What is up with Frozen?!

[BuckeyeBama]

Let It Go!

 

[Yellowstonetim]

It ain't over 'till it's over!

Frozen was 4th place this weekend, an unprecedented feat, especially since it was up against the popular Lego movie! It passed Despicable Me 2 and rages on overseas.

Box Office Mojo:

"Despite facing direct competition from LEGO, Frozen was off only 23 percent this weekend. It added $6.9 million for a new total of $368.7 million, which makes it the highest-grossing 2013 animated movie ahead of Despicable Me 2."
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"Frozen continued its march towards $1 billion this weekend. The animated sensation added $24 million overseas, over half of which came from a $13.7 million debut in China. It's already Disney Animation's biggest movie ever there. It's now earned more than $913 million worldwide, and is going to get close to $1 billion before it reaches Japan next month."

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3783&p=.htm

 

[surferdave]

Idina Menzel: 'I'm singing on the Oscars!'

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Ok, the latest update...

Box Office Mojo reports that Frozen will come in #8 with $5.86 Million in it's 13th week domestic and $18.2 Million foreign. It now totals $955.7 Million and is on track to break $1 Billion.

It is also the biggest original animated movie ever. (Not counting reruns and sequels.)

And check out this YouTube video of a talented singer/impressionist singing Let It Go as a number of famous singers. She is good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1us197eB6gQ&feature=player_embedded

Below from Deadline Hollywood:

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/int...-15-markets-endless-love-opens-in-25-markets/

"Sunday, 9:34 AM: Disney’s animated family film Frozen, still in the Top 10 domestically after 13 weeks of play, is nearing its billion-dollar worldwide mark as it just passed Shrek 2 this week to become the 3rd highest grossing animated release of all-time (based on original runs and not including re-issues) and highest-grossing, original animated release of all-time. It took in an estimated $18.2M this weekend to raise its international cume to $579.9M. When you add that to its domestic take, it is at $955.7M worldwide and is continuing to play. Frozen is in its 12th weekend internationally in 40 markets representing about 95% of its run. It’s best performing territories have been Korea with $66.4M and the U.K. with $60.9M to date. It’s been No. 1 in Korea for five weeks in a row and is only behind Avatar and Transformers in the country as the biggest foreign release ever. In China, it is holding superbly, dropping a mere 3% and is already the second-biggest Disney/Pixar release there. Will it get to $1B? If it continues to pull in these kind of numbers combined — $24.1M this weekend from U.S. and international markets — it will likely end up there at the end of its run."

 

[yitbos96bb]

Guessing it breaks $400 million domestic, not sure if it can top Toy Story 3... Maybe a post Oscar bump?

Ok, the latest update...

Box Office Mojo reports that Frozen will come in #8 with $5.86 Million in it's 13th week domestic and $18.2 Million foreign. It now totals $955.7 Million and is on track to break $1 Billion.

It is also the biggest original animated movie ever. (Not counting reruns and sequels.)

And check out this YouTube video of a talented singer/impressionist singing Let It Go as a number of famous singers. She is good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1us197eB6gQ&feature=player_embedded

Below from Deadline Hollywood:

http://www.deadline.com/2014/02/int...-15-markets-endless-love-opens-in-25-markets/

"Sunday, 9:34 AM: Disney’s animated family film Frozen, still in the Top 10 domestically after 13 weeks of play, is nearing its billion-dollar worldwide mark as it just passed Shrek 2 this week to become the 3rd highest grossing animated release of all-time (based on original runs and not including re-issues) and highest-grossing, original animated release of all-time. It took in an estimated $18.2M this weekend to raise its international cume to $579.9M. When you add that to its domestic take, it is at $955.7M worldwide and is continuing to play. Frozen is in its 12th weekend internationally in 40 markets representing about 95% of its run. It’s best performing territories have been Korea with $66.4M and the U.K. with $60.9M to date. It’s been No. 1 in Korea for five weeks in a row and is only behind Avatar and Transformers in the country as the biggest foreign release ever. In China, it is holding superbly, dropping a mere 3% and is already the second-biggest Disney/Pixar release there. Will it get to $1B? If it continues to pull in these kind of numbers combined — $24.1M this weekend from U.S. and international markets — it will likely end up there at the end of its run."

