How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Family
75Kernel Score — Generally Favorable, 0 reviews
The Kernel take
A Metascore of 75 represents solid critical reception for a film that cost $165M to produce and has grossed nearly $500M worldwide—a validation of both the critical and commercial case for animated blockbusters at this scale.
Director track record: Chris Sanders
How to Train Your Dragon (75) sits well above Chris Sanders' own 65.8-point average across 4 other scored films—a significant outlier in his body of work, though it trails his best-reviewed effort, The Wild Robot (85).
Lead track record: Jay Baruchel
The film marks a notable high point for Jay Baruchel's score average, sitting 16.5 points above his 58.5-point baseline across 13 other scored films, though it falls short of his career-best Knocked Up (85).
Box office
Budget $165M · Box office $495.1M