Family/Fantasy + Grief/Hope + Flying solo. A breathtaking expansion of a Viking world that soars into darker emotional territories, where the freedom of flight meets the crushing weight of leadership and the cost of peace.
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Director:
Dean DeBlois
Cast:
Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera
Animation
Family
Fantasy
Action
Comedy
Adventure
Budget:
$145,000,000
Box Office:
$621,537,519
How to Train Your Dragon 2 - Easter Eggs & Hidden Details
Easter Eggs
Game of Thrones Reference
When Eret (voiced by Kit Harington) is captured, Astrid asks him sarcastically, "Don't you know anything?" This is a direct nod to the famous line "You know nothing, Jon Snow" from Game of Thrones.
Toothless in the Logo
In the opening DreamWorks Animation logo, the boy on the moon is usually fishing. In this film's variant, Toothless flies through the night sky behind the logo, cementing the franchise as a pillar of the studio.
Drago's Bewilderbeast in Hidden World
While more of a retrospective detail, the dark Alpha dragon defeated in this film can be seen hiding in the background of the Hidden World in the third film, showing it survived but lost its dominance.