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Frozen grossed $400,953,009 in North America, and $933,338,562 in other countries, for a worldwide total of $1,334,291,571. (Data is correct)

Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of over $400 million. (" This one’s a rout. Based on the criteria here, and placing an emphasis on franchise building, the clear winner in every category is Frozen, delivering over $400 million in profit to Disney, while Gatsby’s profit to Warner Bros and Village Roadshow Pictures is $58.6 million.")

It became the fifth-highest-grossing film, ("Disney's animated film Frozen has become the fifth highest-grossing film in box office history.")

the highest-grossing animated film, ("Disney’s Oscar-winning Frozen has become the top-grossing animated film of all time, surpassing the $1.063 billion earned by fellow Disney/Pixar title Toy Story 3.")

and the highest-grossing 2013 film. (Frozen #1 place according to table)

The film grossed $110.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend. (Frozen #75 place, according to table; access archived url)

On March 2, 2014, it surpassed the $1 billion mark, becoming the eighteenth film in cinematic history, the fifth non-sequel film, ("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 the first animated film since Toy Story 3 to do so. ("Disney’s Frozen will cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office on Sunday, becoming only the second animated feature in history to achieve that milestone after fellow Disney/Pixar title Toy Story 3.")

Bloomberg Business reported in March 2014 that outside analysts had projected the film's total cost at somewhere around $323 million to $350 million for production, marketing, and distribution, and had also projected that the film would generate $1.3 billion in revenue from box office ticket sales, digital downloads, discs, and television rights. ("Disney spent about $323 million producing, marketing and distributing “Frozen,” which could generate $1.3 billion from ticket sales, digital downloads, DVDs and TV rights, according to Wade Holden, an analyst with the media research company SNL Kagan. Brett Harriss, a Gabelli & Co. research analyst, agrees on revenue but puts total costs at $350 million.")

North America
Frozen became Fandango's top advance ticket seller among original animated films, ahead of previous record-holder Brave, ("Advance ticket sales for Disney's "Frozen" are heating up, as the movie now ranks as Fandango's top advance ticket-seller among animated original films (non-sequels), outselling Pixar's hit animated film, "Brave," the previous record-holder, at the same point in the sales cycle on Fandango.")

and became the top-selling animated film in the company's history in late January 2014.  ("The Frozen sing-along has been the No. 1 seller on movie ticketing service Fandango for three days, outpacing new entries That Awkward Moment and Jason Reitman‘s Labor Day. It’s also Fandango’s top-selling animated film of all time, since the company launched 13 years ago."; late January 2014 is the published date at the time)

The sing-along version of the film later topped the best-selling list of the movie ticketing service again for three days. ("The Frozen sing-along has been the No. 1 seller on movie ticketing service Fandango for three days, outpacing new entries That Awkward Moment and Jason Reitman‘s Labor Day. It’s also Fandango’s top-selling animated film of all time, since the company launched 13 years ago.")

Frozen opened on Friday, November 22, 2013, exclusively at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood for a five-day limited release and grossed $243,390 before its wide opening on Wednesday, November 27, 2013.

("The exclusive run starts Nov. 22, with five showtimes each day; the El Cap engagement, which runs through Jan. 5, also will feature ice-carving performances and on-stage appearances by characters Anna and Elsa before the movie.")

("Disney Animation's Frozen opened exclusively at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood this weekend. The movie earned $243,390, which is the seventh-highest per-theater average ever behind six other Disney animated movies that had similar releases. On Wednesday, Frozen expands to around 3,600 locations.")

During the three-day weekend it grossed $243,390, scoring the seventh-largest per-theater average.

(Data is correct per table)

On the opening day of its wide release, the film grossed $15.2 million,

(November 27 [ general theatrical release] data is $15,161,249)

including $1.2 million from Tuesday late-night shows,

("Big Hero 6 hopes to continue Disney Animation Studios' winning streak at the box office following last year's Frozen, which posted $1.2 million in late-night grosses on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving (the movie opened everywhere Wednesday). Frozen wound up grossing $67.4 million in its debut weekend."

and set a record for the highest pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday opening, ahead of Tangled ($11 million).

