Ticket sales for Disney's
Frozen broke the billion dollar mark this weekend, making it the highest-grossing animated film of all time and moving the title to tenth on the list for all movies.
Variety reports:
The competition to beat was another Disney/Pixar title, “Toy Story 3,” which grossed $1.063 billion in 2010. “Frozen” earned $398.4 million domestically and $674 million internationally to take the title. In its run overseas, “Frozen” has become the top animated film in 27 territories. It has grossed $50.5 million in Japan thus far, and also broke into the top ten films of all time at the box office this weekend. It was released more than four months ago in the U.S., where it had a late November opening. Since then, it has enjoyed both critical and major financial success, becoming the first billion-dollar film from Disney Animation Studios. It won two Academy Awards as well, one for best animated film and the other for original song.
Frozen's top ranking is not adjusted for inflation. Of the
25 highest-grossing animated films, only 1994's
The Lion King was not released in this century. The soundtrack for
Frozen has been #1 on Billboard's album chart for the last eight weeks.
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