“How to Train Your Dragon,” a Universal Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association for “sequences of intense action and peril.” Running time: 125 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.

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.

The live-action How To Train Your Dragon remake is hitting theaters this weekend as fans new and old line up to journey to Berk with Hiccup and Toothless in

How to Train Your Dragon is projected to have a strong opening weekend, which will set it on the right path to make back its huge budget.