HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

[staceyaus]

The Aust. magazine Filmink (July edition) has a review of HTTYD2 online www.filmink.com.au

and in the summer edition of TOTAL FILM they have a 3 pg feature with a small quote from Gerry

"While Valka and Drago are the 2 major new additions,HTTYD will also see the return of Hiccup's gruff father,Stoick the Vast. This time,the proud Viking chieftain is even more Scottish,

with Butler wheeling out the thickest brogue American ears can cope with. "At first, I thought I looked like ana idiot when they put all those American voices around me, says the

actor. "But it's a nice destinction that the older more tradional Vikings have the old tongue."

They also have their review too. A pretty good one, not too spoliery

Also there is a book called The Art of How To Train Your Dragon www.amazon.com/The-Art-Train-Your-Dragon/dp0062323350

[kristylee]

Well, I went to see it last night! There was a complete stuff up with cinema times and we exchanged our tickets because you could not get a seat!

I absolutely loved it. It was so well made that I sometimes even forgot that it was an animated film the scenery was so good.

It was sad though and we had tears in our eyes (by the way, we were all "mature ladies..."

But all in all, very enjoyable ...

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How to Train Your Dragon 2 box office news:   The movie crossed the $100 million mark in the United States with yesterday's Box Office:

 Domestic Total as of Jun. 24, 2014: $102,055,456

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $102,055,456 56.0%
+ Foreign: $80,188,371 44.0%
= Worldwide: $182,243,827

Hopefully HTTYD2 the domestic and foreign totals will keep getting higher! 

Edited to note that HTTYD2 box office totals Domestically is tracking the same as HTTYD  whose total after 12 days was $101,249,677

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Up-date of the Box office for HTTYD

Domestic Total as of Jun. 29, 2014: $121,952,229

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $121,952,229 53.5%
+ Foreign: $106,100,000 46.5%
= Worldwide: $228,052,229

This article note on the International Box Office total:

www.deadline.com/2014/06/transformers-age-of-extinction-box-office-international-results-korea-russia/

How To Train Your Dragon 2 swooped down on an extra $17.9M this frame to push its cume past the $100M mark with $107.4M. The film played to non-football fiends in Mexico with $3.88M in its 2nd weekend and a cume there of $12.26M. Brazil is also holding strong as football counterprogramming, adding $2M in the No. 1 slot for a cume of $10.7M. In Australia, the DreamWorks Animation adventure took 2nd place on a 28% drop with $2.33M for the frame and a cume of $11.29M. As in Oz, Dragon 2 faced off with Transformers in Russia and took the 2nd spot with $1.95M and a cume of $25.8M. There are 14 more markets to come next weekend.

I am not sure what the 14 markets are but this is the release list from IMDb
 UK 27 June 2014 (Scotland only)
Ireland 27 June 2014
Belgium 2 July 2014
France 2 July 2014
Netherlands 2 July 2014
Denmark 3 July 2014
Hong Kong 3 July 2014
Sweden 3 July 2014
Estonia 4 July 2014
Finland 4 July 2014
Lithuania 4 July 2014
Latvia 4 July 2014
Norway 4 July 2014
New Zealand 10 July 2014
UK 11 July 2014
Germany 24 July 2014
Spain 1 August 2014 .
Italy 16 August 2014
Japan and China release dates are not listed.

Edited to add Variety's report on Foreign Box Office - It looks like the film still doesn't have a release date in China: .
variety.com/2014/film/news/transformers-4-breakup-guru-reign-over-foreign-box-office-1201254521/

“How to Train Your Dragon 2″ continued to look abroad to augment its disappointing domestic run. The DreamWorks Animation film attracted $17.9 million from 53 territories, as it waits to hear if it has scored a berth in China this summer. In all the film has made $229.2 million worldwide.

[staceyaus]

 the aug edition of the australian magazine EMPIRE has a review of HTTYD2,it's pretty good. If you want to read it i pretty sure it will be on their website.
 
