Unless you're a very dedicated How to Train Your Dragon fan, it's fair to say that the post-credit scene isn't the most important watch. Rather than set up the sequel (which we assume would follow the same story as the animated sequel), we see Hiccup open his journal to his sketch of Toothless with the Book of Dragons in the background.

How to Train Your Dragon has set an audience score record for live-action adaptations of animated films, compared to all the Disney entries.

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On the set of the live-action movie, Toothless and the other dragons existed as large puppets with simple functions, operated by a team of master puppeteers led by Tom Wilton, a performer who had worked on the “War Horse” stage play.

How to Train Your Dragon' flew to the top of the box office charts, earning a stronger-than-expected $83 million in its first weekend of release.

While Dean Fleischer Camp's Lilo & Stitch has dominated the weekend box office since it premiered just ahead of Memorial Day, one live-action remake has defeated another, as How To Train Your Dragon is the new number one movie in the United States and Canada. Check out the early reported results below and join me after for analysis.

Universal’s live-action remake 'How to Train Your Dragon' took flight at the top of the China box office, opening with $11.1 million.

With the box office success of “How to Train Your Dragon” (taking in nearly $197 million worldwide opening weekend), fans are itching to watch the fantasy adventure movie again and again at home. If you can’t make it to the movie theater,