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How to Train Your Dragon 2Follow

2014 • PG • 1h 42m • Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family • 20th Century Fox

The training is over.

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$49.50M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$177.00M

Final

Worldwide total

$614.60M

$437.60M international

Domestic legs3.58x

Budget$145.0M

2014 rank#16

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Cast & crew

Full DeBlois filmography

Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois Director

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel Starring

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett Starring

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Starring

Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson Starring

America Ferrera

America Ferrera Starring

ScreenplayDean DeBlois Produced byBonnie Arnold CinematographyGil Zimmerman MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignPierre-Olivier Vincent Studio20th Century Fox SeriesHow to Train Your Dragon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Jun 13-15 2 $49.5M — 4,253 $11,627 $49.5M

2 Jun 20-22 3 $24.7M −50.0% 4,268 $5,792 $94.6M

3 Jun 27-29 3 $13.2M −46.4% 3,750 $3,530 $122.0M

4 Jul 4-6 5 $9.0M −32.3% 3,283 $2,730 $140.2M

5 Jul 11-13 5 $6.1M −32.2% 2,885 $2,105 $152.3M

6 Jul 18-20 8 $3.9M −35.7% 2,169 $1,800 $160.8M

7 Jul 25-27 12 $2.2M −42.8% 1,358 $1,646 $165.7M

8 Aug 1-3 15 $1.2M −45.6% 861 $1,413 $168.6M

9 Aug 8-10 16 $690.0K −43.3% 526 $1,312 $170.1M

10 Aug 15-17 20 $579.5K −16.0% 377 $1,537 $171.2M

11 Aug 22-24 23 $500.3K −13.7% 353 $1,417 $172.1M

12 Aug 29-31 17 $1.2M +135.1% 1,096 $1,073 $173.5M

13 Sep 5-7 20 $543.5K −53.8% 666 $816 $174.7M

14 Sep 12-14 26 $372.0K −31.6% 460 $809 $175.2M

15 Sep 19-21 28 $237.8K −36.1% 316 $753 $175.6M

16 Sep 26-28 25 $204.6K −14.0% 277 $738 $175.9M

17 Oct 3-5 26 $173.2K −15.3% 227 $763 $176.1M

18 Oct 10-12 29 $167.5K −3.3% 204 $821 $176.3M

19 Oct 17-19 36 $103.2K −38.4% 182 $567 $176.5M

20 Oct 24-26 40 $80.7K −21.8% 146 $553 $176.6M

21 Oct 31-33 36 $89.1K +10.4% 129 $691 $176.7M

22 Nov 7-9 36 $68.8K −22.8% 96 $717 $176.8M

23 Nov 14-16 37 $50.8K −26.1% 97 $524 $176.9M

24 Nov 21-23 38 $33.4K −34.2% 76 $440 $176.9M

25 Nov 28-30 42 $29.0K −13.2% 74 $392 $177.0M

26 Dec 5-7 55 $13.3K −54.3% 46 $288 $177.0M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Jun 12 #P $2.0M — $2.0M 0 $0 -1

Fri Jun 13 #2 $18.4M +822.0% $18.4M 4,253 $4,336 1

Sat Jun 14 #2 $17.3M −6.1% $35.8M 4,253 $4,071 2

Sun Jun 15 #1 $13.7M −20.9% $49.5M 4,253 $3,220 3

Mon Jun 16 #2 $5.1M −63.1% $54.5M 4,253 $1,189 4

Tue Jun 17 #2 $5.9M +16.8% $60.4M 4,253 $1,389 5

Wed Jun 18 #2 $4.8M −19.1% $65.2M 4,253 $1,124 6

Thu Jun 19 #2 $4.7M −2.0% $69.9M 4,253 $1,102 7

Fri Jun 20 #3 $7.6M +63.0% −58.6% $77.5M 4,268 $1,789 8

Sat Jun 21 #- $10.1M +31.8% −41.9% $87.6M 4,268 $2,359 9

Sun Jun 22 #- $7.0M −30.3% −48.8% $94.6M 4,268 $1,644 10

Mon Jun 23 #2 $3.1M −55.5% −38.2% $97.7M 4,268 $732 11

Tue Jun 24 #2 $4.3M +38.8% −26.6% $102.1M 4,268 $1,016 12

Wed Jun 25 #1 $3.5M −18.7% −26.3% $105.6M 4,268 $826 13

Thu Jun 26 #1 $3.1M −11.1% −33.1% $108.7M 4,268 $734 14

Fri Jun 27 #3 $4.1M +31.5% −46.0% $112.8M 3,750 $1,099 15

Sat Jun 28 #3 $5.2M +25.1% −48.8% $118.0M 3,750 $1,375 16

Sun Jun 29 #3 $4.0M −23.2% −43.6% $122.0M 3,750 $1,056 17

Mon Jun 30 #3 $2.3M −42.6% −27.2% $124.2M 3,750 $606 18

Tue Jul 1 #2 $2.6M +15.0% −39.7% $126.8M 3,750 $697 19

Wed Jul 2 #6 $2.0M −24.6% −44.1% $128.8M 3,311 $595 20

Thu Jul 3 #6 $2.4M +24.0% −22.0% $131.3M 3,311 $738 21

Fri Jul 4 #3 $2.8M +13.1% −32.9% $134.0M 3,297 $838 22

Sat Jul 5 #5 $3.5M +25.2% −32.9% $137.5M 3,297 $1,049 23

Sun Jul 6 #5 $2.7M −20.8% −30.8% $140.2M 3,297 $831 24

Mon Jul 7 #4 $1.4M −47.2% −36.4% $141.7M 3,297 $438 25

Tue Jul 8 #3 $1.8M +26.6% −30.0% $143.5M 3,297 $555 26

Wed Jul 9 #3 $1.4M −24.3% −29.8% $144.9M 3,297 $420 27

Thu Jul 10 #3 $1.3M −3.9% −45.6% $146.2M 3,297 $403 28

Fri Jul 11 #5 $1.8M +36.4% −34.3% $148.0M 2,885 $629 29

Sat Jul 12 #5 $2.4M +32.6% −30.4% $150.4M 2,885 $834 30

Sun Jul 13 #4 $1.9M −23.0% −32.3% $152.3M 2,885 $642 31

Mon Jul 14 #4 $1.0M −45.3% −29.9% $153.3M 2,885 $351 32

Tue Jul 15 #4 $1.5M +48.4% −17.8% $154.8M 2,885 $521 33

Wed Jul 16 #4 $1.2M −21.4% −14.6% $156.0M 2,885 $410 34

Thu Jul 17 #4 $896.8K −24.1% −32.6% $156.9M 2,885 $311 35

Fri Jul 18 #8 $1.1M +21.3% −40.0% $158.0M 2,169 $501 36

Sat Jul 19 #8 $1.6M +48.4% −32.9% $159.6M 2,169 $744 37

Sun Jul 20 #8 $1.2M −25.5% −35.1% $160.8M 2,169 $555 38

Mon Jul 21 #8 $568.2K −52.8% −43.9% $161.3M 2,169 $262 39

Tue Jul 22 #8 $755.4K +32.9% −49.8% $162.1M 2,169 $348 40

Wed Jul 23 #7 $709.1K −6.1% −40.0% $162.8M 2,169 $327 41

Thu Jul 24 #7 $619.5K −12.6% −30.9% $163.4M 2,169 $286 42

Fri Jul 25 #12 $610.6K −1.4% −43.9% $164.0M 1,358 $450 43

Sat Jul 26 #12 $851.9K +39.5% −47.2% $164.9M 1,358 $627 44

Sun Jul 27 #12 $772.4K −9.3% −35.8% $165.7M 1,358 $569 45

Mon Jul 28 #10 $435.4K −43.6% −23.4% $166.1M 1,358 $321 46

Tue Jul 29 #10 $491.3K +12.8% −35.0% $166.6M 1,358 $362 47

