How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
92%RT Audience Score: 89%
Awards & Nominations: Nominated for 2 Oscars
25 wins & 63 nominations total
Exciting, emotionally resonant, and beautifully animated, How to Train Your Dragon 2 builds on its predecessor’s successes just the way a sequel should.
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is the perfect movie to watch with your family on a lazy Sunday afternoon. It’s got everything you could want – action, adventure, humor, and heart. Plus, who doesn’t love a good story about a boy and his dragon? The animation is stunning, the characters are lovable, and the plot is engaging. It’s no wonder this movie has received so many positive reviews. So grab some popcorn, snuggle up with your loved ones, and get ready for a wild ride with Hiccup and Toothless!
Production Company(ies)
Sony Pictures, Classics Radical Media, Sen Art Films,
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Streaming, Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for sequences of intense action and some scary images, and brief mild language
Year of Release
2014
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Digital DTSS DDS
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 42m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jun 13, 2014 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2014
Genre(s)
Fantasy/Adventure
Keyword(s)
PG, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, directed by Dean DeBlois, written by Dean DeBlois, produced by Bonnie Arnold, reviewed by Charlotte O’Sullivan, Leslie Felperin, Geoffrey Macnab, Adam Woodward, Dave Calhoun, Helen O’Hara, Richard Crouse, James Croot, Mike Massie, Richard Propes, Allen Almachar, Kelechi Ehenulo, box office $177.0M, TOMATOMETER 91%, audience score 89%, Hiccup, Toothless, Berk, Valka, Drago, dragons, Vikings, wild dragons, dragon rider, power-hungry warrior, secret cave, mild rude humor, adventure action, 20th Century Fox, Dolby Atmos, SDDS, Datasat
Worldwide gross: $621,537,519
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $672,732,481
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 186
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 73,362,321
US/Canada gross: $217,581,231
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $295,776,992
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 192
US/Canada opening weekend: $43,732,319
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $59,449,125
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 178
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $165,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $224,298,776
Production budget ranking: 59
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $120,784,891
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $327,648,815
ROI to date (est.): 95%
ROI ranking: 955
Cate Blanchett – Valka – Voice
Gerard Butler – Stoick the Vast – Voice
Craig Ferguson – Gobber – Voice
America Ferrera – Astrid – Voice
Jonah Hill – Snotlout – Voice
Director(s)
Dean DeBlois, Tom Owens
Writer(s)
Dean DeBlois
Producer(s)
Bonnie Arnold
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 2 Oscars
25 wins & 63 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
All Critics (188) | Top Critics (57) | Fresh (172) | Rotten (16)
The characters in this movie are charmers. They’ve got me so well-trained, I’m even looking forward to HTTYD3.
July 11, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
Charlotte O’Sullivan
London Evening Standard
TOP CRITIC
It has a richness that’s highly compelling, especially in the way it explores the complex relationship between man and beast.
July 11, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Leslie Felperin
Radio Times
TOP CRITIC
The filmmakers borrow freely from Avatar, Sword In The Stone and even Brave but they bring enough vigour and imagination to their storytelling to get away with it.
July 10, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Geoffrey Macnab
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
This swooping and soaring sequel boasts big thrills, innovative set-pieces and a surprisingly radical political outlook.
July 10, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Adam Woodward
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
Hats off to Dreamworks for offering some bold surprises in a respectable sequel filled with moments of humour and emotion among its ample noise and movement.
July 8, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
Dave Calhoun
Time Out
TOP CRITIC
At times terrifying and too tough for tinies, this is nevertheless a triumphant sequel that puts its faith in Hiccup and Toothless to find a way through dark times for man and dragon.
July 6, 2014 | Rating: 4/5
Helen O’Hara
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
High on spectacle and never wastes an opportunity to entertain the eye and up the wonder factor, but it’s not just shock and awe. An emotional subplot regarding family adds some weight to the fantasy elements of the story.
February 1, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
An engaging and entertaining way to while away a couple of hours during the summer school holidays.
January 7, 2021 | Rating: 4/5
James Croot
Stuff.co.nz
Imaginative, humorous, and thrilling, this sequel is everything the first film was – and a little bit more.
December 4, 2020 | Rating: 8/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
It’s a strong testimony to DeBlois that this second film in the series doesn’t feel like a transition film or a filler film but an actual story that stands on its own.
September 11, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com
How to Train Your Dragon 2 succeeds by fulfilling the potential established by the first film, without succumbing to the trappings of being a sequel.
July 21, 2020 | Rating: A
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
How to Train Your Dragon 2 is a success on many levels.
July 16, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
Kelechi Ehenulo
Confessions From A Geek Mind…
Plot
Long ago up North on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, Hiccup, wants to join his town’s fight against the dragons that continually raid their town. However, his macho father and village leader, Stoik the Vast, will not allow his small, clumsy, but inventive son to do so. Regardless, Hiccup ventures out into battle and downs a mysterious Night Fury dragon with his invention, but can’t bring himself to kill it. Instead, Hiccup and the dragon, whom he dubs Toothless, begin a friendship that would open up both their worlds as the observant boy learns that his people have misjudged the species. But even as the two each take flight in their own way, they find that they must fight the destructive ignorance plaguing their world.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The voice cast of How to Train Your Dragon 2 includes Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, and Jonah Hill.
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