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After making its streaming debut on Peacock back in October, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie soared off of the NBCUniversal streamer over the weekend. The movie brought the story of awkward Viking teen Hiccup and his dragon Toothless from DreamWorks’ 2010 animated hit to life with incredible success. It was the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2025, and its $636 million worldwide box office gross even surpassed the second animated film to become the franchise’s highest-grossing entry. Fans now attempting to stream the hit movie will be hard-pressed to find it. How to Train Your Dragon is now entirely absent from streaming, but that will change on February 10th when the movie joins Netflix alongside the earlier February 1st arrivals of the first two animated movies.
How To Train Your Dragon Is One of the Best Live-Action Remakes Ever
“This is how you do a live-action remake,” is what ComicBook’s Nicole Drum said of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon, and that sentiment still holds up months after its release. The movie is a prime example of what a live-action remake can and should be. Directed by original creator Dean DeBlois, the movie is one of the most faithful live-action remakes to date and managed to not only maintain the emotionally resonant story of the original with a near shot-to-shot remake but also successfully bridge the gap between fantasy and reality with CGI and visuals that made the dragons feel like real, dangerous animals and the Viking world of Berk feel lived-in. The acting is top-tier, the flight sequences are realistic and fast-paced, and even the score enhances the emotional weight of the story.
