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How to Train Your DragonFollow

2010 • PG • 1h 38m • Action, Adventure, Animation • DreamWorks

What started as fire and fury will become friendship.

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4.14

8.1

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Box office summary

Opening weekend

$43.70M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$217.90M

Final

Worldwide total

$494.30M

$276.50M international

Domestic legs4.99x

Budget$165M

2010 rank#9

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Cast & crew

Full Sanders filmography

Chris Sanders

Chris Sanders Director

Dean DeBlois

Dean DeBlois Director

Jay Baruchel

Jay Baruchel Starring

Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler Starring

Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson Starring

America Ferrera

America Ferrera Starring

ScreenplayChris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, William Davies Produced byBonnie Arnold CinematographyGil Zimmerman MusicJohn Powell Prod. DesignKathy Altieri StudioDreamWorks SeriesHow to Train Your Dragon

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Mar 26-28 1 $43.7M — 4,055 $10,784 $43.7M

2 Apr 2-4 3 $29.0M −33.7% 4,060 $7,145 $92.1M

3 Apr 9-11 3 $24.9M −14.3% 4,007 $6,205 $133.4M

4 Apr 16-18 2 $19.6M −21.0% 3,825 $5,132 $158.3M

5 Apr 23-25 1 $15.4M −21.8% 3,665 $4,188 $178.3M

6 Apr 30-May 2 2 $10.6M −30.9% 3,426 $3,098 $192.2M

7 May 7-9 3 $6.7M −37.1% 3,003 $2,224 $201.0M

8 May 14-16 5 $5.0M −25.1% 2,620 $1,909 $207.6M

9 May 21-23 9 $1.9M −62.0% 1,751 $1,085 $211.0M

10 May 28-30 10 $1.2M −39.5% 825 $1,394 $212.8M

11 Jun 4-6 14 $488.3K −57.6% 343 $1,423 $213.9M

12 Jun 11-13 17 $330.5K −32.3% 281 $1,176 $214.4M

13 Jun 18-20 29 $167.1K −49.4% 213 $784 $214.8M

14 Jun 25-27 16 $477.5K +185.8% 333 $1,433 $215.4M

15 Jul 2-4 21 $341.8K −28.4% 303 $1,127 $216.2M

16 Jul 9-11 22 $317.9K −7.0% 258 $1,232 $216.9M

17 Jul 16-18 24 $237.4K −25.3% 228 $1,041 $217.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Mar 26 #1 $12.1M — $12.1M 4,055 $2,986 1

