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Gerard Butler’s $636 Million Fantasy Hit Is Coming to Netflix

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7 February 2026

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It’s been a rough start to the year for Gerard Butler, who reprised his role as John Garrity in the sci-fi sequel, Greenland 2: Migration. The film is shaping up to be one of Butler’s biggest financial misfires, which comes right behind the biggest box office hit of his career. One of 2025’s biggest summer blockbusters came in the form of the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie, which grossed over $600 million globally to become Butler’s highest-grossing film. It also had a successful run on PVOD charts before it began streaming on Peacock, but now the film has secured a home on the world’s biggest streaming service.

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie is still streaming on Peacock, but Netflix has announced that the film will join its streaming library next week, on February 10. It’s unclear at this time if it will also leave Peacock when it arrives on Netflix, but it’s expected to become one of Netflix’s biggest sleeper hits in the coming weeks. In addition to Gerard Butler reprising his animated role as Stoick, the live-action How to Train Your Dragon also stars Mason Thames as Hiccup, Nico Parker as Astrid, Nick Frost as Gobber, Julian Dennison as Fishlegs, and Gabriel Howell as Snotlout.

What makes the timing of this acquisition even more exciting is that the live-action sequel to How to Train Your Dragon is picking up steam to start the year. Not only is the film now in production, as confirmed by director Dean DeBlois, but it’s also been confirmed that Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Stoick’s wife and Hiccup’s mother, Valka, in the film. Ted Lasso’s Phil Dunster has also replaced Kit Harington as Eret in the film.

When Does ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Come Out?

The sequel to Gerard Butler’s live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie will be released in theaters on June 11, 2027. Production on the film is now underway, and it’s expected to wrap over the summer, giving the post-production team roughly a year to make sure the film is polished enough to be ready for release. Like the first live-action film, Dean DeBlois wrote the script and is directing, and it’s expected to once again be a shot-for-shot remake.

Be sure to watch How to Train Your Dragon when it hits Netflix on February 10, and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates.