Viewers can watch How to Train Your Dragon on Prime Video, Apple TV, and Max.
DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon is based in part on British novelist Cressida Cowell's book series of the same name. How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) are the three feature films in this franchise.
Five short films are also part of the franchise: How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019), Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), Book of Dragons (2011), and Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010). Universal Pictures plans to release a live-action version of the original movie in June 2025.
The film series has received great praise; in addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score, each of the films has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. How to Train Your Dragon is the 13th highest-grossing animated series with nearly $1.6 billion in global revenue.
What is the plot of How to Train Your Dragon?
The main plot of the franchise centers on the adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, a teenage Viking (voiced by Jay Baruchel), who is the son of Stoick the Vast, the ruler of the Viking island of Berk. Despite being written off at first as an awkward and underweight misfit, he quickly gains recognition as a fearless dragon expert, with Toothless, a rare Night Fury breed member, serving as his flying ride and best friend.
As the head of a flying corps of dragon riders, he and his buddies control the village's allied dragon population to protect his house. Hiccup and Toothless have to make decisions that will guarantee peace between humans and dragons if they are elected leaders of their kind.
When were the How to Train Your Dragon movies released?
Viewers can refer to the following table to know the release dates of the movies:
Serial no. | Movie Title | Release Date |
1 | How to Train Your Dragon | March 26, 2010 |
2 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 | June 13, 2014 |
3 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World | February 22, 2019 |
Short films in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise
Given below is a list of all the short films from the How to Train Your Dragon franchise:
Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
Book of Dragons (2011)
Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
Snoggletog Log (2019)
FAQs about How to Train Your Dragon
There are a total of three How to Train Your Dragon movies in the franchise. They are: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.
Viewers can watch How to Train Your Dragon in Prime Video, Apple TV and Max.
The How to Train Your Dragon live-action will be released theatrically in the United States on June 13, 2025.