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January 1st brought the arrival of How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World to Peacock. The rare trilogy of critically praised films, about a young, misfit Viking named Hiccup who befriends a rare dragon named Toothless, completed the franchise on the NBCUniversal streamer, with the 2025 live-action How to Train Your Dragon also streaming on the platform.
DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon Franchise Keeps Soaring
Nobody could have predicted just how successful the How to Train Your Dragon franchise would be. Debuting in 2010 amid a strong slate of animated movies that included Pixar’s Toy Story 3, Disney’s Tangled, and Illumination’s breakout success Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon went on to launch not just one of DreamWorks’ highest-grossing franchises to date but also the studio’s highest-rated franchise.
Across four movies, the How to Train Your Dragon franchise has been consistently praised for its storytelling, animation, and emotional depth, with every movie in the film series earning “Certified Fresh” distinctions on Rotten Tomatoes and the lowest audience rating coming in at an impressively high 87% for the third film. An epic fantasy that appeals to all ages and doesn’t lower quality in later installments, the franchise balances its nonstop action and adventure with the emotionally resonant story of friendship between Hiccup and Toothless and brings the story to life with stunning visuals and an incredibly immersive Viking world.