 I saw on the The Project last night that HTTYD2 is now at #3 at the aust box office(i think it started at 2?), Transformers 4 is 1 with 22 Jump Street at 2.
 Is anyone else disappointed that Jonah Hill did'nt do any press for the movie or go to the premeire?

[staceyaus]

 The aug edition of SFX has a review of HTTYD2. It's pretty good. You can proberly read it online

[christy]

You can already PRE-ORDER HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON 2 from Amazon. Here is the link. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00LG6XHDY/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I have already pre-ordered a copy.

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Just an up-date on the Box Office numbers for HTTYD2 from Box Office Mojo:

Domestic Total as of Jul. 13, 2014: $152,276,733

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $152,276,733 43.5%
+ Foreign: $197,468,000 56.5%
= Worldwide: $349,744,733

This from Deadline Hollywood of International totals:
By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday July 14, 2014 @ 5:30pm PDT

Fox and DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 continues to soar overseas with an extra $35M this weekend from 8,286 screens in 66 markets. The international cume is now $199M. HTTYD2 finally swooped into the UK with $16.1M from 1,060 dates. In holdovers, the movie showed legs in France with $4.8M from 768 locations and falling in line behind local opener Les Vacances Du Petit Nicolas. Australia was worth $2.5M from 525 screens and New Zealand rose 56.5% to $780K from 166. In Brazil, where World Cup dreams faded for the home side last week, HTTYD2 added $1.68M from 789 screens. The next opening is in Germany on July 24. The worldwide cume is now $351.5M.
www.deadline.com/2014/07/international-box-office-dawn-planet-apes-grosses-31-1-million-overseas-transformers-adds-102-korea-china/#more-771743

(I like the total in the Deadline Hollywood article - Box Office Mojo needs an update LOL)

Trade papers are reporting that Dreamworks, will not consider HTTYD2 a success unless it makes it to $400 million since HTTYD1 made $500 million.  I think the movie will make it to $400 and more if they can secure a release in China which is being considered and not approved yet.   Also, no release date has been scheduled for Japan.

Domestically, the movie is declining in theater counts, and I imagine it will loose even more screens next weekend with the Disney Planes movie opening, so the box office will start to slow, but I think it will make it to $160 million by the end of next weekend.  It is sad though that the movie did not perform well domestically,  HTTYD1 made $212 million domestically.

Edited 7/19/14 to note --  the theater counts for HTTYD2 have dropped for this weekend 7/18 another 712 theaters, it is down to 2,169 -716 -24.8% .  The Domestic Total as of Jul. 16, 2014: $155,975,090
I think the movie will still make it to $160 million but with Disney's Pixar Planes opening in almost 4,000 theaters the movie will probably see its domestic run end with at least $165 million over the next month as theaters drop further.   Counting now on the Foreign Box office to put the movie's B.O. at $400 million.  This is still $94 million less than the first movie.  It does makes you wonder if in the end the storyline was too mature for their targeted audience.

Edited 7/27/14 to note HTTYD2 lost another 811 theaters this weekend (7/25-7/27) and was #12 at BO $2,200,000 -43.7% 1,358 -811 estimated total $165,629,000

[staceyaus]

 My copy of The Art Of HTTYD2 finally came. The foreword is actually done by Gerry and there are at least three more quotes by him throughout the book. Was it worth the $60 that i paid for it. You betchya
  If anyone wants to know what the exact quotes are let me know.

 Sorry if this is the wrong place to put it.

