ' nest ; Stoick disowns his son and sets off for the nest with Toothless chained to the lead ship as a guide. The Viking attack force locates and breaks open the dragon 's nest, allowing most of the dragons to fly out but also awakening the Red Death, soon overwhelming the attack force. Hiccup, Astrid, and their fellow pupils fly in riding the training dragons from Berk, providing cover fire for the attack force and distracting the Red Death. Hiccup almost drowns trying to break Toothless free, but Stoick saves them both, reconciling with his son. Working together, Toothless and Hiccup destroy the Red Death ; Hiccup, however, is injured in the fight, losing his lower left leg and requiring a prosthesis. Hiccup regains consciousness on Berk to find himself admired amongst the tribe and by Astrid, with the Vikings and the dragons now living in harmony. Cast Jay Baruchel as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the awkward son of Stoick the Vast. Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast, the chieftain of Berk and Hiccup 's father. Craig Ferguson as Gobber the Belch, Berk 's blacksmith, a close friend of Stoick 's and teacher of the tribe 's young dragon - training recruits. America Ferrera as Astrid Hofferson, Hiccup 's fellow student in dragon training and his crush. Christopher Mintz - Plasse as Fishlegs Ingerman, an enthusiastic youth knowledgeable in dragon lore which he often relates in role - playing game style. Jonah Hill as Snotlout Jorgenson, one of Hiccup 's dragon - training classmates. Snotlout is brash, overconfident, and fairly unintelligent, but reliable. T.J. Miller and Kristen Wiig as Tuffnut and Ruffnut Thorston, a pair of quarrelsome twins. David Tennant as Spitelout, Snotlout 's father. Production Early production concept artwork of `` Toothless '' and `` Hiccup '' The book series by Cressida Cowell began coming to attention to the executives at DreamWorks Animation in 2004. Coming off her success in Over the Hedge, producer Bonnie Arnold shortly became interested in the newly acquired property. She kept focusing on the project as time went on, and when DreamWorks Animation co-president of production Bill Damaschke asked her what she wanted to work on next, she chose `` How to Train Your Dragon ''. In initial development, the plot followed the original novel closely, but about halfway through production Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, the writer - directors of Disney 's Lilo & Stitch, took over as co-directors and it was altered. The original plot was described as, `` heavily loyal to the book '', but was regarded as being too `` sweet '' and `` whimsical '' as well as geared towards a too - young demographic, according to Baruchel. In the novel, Hiccup 's dragon, Toothless, is a Common or Garden Dragon, a small breed. In the film, Toothless is a Night Fury, the rarest of all dragons, and is large enough to serve as a flying mount for both Hiccup and Astrid. The filmmakers hired cinematographer Roger Deakins ( known for frequently collaborating with the Coen brothers ) as a visual consultant to help them with lighting and overall look of the film and to `` add a live - action feel ''. Extensive research was done to depict both flight, as the directors knew they would be the biggest draw of the film 's 3D effects, and fire, given animation could break away from the limitations seen in live - action films, where propane flames are usual due to being easier to extinguish. The dragons ' design made sure to create animals that were comical and also innovative compared to other dragon fiction. Toothless in particular tried to combine various dragon traits in a black panther - inspired design, that also had large ears and eyes to convey emotion better. The directors made sure to cash in the improvisation abilities of the secondary cast -- Christopher Mintz - Plasse, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig and T.J Miller -- by frequently bringing them together in the recording sessions. Music Main article : How to Train Your Dragon : Music from the Motion Picture John Powell returned to DreamWorks Animation to score How to Train Your Dragon, making it his sixth collaboration with the studio, following his previous score for Kung Fu Panda ( which he scored with Hans Zimmer ). Powell composed an orchestral score, combining bombastic brass with loud percussion and soothing strings, while also using exotic, Scottish and Irish tones with instruments like the penny whistle and bagpipes. Additionally, Icelandic singer Jónsi wrote and performed the song `` Sticks & Stones '' for the film. The score was released by Varèse Sarabande on March 23, 2010. Overall, the score was well received by film score critics. Powell earned his first Academy Award nomination for his work on the film, ultimately losing to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for their score for The Social Network. Release How to Train Your Dragon had its United States premiere on March 21, 2010, at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California. It was theatrically released on March 26, 2010, in the United States. The film was digitally re-mastered into IMAX 3D, and released to 186 North American IMAX theatres, and approximately 80 IMAX theatres outside North America. Competition for 3D screens A month before the release, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg protested Warner Bros. ' decision to convert Clash of the Titans from 2D to 3D, then to release it one week after How to Train Your Dragon. Entertainment reporter Kim Masters described the 3D release schedule around March 2010 as a `` traffic jam '', and speculated that the lack of 3D screen availability could hurt Katzenberg 's prospects despite his support of the 