How to Train Your Dragon is a 2010 American animated action fantasy film loosely based on the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell; the film was produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois from a screenplay they co-wrote with Will Davies, and stars the voices of Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig. The film follows a young Viking teenager named Hiccup (Baruchel), who befriends a Night Fury dragon after capturing it.
How to Train Your Dragon premiered in Los Angeles on March 21, 2010, and was released in the United States on March 26. Produced on a budget of $165million, How to Train Your Dragon grossed $494.9million worldwide, finishing its theatrical run as the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2010. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
How to Train Your Dragon garnered awards and nominations in various categories with particular recognition for John Powell's musical score. At the 83rd Academy Awards, it received nominations for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. The film garnered fourteen nominations at the 38th Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature and Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production, and won ten awards. How to Train Your Dragon also received nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Accolades
+ Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result 3D Creative Arts Awards Best Feature Film – Animation How to Train Your Dragon Best Stereoscopic Feature Film – Animation How to Train Your Dragon 3D Talent Award Jay Baruchel Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Best Original Score John Powell Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon Best Animated Female America Ferrera American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Animated Feature Film Maryann Brandon and Darren T. Holmes Annie Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon Outstanding Achievement for Animated Effects in an Animated Production Brett Miller Jason Mayer Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production Gabe Hordos Jakob Hjort Jensen David Torres Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production Nico Marlet Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production John Powell Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production Pierre Olivier Vincent Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production Tom Owens Alessandro Carloni Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production Jay Baruchel Gerard Butler Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production William Davies, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders ASCAP Awards Top Box Office Films John Powell British Academy Film Awards Best Animated Film Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Best Original Music John Powell Chicago Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon Critics' Choice Movie Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon Genesis Awards Best Feature Film How to Train Your Dragon Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Feature Film How to Train Your Dragon Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film Randy Thom, Jonathan Null, Al Nelson, Pascal Garneau, Chris Gridley, Colette D. Dahanne, Josh Gold, Pete Horner, Sue Fox, Andrea Gard, Richard Quinn, Dennie Thorpe, and Jana Vance Golden Trailer Awards Best Animation/Family "Prepare" (Aspect Ratio) Houston Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon Best Original Score John Powell Hugo Awards Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form William Davies, Dean DeBlois, and Chris Sanders International Cinephile Society Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon International Film Music Critics Association Awards Film Score of the Year John Powell Best Original Score for an Animated Film John Powell Film Music Composition of the Year John Powell for "Forbidden Friendship" John Powell for "Test Drive" Best New Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording John Powell Ivor Novello Awards Best Original Film Score John Powell Movieguide Awards Best Movies for Families How to Train Your Dragon Nebula Awards Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois, and Will Davies Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (Australia) Fave Movie How to Train Your Dragon Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (United States) Favorite Animated Movie How to Train Your Dragon Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon People's Choice Awards Favorite Family Movie How to Train Your Dragon Producers Guild of America Awards Best Animated Motion Picture Bonnie Arnold San Diego Film Critics Society Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon Satellite Awards Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature How to Train Your Dragon Saturn Awards Best Music John Powell Best Production Design Kathy Altieri Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon Teen Choice Awards Choice Animated Movie How to Train Your Dragon Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Film How to Train Your Dragon Venice Film Festival September 1–11, 2010 Most Creative 3D Film of the Year How to Train Your Dragon Visual Effects Society Awards Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature Simon Otto, Craig Ring, and Bonnie Arnold Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Gabe Hordos, Cassidy Curtis, Mariette Marinus, and Brent Watkins Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture Andy Hayes, Laurent Kermel, Jason Mayer, and Brett Miller Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature How to Train Your Dragon World Soundtrack Awards Soundtrack Composer of the Year John Powell Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film Jónsi for "Sticks & Stones"
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