Sat Mar 27 #1 $17.5M +45% $29.6M 4,055 $4,320 2

Sun Mar 28 #1 $14.1M −20% $43.7M 4,055 $3,477 3

Mon Mar 29 #1 $4.8M −66% $48.5M 4,055 $1,187 4

Tue Mar 30 #1 $4.8M n/c $53.3M 4,055 $1,184 5

Wed Mar 31 #2 $4.5M −6% $57.9M 4,055 $1,118 6

Thu Apr 1 #1 $5.2M +16% $63.1M 4,055 $1,292 7

Fri Apr 2 #3 $11.0M +110% −9% $74.2M 4,060 $2,716 8

Sat Apr 3 #2 $11.1M +1% −37% $85.2M 4,060 $2,730 9

Sun Apr 4 #2 $6.9M −38% −51% $92.1M 4,060 $1,698 10

Mon Apr 5 #2 $5.3M −23% +10% $97.4M 4,060 $1,301 11

Tue Apr 6 #2 $3.8M −28% −20% $101.2M 4,060 $942 12

Wed Apr 7 #2 $3.5M −9% −23% $104.7M 4,060 $858 13

Thu Apr 8 #2 $3.8M +9% −27% $108.5M 4,060 $937 14

Fri Apr 9 #3 $7.1M +87% −35% $115.7M 4,007 $1,780 15

Sat Apr 10 #3 $10.5M +48% −5% $126.2M 4,007 $2,626 16

Sun Apr 11 #2 $7.2M −32% +4% $133.4M 4,007 $1,798 17

Mon Apr 12 #3 $1.4M −81% −74% $134.8M 4,007 $345 18

Tue Apr 13 #3 $1.4M n/c −64% $136.2M 4,007 $346 19

Wed Apr 14 #3 $1.2M −15% −66% $137.4M 4,007 $293 20

Thu Apr 15 #3 $1.3M +8% −67% $138.6M 4,007 $315 21

Fri Apr 16 #4 $4.4M +248% −38% $143.0M 3,825 $1,151 22

Sat Apr 17 #1 $9.1M +107% −13% $152.1M 3,825 $2,382 23

Sun Apr 18 #1 $6.1M −33% −15% $158.3M 3,825 $1,599 24

Mon Apr 19 #2 $1.2M −80% −13% $159.5M 3,825 $315 25

Tue Apr 20 #2 $1.2M n/c −13% $160.7M 3,825 $315 26

Wed Apr 21 #2 $1.1M −8% −6% $161.8M 3,825 $289 27

Thu Apr 22 #2 $1.2M +11% −3% $163.0M 3,825 $319 28

Fri Apr 23 #2 $3.5M +189% −20% $166.5M 3,665 $966 29

Sat Apr 24 #1 $6.8M +91% −26% $173.3M 3,665 $1,848 30

Sun Apr 25 #1 $5.0M −26% −18% $178.3M 3,665 $1,373 31

Mon Apr 26 #1 $844.7K −83% −30% $179.2M 3,665 $230 32

Tue Apr 27 #2 $860.9K +2% −29% $180.1M 3,665 $234 33

Wed Apr 28 #2 $737.8K −14% −33% $180.8M 3,665 $201 34

Thu Apr 29 #2 $770.1K +4% −37% $181.6M 3,665 $210 35

Fri Apr 30 #2 $2.5M +229% −28% $184.1M 3,426 $740 36

Sat May 1 #2 $4.8M +90% −29% $188.9M 3,426 $1,405 37

Sun May 2 #2 $3.3M −32% −35% $192.2M 3,426 $952 38

Mon May 3 #2 $605.3K −81% −28% $192.8M 3,426 $176 39

Tue May 4 #3 $582.7K −4% −32% $193.4M 3,426 $170 40

Wed May 5 #2 $494.5K −15% −33% $193.9M 3,426 $144 41

Thu May 6 #4 $477.3K −3% −38% $194.3M 3,426 $139 42

Fri May 7 #4 $1.5M +222% −39% $195.9M 3,003 $512 43

Sat May 8 #3 $2.8M +85% −41% $198.7M 3,003 $948 44

Sun May 9 #2 $2.3M −20% −30% $201.0M 3,003 $763 45

Mon May 10 #3 $382.1K −83% −37% $201.4M 3,003 $127 46

Tue May 11 #5 $435.2K +14% −25% $201.8M 3,003 $144 47

Wed May 12 #4 $410.3K −6% −17% $202.2M 3,003 $136 48

Thu May 13 #4 $402.7K −2% −16% $202.6M 3,003 $134 49

Fri May 14 #7 $1.2M +206% −20% $203.9M 2,620 $470 50

Sat May 15 #5 $2.4M +93% −17% $206.3M 2,620 $907 51

Sun May 16 #5 $1.4M −41% −39% $207.6M 2,620 $531 52

Mon May 17 #6 $352.9K −75% −8% $208.0M 2,620 $134 53

Tue May 18 #6 $397.2K +13% −9% $208.4M 2,620 $151 54

Wed May 19 #6 $336.6K −15% −18% $208.7M 2,620 $128 55

Thu May 20 #6 $355.4K +6% −12% $209.1M 2,620 $135 56

Fri May 21 #9 $477.2K +34% −61% $209.6M 1,751 $272 57

Sat May 22 #9 $859.5K +80% −64% $210.4M 1,751 $490 58

Sun May 23 #8 $564.5K −34% −59% $211.0M 1,751 $322 59

Mon May 24 #9 $191.0K −66% −46% $211.2M 1,751 $109 60

Tue May 25 #9 $145.7K −24% −63% $211.3M 1,751 $83 61

Wed May 26 #9 $143.4K −2% −57% $211.5M 1,751 $81 62

Thu May 27 #10 $133.3K −7% −62% $211.6M 1,751 $76 63

Fri May 28 #10 $285.7K +114% −40% $211.9M 825 $346 64

Sat May 29 #10 $460.9K +61% −46% $212.4M 825 $558 65