3D format. In March 2010, theater industry executives accused Paramount of using high - pressure tactics to coerce theaters to screen How to Train Your Dragon rather than the competing 3D releases, Clash of the Titans and Tim Burton 's Alice in Wonderland. As theater multiplexes often had just one 3D screen, theaters were unable to accommodate more than one 3D presentation at a time. Box - Office How to Train Your Dragon topped the North American box office with $43.7 million in its first weekend of release. The film grossed $217,581,231 in the United States and Canada and $277,297,528 in foreign countries with a worldwide total of $494,878,759. How to Train Your Dragon is DreamWorks Animation 's highest - grossing film in the American and Canadian box office other than the Shrek films. It is the fifth - highest - grossing animated film of 2010 with $494.8 million, behind Toy Story 3 with $1,063.2 million, Shrek Forever After with $752.6 million, Tangled with $576.6 million, and Despicable Me with $543.1 million and the 10th - highest - grossing movie of 2010. As of 2018, the How to Train Your Dragon series has grossed over $1 billion worldwide. Critical reception How to Train Your Dragon received critical acclaim upon its release. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 98 % of critics gave the film a positive review, based on 204 reviews from professional critics, with an overall rating average of 7.9 / 10. The website 's critical consensus states, `` Boasting dazzling animation, a script with surprising dramatic depth, and thrilling 3 - D sequences, How to Train Your Dragon soars. '' By `` Tomatometer '' score, the film is DreamWorks Animation 's highest - rated film. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average rating of 74 based on 33 reviews from critics, indicating `` generally favorable reviews ''. CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave How to Train Your Dragon was A on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun - Times gave it 3 stars out of 4, stating that : `` It devotes a great deal of time to aerial battles between tamed dragons and evil ones, and not much to character or story development. But it 's bright, good - looking, and has high energy ''. Claudia Puig of USA Today gave it 3.5 out of 4 stars, saying, `` It 's a thrilling action - adventure saga with exhilarating 3 - D animation, a clever comedy with witty dialogue, a coming - of - age tale with surprising depth and a sweetly poignant tale of friendship between man and animal. '' Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers praised the film, giving it three out of four stars and in his print review wrote, `` ( The film ) works enough miracles of 3 - D animation to charm your socks off. '' Roger Moore of The Orlando Sentinel, who gave the film 21⁄2 stars out of 4, wrote a mixed review describing the film as a `` more coming - of - age dramedy or ' everything about your world view is wrong ' message movie than it is a comedy, and that seems like a waste of a funny book, some very funny actors and some darned witty animation. '' Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film 2 / 4 stars labeling the film as, `` Avatar for simpletons. But that title is already taken, by Avatar ''. Contrarily, Brett Michel of The Boston Phoenix stated that the film was better than Avatar. A.O. Scott of At The Movies felt the characters and the story were not strong points, but loved the cinematography and said, `` that swooping and soaring, they are worth the price of a ticket, so go see it. '' Village Voice film critic Ella Taylor gave a more negative review of the film, describing it as an `` adequate but unremarkable animated tale ''. Film critic James Berardinelli of ReelViews praised the film and its story, giving it 3.5 out of 4 stars he wrote, `` Technically proficient and featuring a witty, intelligent, surprisingly insightful script, How to Train Your Dragon comes close to the level of Pixar 's recent output while easily exceeding the juvenilia DreamWorks has released in the last nine years. '' Entertainment Weekly film critic Owen Gleiberman praised the film giving it an A - and wrote, `` How to Train Your Dragon rouses you in conventional ways, but it 's also the rare animated film that uses 3 - D for its breathtaking spatial and emotional possibilities. '' ViewLondon 's Mathew Turner gave the film 4 / 5 stars, calling it, `` beautifully animated and superbly written '', and praised the voice cast, humor, and action. Matt Risley of Variety gave the film a perfect score of 5 / 5 stars, hailing it as, `` undoubtedly Dreamworks ' best film yet, and quite probably the best dragon movie ever made ''. Accolades Awards Award Name Outcome Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Score John Powell Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Animated Feature Best Animated Female America Ferrera ( Astrid ) Won Annie Awards Annie Award for Best Animated Feature Bonnie Arnold Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Annie Award for Best Animated Effects in an Animated Production Brett Miller Jason Mayer Nominated Annie Award for Best Character Animation in a Feature Production Gabe Hordos Won Jakob Hjort Jensen Nominated David Torres Annie Award for Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production Nico Marlet Won Annie Award for Best Directing in an Animated Feature Production Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Feature Production John Powell Annie Award for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Pierre - Olivier Vincent Annie Award for Best Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production Tom Owens Alessandro Carloni Nominated Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Jay