Wed Jul 30 #10 $401.6K −18.3% −43.4% $167.0M 1,358 $296 48

Thu Jul 31 #10 $361.9K −9.9% −41.6% $167.4M 1,358 $267 49

Fri Aug 1 #14 $334.0K −7.7% −45.3% $167.7M 861 $388 50

Sat Aug 2 #13 $500.3K +49.8% −41.3% $168.2M 861 $581 51

Sun Aug 3 #13 $382.3K −23.6% −50.5% $168.6M 861 $444 52

Mon Aug 4 #12 $228.7K −40.2% −47.5% $168.8M 861 $266 53

Tue Aug 5 #- $251.0K +9.8% −48.9% $169.1M 861 $292 54

Wed Aug 6 #13 $201.1K −19.9% −49.9% $169.3M 861 $234 55

Thu Aug 7 #10 $179.5K −10.7% −50.4% $169.4M 861 $209 56

Fri Aug 8 #14 $197.8K +10.2% −40.8% $169.6M 526 $376 57

Sat Aug 9 #14 $285.9K +44.5% −42.9% $169.9M 526 $544 58

Sun Aug 10 #14 $206.3K −27.8% −46.0% $170.1M 526 $392 59

Mon Aug 11 #14 $126.0K −38.9% −44.9% $170.2M 526 $239 60

Tue Aug 12 #15 $179.0K +42.1% −28.7% $170.4M 526 $340 61

Wed Aug 13 #15 $132.9K −25.7% −33.9% $170.6M 526 $253 62

Thu Aug 14 #14 $103.5K −22.2% −42.4% $170.7M 526 $197 63

Fri Aug 15 #- $157.7K +52.3% −20.3% $170.8M 377 $418 64

Sat Aug 16 #16 $246.1K +56.1% −13.9% $171.1M 377 $653 65

Sun Aug 17 #- $175.8K −28.6% −14.8% $171.2M 377 $466 66

Mon Aug 18 #16 $80.8K −54.0% −35.8% $171.3M 377 $214 67

Tue Aug 19 #16 $107.0K +32.3% −40.3% $171.4M 377 $284 68

Wed Aug 20 #16 $86.7K −18.9% −34.8% $171.5M 377 $230 69

Thu Aug 21 #15 $90.3K +4.2% −12.7% $171.6M 377 $240 70

Fri Aug 22 #- $139.9K +54.9% −11.3% $171.7M 353 $396 71

Sat Aug 23 #- $224.3K +60.3% −8.8% $172.0M 353 $635 72

Sun Aug 24 #- $136.1K −39.3% −22.6% $172.1M 353 $386 73

Mon Aug 25 #- $50.1K −63.2% −38.0% $172.2M 353 $142 74

Tue Aug 26 #- $61.5K +22.8% −42.5% $172.2M 353 $174 75

Wed Aug 27 #- $50.5K −17.9% −41.7% $172.3M 353 $143 76

Thu Aug 28 #18 $60.7K +20.2% −32.7% $172.3M 353 $172 77

Fri Aug 29 #16 $234.2K +285.5% +67.4% $172.6M 1,096 $214 78

Sat Aug 30 #16 $449.0K +91.7% +100.2% $173.0M 1,096 $410 79

Sun Aug 31 #16 $493.1K +9.8% +262.2% $173.5M 1,096 $450 80

Mon Sep 1 #16 $508.4K +3.1% +914.6% $174.0M 1,096 $464 81

Tue Sep 2 #- $78.7K −84.5% +27.8% $174.1M 1,096 $72 82

Wed Sep 3 #- $46.7K −40.6% −7.6% $174.1M 1,096 $43 83

Thu Sep 4 #- $41.5K −11.3% −31.8% $174.2M 1,096 $38 84

Fri Sep 5 #- $96.8K +133.6% −58.7% $174.3M 666 $145 85

Sat Sep 6 #- $288.9K +198.4% −35.6% $174.6M 666 $434 86

Sun Sep 7 #- $157.7K −45.4% −68.0% $174.7M 666 $237 87

Mon Sep 8 #- $35.4K −77.6% −93.0% $174.8M 666 $53 88

Tue Sep 9 #- $37.0K +4.5% −53.0% $174.8M 666 $56 89

Wed Sep 10 #- $33.9K −8.4% −27.5% $174.8M 666 $51 90

Thu Sep 11 #- $32.9K −2.9% −20.7% $174.9M 666 $49 91

Fri Sep 12 #- $79.1K +140.5% −18.4% $174.9M 460 $172 92

Sat Sep 13 #- $178.5K +125.9% −38.2% $175.1M 460 $388 93

