Given that the game has had over 28 million plays since it launched, we’ll say that it worked. Just as important was that the movie had an impressive first weekend at the box office, and so this ...

Hiccup (Mason Thames) makes an unlikely new friend in “How to Train Your Dragon.” AP. And it’s tear-jerking as ever watching the very well-cast 17-year-old newcomer Mason Thames as geeky ...

The “How to Train Your Dragon” game on Roblox has more than 28 million visits. Over the weekend, the movie raked in $83.7 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, surpassing expectations.

Plus, with its scale and scope, “How to Train Your Dragon” makes sense for live action in this post-”Game of Thrones” world, when the digital wizardry needed to bring dragons to life is ...