An animated adventure coming to China

Chinese young actor Liu Haoran shows up in the premiere of "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" in China on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. [Photo provided to China Plus]

"How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World", written and directed by Dean DeBlois, who has helmed the entire trilogy, will come to meet Chinese audiences on March 1st.

A report on Variety compared the film's Chinese poster with the primary American one, commenting the Chinese one features a more dynamic image of the main character, Hiccup, riding his dragon, Toothless.

The final installment follows Hiccup and Toothless as they seek a dragon utopia called the Hidden World.

Besides "Green Book", which is also due out in Chinese cinemas on March 1, "The Hidden World" will also be up against 20th Century Fox's "Alita: Battle Angel," which releases today (Feb. 22) in China.

According to data from research company EntGroup, the first 2010 "Dragon" film made 13 million US dollars in China, while the second more than quadrupled that figure to take in an even more respectable 59.4 million in 2014.

Universal and DreamWorks' film "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" has seen a Chinese film poster released before the film lands in Chinese cinemas on March 1. [Photo provided to China Plus]