Gerard Butler compared his relationship with his adopted dog Shuska to Hiccup's relationship with the dragon Toothless in 'How to Train Your Dragon.' Butler adopted his dog after finding her alone while filming in Bulgaria.

The biggest competition that How To Train Your Dragon will face in cinemas is Lilo & Stitch, which remained at #1 in the Top 10 for the third straight weekend. Be sure to head back here to CinemaBlend on Sunday for my box office column and to learn how the performance of one live-action remake impacts the other.

Hiccup and Toothless are readying to fire up the box office.

The actor, who will celebrate his 18th birthday next month, also explains why he did not try to match original actor Jay Baruchel's voice: "if I did an impersonation like that for this film, it would feel rude.

Going into my screening of the new live-action feature, I made a specific point of not revisiting the 2010 movie – which I probably last watched around the time that How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World was released.

DreamWorks Animation gets into the live-action game with this redo of the 2010 fantasy about a boy and his giant, fire-breathing best friend. Sure, why not

The leap from computer animation to 'live action' is safer than the trial-and-error update strategy Disney’s been trying with its hand-drawn classics.