Sun Sep 14 #- $114.4K −35.9% −27.5% $175.2M 460 $249 94

Mon Sep 15 #- $23.3K −79.6% −34.1% $175.3M 460 $51 95

Tue Sep 16 #- $27.8K +19.4% −24.8% $175.3M 460 $60 96

Wed Sep 17 #- $24.6K −11.5% −27.3% $175.3M 460 $54 97

Thu Sep 18 #- $26.6K +8.0% −19.1% $175.3M 460 $58 98

Fri Sep 19 #- $52.1K +95.7% −34.1% $175.4M 316 $165 99

Sat Sep 20 #- $114.1K +119.1% −36.1% $175.5M 316 $361 100

Sun Sep 21 #- $71.7K −37.2% −37.4% $175.6M 316 $227 101

Mon Sep 22 #- $18.9K −73.6% −18.9% $175.6M 316 $60 102

Tue Sep 23 #- $18.0K −4.9% −35.4% $175.6M 316 $57 103

Wed Sep 24 #- $17.3K −3.8% −29.8% $175.6M 316 $55 104

Thu Sep 25 #- $24.5K +41.4% −8.0% $175.7M 316 $77 105

Fri Sep 26 #- $48.4K +98.1% −7.0% $175.7M 277 $175 106

Sat Sep 27 #- $99.6K +105.5% −12.7% $175.8M 277 $359 107

Sun Sep 28 #- $56.5K −43.2% −21.1% $175.9M 277 $204 108

Mon Sep 29 #- $15.7K −72.3% −17.0% $175.9M 277 $57 109

Tue Sep 30 #- $15.4K −2.1% −14.7% $175.9M 277 $55 110

Wed Oct 1 #- $13.2K −13.8% −23.5% $175.9M 277 $48 111

Thu Oct 2 #- $15.7K +18.6% −35.8% $175.9M 277 $57 112

Fri Oct 3 #- $39.9K +154.4% −17.6% $176.0M 227 $176 113

Sat Oct 4 #- $87.3K +118.7% −12.3% $176.0M 227 $385 114

Sun Oct 5 #- $46.0K −47.3% −18.7% $176.1M 227 $203 115

Mon Oct 6 #- $11.9K −74.1% −24.2% $176.1M 227 $52 116

Tue Oct 7 #- $12.4K +4.1% −19.4% $176.1M 227 $54 117

Wed Oct 8 #- $11.9K −4.2% −10.4% $176.1M 227 $52 118

Thu Oct 9 #- $15.3K +28.9% −2.6% $176.1M 227 $67 119

Fri Oct 10 #- $44.7K +192.6% +12.0% $176.2M 204 $219 120

Sat Oct 11 #- $77.4K +73.3% −11.3% $176.3M 204 $380 121

Sun Oct 12 #- $45.3K −41.5% −1.5% $176.3M 204 $222 122

Mon Oct 13 #- $28.2K −37.7% +137.3% $176.3M 204 $138 123

Tue Oct 14 #- $12.9K −54.4% +3.9% $176.4M 204 $63 124

Wed Oct 15 #- $12.1K −5.6% +2.4% $176.4M 204 $60 125

Thu Oct 16 #- $18.0K +48.6% +18.1% $176.4M 204 $88 126

Fri Oct 17 #- $28.4K +57.7% −36.4% $176.4M 182 $156 127

Sat Oct 18 #- $48.7K +71.2% −37.1% $176.5M 182 $267 128

Sun Oct 19 #- $26.1K −46.4% −42.4% $176.5M 182 $143 129

Mon Oct 20 #- $7.8K −70.1% −72.3% $176.5M 182 $43 130

Tue Oct 21 #- $6.4K −18.3% −50.3% $176.5M 182 $35 131

Wed Oct 22 #- $6.5K +2.3% −46.2% $176.5M 182 $36 132

Thu Oct 23 #- $7.8K +19.9% −56.6% $176.5M 182 $43 133

Fri Oct 24 #- $20.1K +157.1% −29.2% $176.5M 146 $138 134

Sat Oct 25 #- $38.8K +92.6% −20.4% $176.6M 146 $266 135

Sun Oct 26 #- $21.8K −43.8% −16.6% $176.6M 146 $149 136

Mon Oct 27 #- $5.3K −75.8% −32.5% $176.6M 146 $36 137

Tue Oct 28 #- $5.2K −0.6% −17.8% $176.6M 146 $36 138

Wed Oct 29 #- $4.7K −10.6% −28.2% $176.6M 146 $32 139

Thu Oct 30 #- $6.7K +42.2% −14.9% $176.6M 146 $46 140

Fri Oct 31 #- $13.2K +98.1% −34.4% $176.6M 129 $102 141

