Frozen II
Frozen 2sets a new Disney Animation box office phonograph recording during its opening weekend . Though the Mouse House owns Pixar ( and has made a killing off that foot soldier for a identification number of years ) , the studio apartment continues to look towards their fabled in - house animation depart to keep moil out hits . This ten , Disney Animation have a new Renascence , bolstered by smash hit likeZootopia , Moana , Wreck - it Ralph , and more . But of course , one of Disney ’s biggest titles of all - time is 2013’sFrozen .
Thanks in gravid part to the now - iconic soundtrack , Frozenwas a phenomenon , gross $ 400.2 million domestically during its running play that vacation season . Unsurprisingly , that kind of performance assured a continuation would be made , and this weekend audiences finally get a chance to seeFrozen 2 . Whileword - of - mouth for the followup is n’t as enthusiastic as its precursor , that does n’t seem to have an impingement on its commercial-grade prospect .
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According toThe Wrap , Frozen 2grossed $ 127 million in the U.S. during its introduction . That is by far a Modern all - time opening weekend record for Disney Animation , soar past the $ 75 millionZootopiabrought in back in March 2016.Frozen 2also ranks in the top - five all - time curtain raising weekend for November and animated movies , ready this another terrific succeeder for Disney .
rooted 2’sarrival could not have add up at a better prison term for Hollywood . This fall has seen more thanits fair share of box office flops , most notablyTerminator : Dark Fate , Doctor Sleep , andCharlie ’s Angels . Ideally , flash-frozen 2is a sign the rough patch is over at last . In the next few hebdomad , the like ofJumanji : The Next LevelandStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalkerwill hit theaters , both of which are expected to do very well . It would be overnice to see the box office end 2019 on a high short letter . Even in the potential event that happens , this year ’s box officemay not be capable to live up to last year ’s totals . The Wrapnotes at this point , the 2019 figures are 6.4 percent less than what they were in 2018 - and that ’s despiteAvengers : Endgamegoing on its unprecedented run earlier in the twelvemonth . Disney is really the only studio apartment to have consistent success at the box office over the past 12 months .
Disney ’s already see five 2019 releases shoot the $ 1 billion stain , andFrozen 2is poised to make it six . Globally , the subsequence ’s already at $ 350.2 million , and it will have a monopoly on its target demographic over the next twosome of workweek . There are n’t any other high - visibility animated films on the horizon ( Playmobildoesn’t count as a menace ) , soFrozen 2will have warm pegleg . It ’s only a matter of meter beforeFrozen 2enters the top 10 for the year on the domestic charts , give Disney six of those slots .
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