 

[rocketriter]

In the Chicago area (and I'm sure elsewhere) we're already seeing "Frozen Sing-Alongs," like the older ones for Rocky Horror or Sound of Music.

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Frozen has passed one Billion and hasn't even opened in Japan!!

Domestic: $388,736,000 38.9
Foreign: $611,500,000 61.1%
TOTAL: $1,000,236,000

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=frozen2013.htm

That is ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS!

It will be interesting to see if some Oscar wins can propel it domestically to $400 million. That is still a difficult reach. It is down to a few million in a weekend and has over $11 million to get to $400M. But one never knows. It has not left the top 10 yet and this weekend is expected to take in $3.6 Million domestically.

I started an Oscar thread over in the Disney movies and stuff area of Just For Fun.

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Frozen is only the 5th movie to reach $1 Billion in it's original run.

Here is the article just posted on Box Office Mojo:

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3789&p=.htm

"Meanwhile, Disney Animation's Frozen became the 18th movie ever to earn over $1 billion worldwide. More importantly, it's only the fifth movie ever to hit that milestone that's not a sequel or prequel. With an opening in Japan on the way, Frozen will likely end its run in the Top 10 all-time."

And down in the Worldwide roundup section:

"Frozen is expected to inch past $1 billion worldwide on Sunday; to date, it has earned $388.7 million at the domestic box office and $611.5 million overseas. Its top markets are South Korea ($76.2 million), the U.K. ($63.5 million), Germany ($47.7 million), France ($42.6 million) and China ($42.6 million). In two weeks, it finally opens in Japan, which could turn out to be another huge market (animated movies and musicals are both very popular there).

Excluding The Phantom Menace and Jurassic Park (which got to $1 billion via 3D re-releases), Frozen is the 16th movie to earn over $1 billion. Seven of those 16 were released by Walt Disney Pictures; the others are Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Alice in Wonderland, Toy Story 3, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Marvel's The Avengers and Iron Man 3."

 

[Yellowstonetim]

A billion dollars and a best animated feature film Oscar. I guess it is an OK movie.

 

[jade1]

Oscar winning song also.

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Yup, and best acceptance speech. Idina rocked and the Lopez's were fantastic.

Congrats to the whole Disney team.

 

[surferdave]

EGOT! "It still counts! Girl's gotta eat!"

Also......how does one soldier on and sing after a Hollywood star butchers your name like this?

Who the heck is Adele Dazim?

 

[surferdave]

This totally makes up for the Oscar gaffes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QQcK4l6Yw

http://www.eonline.com/news/517238/...et-it-go-with-classroom-instruments-watch-now

 

[jade1]

This totally makes up for the Oscar gaffes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17QQcK4l6Yw

http://www.eonline.com/news/517238/...et-it-go-with-classroom-instruments-watch-now

Sweet-saw it live.

 

[Rumors Rocks]

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-03-19/disney-s-frozen-becomes-amazon-s-best-selling-kids-movie

Walt Disney Co. (DIS:US)’s animated picture “Frozen” has become Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN:US)’s best-ever selling kids movie, the online retailer said today.

The film is No. 1 in both DVD/Blu-ray disc sales and digital downloads, Stacey Keller, a spokeswoman for Seattle-based Amazon, said in an e-mail. The sales include advance orders which, for the DVD versions, began on Nov. 27.

Disney’s two-disc Blu-ray and DVD pack sells for $19.96 on Amazon.com, while the digital download costs $14.99 for the standard version and $19.99 for the high-definition version through Amazon Instant Video. The Blu-ray and DVD versions were released yesterday, according to Disney.

“Many of the buyers have already seen the movie and want to watch it over and over again with their kids,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior analyst for the research firm Rentrak Corp. “This film is unstoppable.”

Disney, based in Burbank, California, made “Frozen” available for digital download on Apple Inc.’s iTunes store as part of the introduction of its Disney Movies Anywhere application on Feb. 25. The movie was first available for advance ordering on iTunes when it opened in wide release in November, according to Christine Monaghan, an Apple spokeswoman.

Box Office

Bob Iger, Disney’s chairman and chief executive officer, said yesterday at the company’s annual shareholder meeting that “Frozen” would pass the company’s own “Toy Story 3” to become the top-grossing animated film of all time. The movie has taken in $1.03 billion worldwide since its Nov. 22 release, according to researcher Box Office Mojo.

