It was nominated for two awards at the 83rd Academy Awards and received numerous other accolades. It was widely acclaimed, being praised for its animation, voice acting, writing, musical score, and 3D sequences. The film was a commercial success, earning nearly $500 million worldwide. How to Train Your Dragon premiered at the Gibson Amphitheater on March 21, 2010, and was released in the United States five days later. John Powell composed the film's musical score.

The filmmakers hired cinematographer Roger Deakins (known for frequently collaborating with the Coen brothers) as a visual consultant to help them with lighting and aesthetic of the film and to add a live-action feel. The directors of the film being the secondary cast in the recording sessions to ensure to cash in the improvisation abilities. In 2004, the book series began attracting the attention of the executives at DreamWorks Animation, particularly of Over the Hedge producer Bonnie Arnold. He instead helps and befriends the dragon, and quickly discovers that things are not exactly as they seem in the conflict between Vikings and dragons. The story takes place in Berk, a mythical Viking village Hiccup, an undersized teen wishing to become a dragon slayer like the other Vikings, injures a rare Night Fury dragon but is unable to bring himself to kill it. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois from a screenplay by Will Davies, Sanders, and DeBlois, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American computer-animated action fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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