How to Train Your Dragon has set an audience score record for live-action adaptations of animated films, compared to all the Disney entries.

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On the set of the live-action movie, Toothless and the other dragons existed as large puppets with simple functions, operated by a team of master puppeteers led by Tom Wilton, a performer who had worked on the “War Horse” stage play.

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

With the box office success of “How to Train Your Dragon” (taking in nearly $197 million worldwide opening weekend), fans are itching to watch the fantasy adventure movie again and again at home. If you can’t make it to the movie theater,

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Relax, dear readers, your eyes don’t deceive you with that headline. Just as Universal/DreamWorks have remade the 2010 fan favorite How to Train Your Dragon, the studio has given its well regarded franchise another premium format finish. Which means it’s time to ask an old question that gets new answers each time: To 3D or Not To 3D?