Gerard Butler’s Highest-Grossing Movie Officially Smashes 120-Day Milestone
The live-action *How to Train Your Dragon*, starring Gerard Butler, has remained among the top 10 VOD titles for more than 120 days. The film’s sustained rental and purchase popularity extends its success beyond cinemas and marks a rare bright spot in a mixed run of recent releases for Butler.
The film earned more than $630 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing movie of Butler’s career. After its theatrical run, it debuted on Peacock and later moved to Netflix; the article says it is now streaming exclusively on Netflix. Butler’s *Greenland 2: Migration* earned about $45 million against a $90 million budget, while *In the Hand of Dante* had a weak streaming debut.
In short
- *How to Train Your Dragon* has spent over 120 days in the VOD top 10.
- It earned more than $630 million worldwide.
- The film is Gerard Butler’s highest-grossing movie.
Explained simply
How to Train Your Dragon began as a series of books by Cressida Cowell and became a successful animated film franchise. The 2025 live-action adaptation stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, a young Viking, and Gerard Butler as his father, Stoick; Butler also voiced Stoick in the animated films.
A film’s box-office takings measure cinema sales, while video-on-demand (VOD) charts track films people rent or buy digitally. The live-action film’s strong cinema earnings and long run among popular VOD titles show how a release can continue finding viewers after leaving cinemas.
For Butler, known for films including 300 and the Has Fallen series, the film became his biggest box-office success. Its performance contrasts with the more limited results reported for some of his recent releases, offering context for the varying fortunes of his recent work.