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Great Box office news for HTTYD2 -  it crossed $400 million

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $165,629,000 39.1%
+ Foreign: $258,500,000 60.9%
= Worldwide: $424,129,000

www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=howtotrainyourdragon2.htm

www.deadline.com/2014/07/international-box-office-hercules-transformers-purge-sex-tape-planes/#more-792159
According to Deadline Hollywood:

How To Train Your Dragon 2 continued its strong run overseas with $24M this weekend for a cume of $260.2M internationally. Debuting in Germany this weekend, it was No. 1 in admissions, and No. 2 in box office earnings with $6.1M on 1,074 screens. In Austria, it outperformed the first film in the franchise by 210%, taking $1M on 163 screens. The DreamWorks Animation adventure also took off in Korea, which is a non-Fox market. There, it placed No. 2 behind anticipated local movie Kundo: Age Of The Rampant. Nevertheless, it opened to $7.36M on 828 screens in the fast-burn market. Holdovers saw small drops or improvements, including in Denmark (+15%), Holland (+58%) and Chile (+16%). Spain, Italy and China are next to bow in August.

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Weekly up-date-
Domestically, HTTYD2 is in it's waning days - theater counts was only  861 - so Domestic Total for the weekend was$1,215,000

Domestic Total as of Aug. 3, 2014: $168,569,000 (Estimate)

Better news Internationally:

DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 is days away from breaching $300m as $20.1m from 36 for $296.7m. The family feature opened top in Spain on $3.1m from 681 and added $3.3m in Germany for $11.7m after two sessions. The UK has produced $30.4m after four. South Korea stands at $17.8m after two from non-Fox.  www.screendaily.com/box-office/guardians-rule-on-1604m-debut/5075860.article?blocktitle=BOX-OFFICE-NEWS&contentID=40299

Total Lifetime Grosses as  of Aug. 3, 2014
Domestic: $168,569,000 36.4%
+ Foreign: $295,000,000 63.6%
= Worldwide: $463,569,000

 HTTYD2 has now past the foreign box office of HTTYD1  which was $277,297,528
The World Wide Total for HTTYD1 was $494 million so HTTYD2 is getting closer to matching that total.  Two foreign markets are still schedule for August Italy and China - (still no news of a Japan release.)  I hope Dragon2 will top the first movie by the end of it's foreign run.

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Box office up-date - 8/10/14
Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic: $170,136,000 34.9%
+ Foreign: $317,700,000 65.1%
= Worldwide: $487,836,000

www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=howtotrainyourdragon2.htm

Box Office is moving closer to the World-wide total of HTTYD1 ($494 million),only $7 million more needed.  With Italy & China (Japan?-not scheduled) still to release the movie, there is no doubt that total will be exceeded by the end of August.



Edited to add A note on  Deadline Hollywood about this weekends Foreign Box Office:

Fox/Dream Works’ How to Train Your Dragon 2 — which will release in China next weekend — flew in with another $11.5M this weekend from 24 markets, bringing its international cume to $319.4M. In its second weekend in Spain, the family film earned $1.25M from 652 runs. It has enjoyed great holds across Europe and in Latin America. It releases also in Italy next weekend.

[staceyaus]

 HTTYD 2 now has a aussie dvd release date! Nov 19th.

[lifesrose]

Total Lifetime Grosses


Domestic: $171,429,942 31.8%
+ Foreign: $367,659,865 68.2%


= Worldwide: $539,089,807

[christy]

www.newdvdreleasedates.com/m1242/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-dvd-release-date-DVD Release Date estimated November 11 2014

Five years past the time that Hiccup and Toothless have united the dragons and Vikings, they find themselves in a new battle. As everyone else plays dragon races, this pair wanders off and discovers a new cave. The cave is full of new dragons and a dragon rider who are emblazoned in a battle. The pair find themselves having to fight for what they believe is right. They soon discover that they must stay united themselves if they want to win the battle. If they can stick together in the battle, they can change the course of the future for both men and dragons.

United StatesDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayNovember 2014
Amazon Instant VideoNo date yet
CanadaDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayNovember 2014
DeutschlandDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayDecember 1, 2014
EspanaDVDBlu-rayNo date yet
FranceDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayNovember 5, 2014
ItaliaDVDBlu-rayNo date yet
IndiaDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayNovember 24, 2014
United KingdomDVDBlu-ray3D Blu-rayNovember 17, 2014