Mason Thames Just Matched a 30-Year-Old Jim Carrey Record — How Old Is the How to Train Your Dragon Star?

Here is a fun one: an 18-year-old just nudged past a 30-year benchmark tied to Jim Carrey. Yes, that Jim Carrey. Different era, different genres, but the headline is the same — three big theatrical wins in a single year.

What Mason Thames just pulled off

Mason Thames, who broke out in 2022 with "The Black Phone," just had the kind of year actors dream about. 2025 has essentially been his victory lap, with three major commercial box office successes landing in the same calendar year:

• "How to Train Your Dragon"
• "Black Phone 2"
• "Regretting You"

The notable part: he is only 18. The bolder claim: this run breaks a 30-year mark previously associated with Jim Carrey.

What record are we actually talking about?

In 1994, Jim Carrey did something no one had done before: three films opening at number 1 at the box office in the same year. All in the span of months, all massive, and all part of that mid-90s heyday where Carrey basically lived at the top of the charts. The movies: "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask," and "Dumb and Dumber."

Small but important nuance: Carrey’s stat was specifically about opening at #1. Thames’ feat is described as three major commercial hits in one year. Not quite the same metric, but the spirit — a same-year triple hit — tracks. However you slice it, that is rare air for anyone, let alone a teenager.

1994: the Carrey blitz, with the receipts

"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" (1994)

Director: Tom Shadyac

Cast: Jim Carrey, Sean Young, Courteney Cox

IMDb: 6.9/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 47%

Worldwide box office: $107 million

Production company: Morgan Creek Productions

Where to watch right now: Netflix

"The Mask" (1994)

Director: Chuck Russell

Cast: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz, Peter Greene

IMDb: 7/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

Worldwide box office: $351 million

Production company: Dark Horse Entertainment

Where to watch right now: Netflix

"Dumb and Dumber" (1994)

Director: Peter Farrelly

Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly

IMDb: 7.3/10

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%

Worldwide box office: $247 million

Production company: Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production

Where to watch right now: Fubo

Mason Thames vs. the Jim Carrey box

Here is where it gets interesting. Carrey did venture into serious work — "The Truman Show," "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and more — but audiences and studios largely kept him in the big, wild-comedy lane. Thames, by contrast, is already spread across genres: thriller/horror with "Black Phone 2," adventure with "How to Train Your Dragon," and romance/drama with "Regretting You." He is not being funneled into one archetype out of the gate, which is not nothing.

So is he the version of Jim Carrey Hollywood did not really let flourish back then — a box office draw who moves freely between tones? That is the optimistic read. At minimum, this is a flex of range and timing, and it sets him up for a much broader filmography if he keeps choosing this way.

The takeaway

Records aside, three legit hits in one year at 18 is a statement. The Carrey comparison is big, and the metrics are a little apples-and-oranges, but the momentum is real. Curious where you land on Thames’ trajectory — future four-quadrant star, or just a very hot streak at the perfect moment?