The numbers are staggering. Disney’s animated “Frozen,” which won the Best Animation Oscar, has continued its wildly successful run in international markets to become to biggest animated picture ever made. The total box-office gross, amounts to $1.072 billion, after opening in its final market, Japan.
“Frozen” earned $398.4 million domestically and $674 million internationally to take the title.
The competition to beat was another Disney/Pixar title, “Toy Story 3,” which grossed $1.063 billion in 2010.
In its run overseas, “Frozen” has become the top Disney or Pixar 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 globally 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.
The 3D fantasy-comedy was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, and inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Snow Queen.”
It was released on DVD and Blu-ray March 18, selling 3.2 Million DVD, Blu-ray discs in one day.
