“Frozen II” shatters the box fice.
This weekend as Disney’s Frozen II debuted at the box fice, the animated flick earned $127 million at the domestic box fice while amassing a tally $350.2 million wolrdwide. It makes for a record global opening for a cartoon film, beating out Incredibles 2‘s $242 million launch. In additon it also makes a record number for a Disney animation opening in china with $55 million. It sets the sequel up for asmooth ride eclipsing Frozen’s $876 million total overseas tally.
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On Friday, the movie kicked f with $41.9 million on Friday and experienced a jump 19% with a total $49.8 million. Not accounting for inflation, Frozen II is now the third-biggest launch for an animated film in North America. It bows behind the $135 million eanred by Finding Dory and still trails Incredibles 2‘s domestic opening tally $183 million.
With its debut, Frozen II adds onto Disney’s billion-dollaryear,bringthe tally to past $3billion at the domestic box fice. The remainder the figure is supplemented by Avengers: Endgame, The Lion King, Toy Story 4, and Captain Marvel which all pulled a range from $390 million to $858 million this year. It is now the the third year that Disney films have grossed over $3 billion. All the while, it is still banking onthe premiere Star Wars: The Rise Skywalker premieres in December, which is poised to bring well past its record $3.09 billion in a single year.