The live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon swooped into South Korea’s box office last weekend (June 6–8) and claimed the top spot with a cool $4 million in ticket sales. According to Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s tracking service, the DreamWorks film pulled in 540,059 moviegoers across 1,645 screens, snagging 35.6% of the market. That was enough to nudge the local favorite Hi-Five into second place and bump Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning down to third.
Fans of the 2010 animated hit aren’t surprised by the remake’s success. The original How to Train Your Dragon trilogy raked in over $1.6 billion globally, and this new take, directed by Dean DeBlois (who also led the animated series), brings Hiccup and Toothless back in a way that’s clicking with both longtime fans and newcomers. It’s got that heartwarming vibe that’s clearly winning over South Korean audiences.
Coming in second, Hi-Five, a South Korean crowd-pleaser, added $2.7 million from 400,746 ticket sales in its second weekend, boosting its total to $7.8 million with 1.15 million admissions. Solid numbers, but it couldn’t keep up with the dragon fever.
Meanwhile, Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning took a bit of a dip, landing in third with $1.8 million from 256,857 viewers. The action flick has now earned $21.7 million in South Korea, with over 3 million admissions since its May 17 debut. But with a hefty $400 million budget, the film’s still got a steep climb to break even, especially since theaters keep about half the ticket revenue.
The rest of the top five included The Pact, a creepy South Korean political thriller, which pulled in $1.3 million for a $2.7 million total, and Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch, which added $331,683 for a cumulative $3 million.
Overall, South Korea’s box office was buzzing, with the top 10 films hauling in $10.8 million, a big jump from the prior weekend’s $7.6 million. How to Train Your Dragon’s strong showing proves family-friendly films are still a major draw—PG-rated movies have already contributed $1.53 billion to global box offices in 2025, per Comscore.
With a sequel already set for June 2027, How to Train Your Dragon looks ready to keep soaring. For now, it’s outpacing the competition in South Korea, while Mission: Impossible keeps battling to cement its spot among 2025’s big hitters.
Source: Variety