Sun May 30 #10 $404.2K −12% −28% $212.8M 825 $489 66

Mon May 31 #10 $362.8K −10% +90% $213.1M 825 $439 67

Tue Jun 1 #11 $90.9K −75% −38% $213.2M 825 $110 68

Wed Jun 2 #11 $87.5K −4% −39% $213.3M 825 $106 69

Thu Jun 3 #10 $98.6K +13% −26% $213.4M 825 $119 70

Fri Jun 4 $135.1K +37% −53% $213.5M 343 $393 71

Sat Jun 5 $205.9K +52% −55% $213.7M 343 $600 72

Sun Jun 6 $147.3K −28% −64% $213.9M 343 $429 73

Mon Jun 7 $44.3K −70% −88% $213.9M 343 $129 74

Tue Jun 8 $56.1K +27% −38% $214.0M 343 $163 75

Wed Jun 9 $59.4K +6% −32% $214.0M 343 $173 76

Thu Jun 10 $52.9K −11% −46% $214.1M 343 $154 77

Fri Jun 11 $96.8K +83% −28% $214.2M 281 $344 78

Sat Jun 12 $143.9K +49% −30% $214.3M 281 $511 79

Sun Jun 13 $89.8K −38% −39% $214.4M 281 $319 80

Mon Jun 14 $41.1K −54% −7% $214.5M 281 $146 81

Tue Jun 15 $44.2K +7% −21% $214.5M 281 $157 82

Wed Jun 16 $43.5K −2% −27% $214.6M 281 $154 83

Thu Jun 17 $42.0K −3% −21% $214.6M 281 $149 84

Fri Jun 18 $50.6K +20% −48% $214.6M 213 $237 85

Sat Jun 19 $63.3K +25% −56% $214.7M 213 $297 86

Sun Jun 20 $53.2K −16% −41% $214.8M 213 $249 87

Mon Jun 21 $27.8K −48% −32% $214.8M 213 $130 88

Tue Jun 22 $34.4K +24% −22% $214.8M 213 $161 89

Wed Jun 23 $62.8K +82% +44% $214.9M 213 $294 90

Thu Jun 24 $55.7K −11% +33% $214.9M 213 $261 91

Fri Jun 25 $149.1K +168% +195% $215.1M 333 $447 92

Sat Jun 26 $186.2K +25% +194% $215.3M 333 $559 93

Sun Jun 27 $142.2K −24% +167% $215.4M 333 $427 94

Mon Jun 28 $89.1K −37% +220% $215.5M 333 $267 95

Tue Jun 29 $111.1K +25% +223% $215.6M 333 $333 96

Wed Jun 30 $92.1K −17% +47% $215.7M 333 $276 97

Thu Jul 1 #14 $100.4K +9% +80% $215.8M 333 $301 98

Fri Jul 2 $129.4K +29% −13% $215.9M 303 $427 99

Sat Jul 3 $130.6K +1% −30% $216.1M 303 $430 100

Sun Jul 4 $81.8K −37% −42% $216.2M 303 $270 101

Mon Jul 5 #19 $139.7K +71% +57% $216.3M 303 $461 102

Tue Jul 6 $90.6K −35% −18% $216.4M 303 $298 103

Wed Jul 7 $88.7K −2% −4% $216.5M 303 $292 104

Thu Jul 8 #13 $100.0K +13% n/c $216.6M 303 $330 105

Fri Jul 9 $108.5K +8% −16% $216.7M 254 $427 106

Sat Jul 10 $126.5K +17% −3% $216.8M 254 $498 107

Sun Jul 11 $82.9K −34% +1% $216.9M 254 $326 108

Mon Jul 12 $55.9K −33% −60% $216.9M 254 $220 109

Tue Jul 13 $73.1K +31% −19% $217.0M 254 $287 110

Wed Jul 14 $61.6K −16% −31% $217.1M 254 $242 111

Thu Jul 15 $66.1K +7% −34% $217.2M 254 $260 112

Fri Jul 16 $75.2K +14% −31% $217.2M 228 $329 113

Sat Jul 17 $96.1K +28% −24% $217.3M 228 $421 114

Sun Jul 18 $66.2K −31% −20% $217.4M 228 $290 115

Mon Jul 19 $43.3K −35% −23% $217.4M 228 $189 116

Tue Jul 20 $53.0K +22% −28% $217.5M 228 $232 117

Wed Jul 21 $46.8K −12% −24% $217.5M 228 $205 118

Thu Jul 22 $50.2K +7% −24% $217.6M 228 $220 119

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

Cumulative total$213.4M

Mar 26Apr 12Apr 30May 17Jun 3

Weekend grossWk 10 · $1.2M

$43.7M

$29.0M

$24.9M

$19.6M

$15.4M

$10.6M

$6.7M

$5.0M

$1.9M

$1.2M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,060 → 825 −79.7%

4,055 open825 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −39.5%

−33.7%

W1→2

−14.3%

W2→3

−21.0%

W3→4

−21.8%

W4→5

−30.9%

W5→6

−37.1%

W6→7

−25.1%

W7→8

−62.0%

W8→9

−39.5%

W9→10

Steepest −62.0%Best hold −14.3%

Run milestones

$200M in 45 days

$100M

Day 12

Apr 6

$200M

Day 45

May 9

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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