Amazon’s sales of the film were first reported by the Wrap.com.

Disney fell 1.8 percent to $80.52 at the close in New York. The stock has risen 5.4 percent this year.

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Palmeri in Los Angeles at cpalmeri1@bloomberg.net

 

[Rumors Rocks]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/frozen-sells-3-2-million-dvd-blu-ray-discs-in-one-day-1201139509/

Animated Hit Breaks Digital Record

Interest in Disney’s “Frozen” isn’t showing any sign of unthawing.

The animated hit sold 3.2 million Blu-ray and DVD discs in its first day of release, the studio said Wednesday. That figure includes pre-sales, and puts it on track to become one of the biggest sellers on homevideo in a decade.

Walt Disney Animation’s Oscar-winning film already had become the fastest-selling digital release of all time when it bowed on Digital HD and Digital 3D on Feb. 25.

That includes on Amazon where the retailer said the film was the bestselling kids movie of all time on disc, besting Universal’s “Despicable Me.”

“Frozen” was released on traditional homevideo formats on March 18.

The strong sales on homevideo come as the “Frozen” soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 chart for a sixth consecutive week. It’s sold over 1.4 million units in the U.S, with Idina Menzel’s “Let It Go,” moving more than 1.7 million copies.

“Frozen” has now earned $1.032 billion at the global box office and is the 13th highest grossing film ever released. It has remained in the top 10 at the domestic box office for all 16 weekends of its wide release, the longest run by any film since 2002.

Last weekend, “Frozen” debuted at #1 in Japan with $9.6 million, the biggest opening ever for a Walt Disney Animation Studios film in the territory.

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Thanks Rumors! I noticed Frozen was 13th at the box office on Friday and Saturday, so it should stay there for the weekend. It will drop out of the top 10 for the first time since November, but it came out on DVD/Blu-ray on Tuesday and had been out digitally for a few weeks so 13th is still AMAZING! I'm watching for it to inch past $400 Million here at home. Also interested to see how it does at Japan its second week. I bought the Blu-ray and have had two showings already, one family last night and another tonight. Fun.

Frozen is also now 13th all time biggest movie, having passed Jurassic Park. It will probably break the top 10.

 

[Yellowstonetim]

Frozen dropped out of the top 10 for the first time this weekend, but is still 13th AFTER the home video release! That is pretty durn good! It held well in Japan and moved up to 12th on the all time list above On Stranger Tides.

BoxOfficeMojo said: "Frozen held first place in Japan with $8 million ($28.9 million total). Sometime this weekend, Frozen passed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to move in to 12th place on the all-time worldwide chart. The movie has now earned $1.05 billion total, and is poised to pass Toy Story 3 ($1.063 billion) in the next week or so."

It is expected to finish over $400 Million domestic and somewhere close to $1.1 Billion worldwide. The only other question: When will Disney do a special re-release.

 

[Rumors Rocks]

Frozen dropped out of the top 10 for the first time this weekend, but is still 13th AFTER the home video release! That is pretty durn good! It held well in Japan and moved up to 12th on the all time list above On Stranger Tides.

BoxOfficeMojo said: "Frozen held first place in Japan with $8 million ($28.9 million total). Sometime this weekend, Frozen passed Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides to move in to 12th place on the all-time worldwide chart. The movie has now earned $1.05 billion total, and is poised to pass Toy Story 3 ($1.063 billion) in the next week or so."

It is expected to finish over $400 Million domestic and somewhere close to $1.1 Billion worldwide. The only other question: When will Disney do a special re-release.

 

[jennyst]

Why are Frozen's international takes so low? It has only done about $56m so far when it should be more around like $260m! Did Disney have a limited release outside the US or something?
At this pace it might barely beat Planes in total take. However, once you subtract the 150 million it cost to make it, it won't be a very successful (monetarily) movie overall.
Please tell me that it just had a delayed release internationally. I can't imagine that the story isn't selling well abroad. Or can it be that the cold theme just not clicking with people in the winter?

I'm still guilty to stay I haven't yet watched Frozen!
But I'm going to tomorrow for sure! It looks so good

I hope it's funny I need a good laugh.