<P> The film was released March 26, 2010, and was a critical and commercial success, earning acclaim from film critics and audiences and earning nearly $500 million worldwide . It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 83rd Academy Awards, but lost to Toy Story 3 and The Social Network, respectively . The movie also won ten Annie Awards, including Best Animated Feature . </P> <P> A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2, was released on June 13, 2014, with DeBlois writing and directing by himself . Much like its predecessor, the sequel was also universally acclaimed and became a box office success . A second and final sequel, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, is to be released on March 1, 2019 . The film's success has also inspired other merchandise, including a video game and a television series . </P> <P> The Isle of Berk is a remote Viking village, from which dragons periodically steal livestock . Hiccup, the awkward fifteen - year - old son of the village chieftain, Stoick the Vast, is too small to fight the dragons and instead fashions mechanical devices under his apprenticeship with Gobber the blacksmith, though his inventions often backfire . During one attack, Hiccup believes he has shot down a Night Fury, an extremely rare and dangerous dragon . Hiccup later finds it in the forest trapped in his bolas, but finds that he cannot bring himself to kill the dragon and instead sets it free . </P> <P> Stoick assembles a fleet to find the dragons' nest, leaving Hiccup in a dragon - fighting class taught by Gobber . Hiccup returns to the forest to find the Night Fury still there, and realizes it is unable to fly properly because of its crippled caudal fin . Hiccup gradually tames the dragon and gives it the name "Toothless", for its retractable teeth . Hiccup makes a harness and prosthetic fin that allows him to guide the dragon in free flight . By studying Toothless's behavior, Hiccup becomes proficient in subduing the captive dragons during training . Stoick's fleet arrives home unsuccessful, but he is cheered by Hiccup's unexpected success . </P>

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