Baruchel ( Hiccup ) Won Gerard Butler ( Stoick ) Nominated Annie Award for Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production William Davies Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Won British Academy Film Awards BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film Nominated BAFTA Award for Best Film Music John Powell Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Critics ' Choice Awards Best Animated Feature Film Genesis Awards Best Feature Film Won Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film Nominated Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in an Animated Feature Film Won International Film Music Critics Association Film Score of the Year John Powell Best Original Score for an Animated Feature John Powell Film Music Composition of the Year John Powell -- `` Forbidden Friendship '' Nominated John Powell -- `` Test Drive '' Kids ' Choice Awards Favorite Animated Movie Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Feature Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois People 's Choice Awards Favorite Family Movie Producers Guild of America Awards Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures Bonnie Arnold Satellite Awards Motion Picture ( Animated or Mixed ) Saturn Awards Saturn Award for Best Music John Powell Saturn Award for Best Production Design Kathy Altieri Saturn Award for Best Animated Film Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated Movie Toronto Film Critics Association Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film Won Venice Film Festival Most Creative 3D Film of the Year Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Tied with James Cameron for Avatar Visual Effects Society Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Simon Otto Craig Ring Bonnie Arnold Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Gabe Hordos Cassidy Curtis Mariette Marinus Brent Watkins Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Andy Hayes Laurent Kermel Jason Mayer Brett Miller Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois Nominated World Soundtrack Academy World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year John Powell World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film Jón Þór Birgisson Home media How to Train Your Dragon was released on single - disc DVD, two - disc double DVD pack and Blu - ray / DVD combo pack in Canada and the United States on Friday, October 15, 2010. Among the features available in the two - disc DVD edition is an original sequel short film, Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon. As of July 18, 2012, units sold for the DVD stand at more than 6.5 million copies and has grossed $121,663,692. Samsung signed a deal with DreamWorks to gain exclusive distribution rights to a Blu - ray 3D version of the film. The exclusive agreement ended on September 11, 2011, when How to Train Your Dragon - 3D was released in a two - disc Blu - ray combo pack. It was re-released by Paramount Home Entertainment on Blu - ray and DVD on May 27, 2014. Expanded franchise Main article : How to Train Your Dragon ( franchise ) Sequels Main articles : How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon : The Hidden World A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was directed and written by Dean DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold, the producer of the first film, also returned. The film was released on June 13, 2014 by 20th Century Fox, to critical acclaim. The entire original voice cast -- Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz - Plasse, Miller, and Wiig -- returned for the sequel with the addition of Cate Blanchett, Djimon Hounsou, and Kit Harington. A third film, How to Train Your Dragon : The Hidden World, is in production. The film will also be directed and written by DeBlois, produced by Bonnie Arnold, and exec - produced by Chris Sanders, with all the main cast set to return. Cate Blanchett and Djimon Hounsou will also reprise their roles as Valka and Drago respectively from the second film. It is scheduled to be released on March 1, 2019 by Universal Pictures. Short films Four post-movie short films were released : Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon ( 2010 ), Book of Dragons ( 2011 ), Gift of the Night Fury ( 2011 ), and Dawn of the Dragon Racers ( 2014 ). Television series Main article : DreamWorks Dragons A television series based on the film premiered on Cartoon Network in Autumn 2012. Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz - Plasse, and T.J. Miller reprise their roles as Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, and Tuffnut. The series, set between the first and second film, follows Hiccup and his friends as they learn more about dragons, discover new ones, teach others to feel comfortable around them, adapt traditions within the village to fit their new friends and battle against enemies as they explore new worlds. Hiccup has been made head of Berk Dragon Academy. Video games An action adventure video game released by Activision, called How to Train Your Dragon, was released for the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo DS gaming consoles. It is loosely based on the film and was released on March 23, 2010. School of Dragons, a 3D free - to - play MMO, was released on July 17, 2013, at the San Diego Comic - Con. The game is available for PC, Android and iOS. Arena show Main article : How to Train Your Dragon ( franchise ) § Live Show How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is an arena show adaptation of the first film featuring 24 animatronic dragons, acrobats and projections. 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Question: when was how to train your dragon released
Answer: 2010