HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed - Here's How Remake Compares To Animated Classic

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON's Rotten Tomatoes Score Revealed - Here's How Remake Compares To Animated Classic

DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon has become regarded as a classic since opening in 2010, but how does the upcoming live-action remake compare in terms of critical acclaim on Rotten Tomatoes?

By JoshWilding - Jun 09, 2025 02:06 PM EST
Filed Under: Fantasy
Source: SFFGazette.com

The review embargo for the live-action How to Train Your Dragon lifted late last night (you can read a breakdown of those here). Interestingly, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes score tells a different story from what seemed like relatively mixed verdicts from critics. 

As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, How to Train Your Dragon currently sits at 83% based on 40 reviews. That's "Certified Fresh" territory, and suggests even the reviewers who were left underwhelmed still deemed it "Fresh" on the review aggregator.

Despite plenty of complaints about it essentially being a shot-for-shot remake—The Wrap, for example, decried it as a "squandered opportunity"—this score should give How to Train Your Dragon a fighting chance to dethrone Lilo & Stitch at the global box office this weekend. 

For comparison's sake, 2010's How to Train Your Dragon from DreamWorks Animation is "Certified Fresh" at 99%. The sequel scored 92%, with How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World coming in at 90%. 

Universal has just opened an entire land at its Orlando theme park devoted to How to Train Your Dragon, six years after The Hidden World was released. Now, the hope seems to be that this live-action version will spawn a new franchise. 

Only time will tell whether the movie can soar to the same heights as the likes of The Lion King and Aladdin, but the animated franchise has grossed over $1.6 billion over the past decade and a half. 

You can check out How to Train Your Dragon's Tomatometer reveal below. 

On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames; The Black Phone) stands apart. The inventive yet overlooked son of Chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler, reprising his voice role from the animated franchise), Hiccup defies centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon.

Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society. With the fierce and ambitious Astrid (Nico Parker; The Last of Us) and the village’s quirky blacksmith Gobber (Nick Frost; Shaun of the Dead) by his side, Hiccup confronts a world torn by fear and misunderstanding. 

As an ancient threat emerges, endangering both Vikings and dragons, Hiccup’s friendship with Toothless becomes the key to forging a new future. Together, they must navigate the delicate path toward peace, soaring beyond the boundaries of their worlds and redefining what it means to be a hero and a leader. 

How to Train Your Dragon also stars Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2), Gabriel Howell (Bodies), Bronwyn James (Wicked), Harry Trevaldwyn (Smothered), Ruth Codd (The Midnight Club), Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Murray McArthur (Game of Thrones).

How to Train Your Dragon is written, produced and directed by Dean DeBlois, and arrives in theaters on June 13.

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Irregular
Irregular - 6/9/2025, 2:24 PM
"Now, the hope seems to be that this live-action version will spawn a new franchise."

It already is part of a franchise already! This movie doesn't without the animated version. That's the only reason to see it. Just to measure it up to the animated movie.
Lisa89
Lisa89 - 6/9/2025, 2:35 PM
@Irregular - Personally, I do without the animated version.
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/9/2025, 3:16 PM
@Irregular - or fans of original aniamted trilogy will go see it either way old and new fans
dragon316
dragon316 - 6/9/2025, 3:17 PM
See how well it does lilo and sticth got lucky this will probably do well rotten tomatoes and critics reviews mean crap doesn’t mean movie will succeed if it have high critics and rotten tomatoes score people choose that option not strangers
AllsNotGood
AllsNotGood - 6/9/2025, 3:49 PM
This film made John campea cry
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 6/9/2025, 4:03 PM
It’s at 83% from 46 reviews so far hence congrats to the cast & crew…

The movie has personally looked just fine to me from the footage we’ve seen so I’ll likely be checking it out at home rather then theaters but I hope the people who do see it at the latter enjoy it!!.

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