Universal Pictures' live-action film "How to Train Your Dragon" topped the box office this weekend with $83.7 million, as family-friendly fare continues to draw audiences to theaters.

Dreamworks' first go at a live-action remake with 'How to Train Your Dragon' is a success. A second live-action remake has hit theaters with Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon, and shocker, it’s taking off big.

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As Hiccup, the 17-year-old actor is shouldering the weight of Universal’s new live-action franchise — and living out his childhood fantasy.

Mason Thames and Nico Parker are the miscast stars of writer-director Dean DeBlois’s good-looking but deadly dull live-action remake of the 2010 film.