Sat Nov 1 #- $47.0K +256.1% +21.3% $176.7M 129 $365 142

Sun Nov 2 #- $28.9K −38.6% +32.5% $176.7M 129 $224 143

Mon Nov 3 #- $7.7K −73.3% +46.3% $176.7M 129 $60 144

Tue Nov 4 #- $8.0K +3.3% +52.0% $176.7M 129 $62 145

Wed Nov 5 #- $5.6K −29.7% +19.6% $176.7M 129 $43 146

Thu Nov 6 #- $6.5K +15.4% −2.9% $176.7M 129 $50 147

Fri Nov 7 #- $15.5K +139.9% +17.5% $176.7M 96 $162 148

Sat Nov 8 #- $33.2K +113.9% −29.4% $176.8M 96 $346 149

Sun Nov 9 #- $20.1K −39.5% −30.4% $176.8M 96 $209 150

Mon Nov 10 #- $9.1K −54.9% +17.4% $176.8M 96 $94 151

Tue Nov 11 #- $15.0K +65.0% +87.5% $176.8M 96 $156 152

Wed Nov 12 #- $3.8K −74.9% −33.0% $176.8M 96 $39 153

Thu Nov 13 #- $3.4K −10.5% −48.0% $176.8M 96 $35 154

Fri Nov 14 #- $10.3K +206.9% −33.5% $176.8M 97 $106 155

Sat Nov 15 #- $26.4K +156.2% −20.4% $176.9M 97 $273 156

Sun Nov 16 #- $14.1K −46.7% −29.9% $176.9M 97 $145 157

Mon Nov 17 #- $3.3K −76.3% −63.2% $176.9M 97 $34 158

Tue Nov 18 #- $4.0K +20.5% −73.1% $176.9M 97 $41 159

Wed Nov 19 #- $4.0K +0.1% +7.2% $176.9M 97 $41 160

Thu Nov 20 #- $4.2K +3.7% +24.1% $176.9M 97 $43 161

Fri Nov 21 #- $7.1K +70.3% −31.2% $176.9M 76 $93 162

Sat Nov 22 #27 $16.8K +136.1% −36.6% $176.9M 76 $221 163

Sun Nov 23 #- $9.6K −43.0% −32.1% $176.9M 76 $126 164

Mon Nov 24 #- $4.0K −58.3% +19.4% $176.9M 76 $52 165

Tue Nov 25 #- $5.1K +27.2% +26.0% $176.9M 76 $67 166

Wed Nov 26 #- $5.6K +10.2% +38.7% $176.9M 68 $82 167

Thu Nov 27 #- $2.7K −52.4% −36.3% $177.0M 68 $39 168

Fri Nov 28 #- $10.8K +306.4% +52.1% $177.0M 74 $146 169

Sat Nov 29 #- $13.0K +20.4% −22.5% $177.0M 74 $176 170

Sun Nov 30 #- $5.2K −60.0% −45.6% $177.0M 74 $70 171

Mon Dec 1 #- $906 −82.6% −77.3% $177.0M 74 $12 172

Tue Dec 2 #- $808 −10.8% −84.1% $177.0M 74 $11 173

Wed Dec 3 #- $888 +9.9% −84.1% $177.0M 74 $12 174

Thu Dec 4 #- $1.0K +14.0% −61.9% $177.0M 74 $14 175

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$171.6M

Jun 12Jun 30Jul 17Aug 4Aug 21

Weekend grossWk 10 · $579.5K

$49.5M

$24.7M

$13.2M

$9.0M

$6.1M

$3.9M

$2.2M

$1.2M

$690.0K

$579.5K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,268 → 377 −91.2%

4,253 open377 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −16.0%

−50.0%

W1→2

−46.4%

W2→3

−32.3%

W3→4

−32.2%

W4→5

−35.7%

W5→6

−42.8%

W6→7

−45.6%

W7→8

−43.3%

W8→9

−16.0%

W9→10

Steepest −50.0%Best hold −16.0%

Run milestones

$100M in 12 days

$100M

Day 12

Jun 24

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

#14 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $49.5M #19 Biggest grossers never #1All-time $177.0M

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