("Point being, before yesterday, the biggest pre-Thanksgiving day Wednesday was for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part I, which earned $14.4 million just before Thanksgiving. Lionsgate’s IMAX-infused Hunger Catching Fire plowed past that with a $20.7 million gross. The biggest pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday for a film making its debut was Disney’s Tangled, which scored $11m on its first day. Yesterday, Frozen plowed past that with $15.2m.")

It was also the second-largest pre-Thanksgiving Wednesday among all films, behind Catching Fire. The film finished in second place over the traditional three-day weekend (Friday-to-Sunday) with approximately $66.7 million.

("Disney’s Frozen, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, smashed every possible box office record for a Disney film this weekend, grossing an estimated $66.7 million over the 3-day, and $93M over the five-day holiday period. The previous highest opening for a Disney film was last year’s Wreck-It Ralph, which opened with $49M. In 2010, Tangled opened in the same Thanksgiving holiday timeframe with a $48.8M weekend, and $68.7M five-day holiday. With Frozen’s breathtaking numbers, it’s hardly worth mentioning that Frozen had to settle for second place at the box office, behind the Hunger Games adaptation Catching Fire.")

It also scored the second-largest opening weekend among films that did not debut at first place.

(see archived url)

("Playing at 3,742 locations, Frozen opened to a massive $67.4 million over the three-day weekend. That's the second-highest weekend ever for a movie opening out of first place.")

Female audiences accounted for 57% of Frozen's total audiences on the first weekend, while family audiences held a proportion of 81%.

("Frozen's audience skewed female (57 percent)—not surprising, considering it's a princess story—and was made up predominantly of families (81 percent).")

Among films that opened during Thanksgiving, it set new records; three-day ($67.4 million from Friday to Sunday)

(Use archived url, data is $67,391,326)

and five-day ($93.6 million from Wednesday to Sunday).

(Use archived url; data is $93,590,387)

It also achieved the second-largest three-day

(Use archived url; Frozen second place)

and five-day

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Thanksgiving gross among all films, behind Catching Fire.

("Lionsgate's The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Disney's Frozen were both simply massive on Wednesday. While it is still early, both films appear set to top the current all-time unadjusted five-day Thanksgiving weekend record of $82.39 million set way back in 2001 by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Before yesterday, Catching Fire had been widely expected to top that record, but Frozen had not."

During its second weekend of wide release, Frozen declined 53% to $31.6 million, but jumped to first place, setting a record for the largest post-Thanksgiving weekend, ahead of Toy Story 2 ($27.8 million).

("Frozen fell 53 percent to $31.6 million, which is the highest post-Thanksgiving gross ever ahead of Toy Story 2 ($27.8 million). In comparison, Tangled fell 56 percent to $21.6 million on the same weekend in 2010. Frozen has now earned $134.3 million, and it remains on track for a total around $250 million.")

Frozen became the first film since Avatar to reach first place in its sixth weekend of wide release.

("In first place, Frozen added $19.6 million. That's the third-highest sixth weekend ever behind Avatar ($34.9 million) and Titanic ($25.2 million). Frozen is also the first movie to hold the top spot on its sixth weekend since Avatar did so back in January 2010. Frozen has now earned $296.7 million at the domestic box office, and should be past $300 million in the next few days."

It remained in the top 10 at the box office for sixteen consecutive weekends

(Use archived url; per table remained top 10)

(the longest run by any film since 2002 )

("Frozen made headlines after taking the biggest Thanksgiving debut of all time in North America debut ($93.6M five-day, $67.4M three-day) before going on to finish in the top ten of its domestic market for 16 consecutive weekends, the longest run by any film since 2002, on its way to winning the Best Animated Feature Oscar.")

and achieved large weekend grosses from its fifth

("Disney Animation's Frozen continues to exceed even the most optimistic expectations. The animated sensation increased 47 percent to $28.8 million; among fifth weekends, that figure ranks third all-time behind Avatar ($42.8 million) and Titanic ($30 million). The movie is benefiting not only from great word-of-mouth, but also from a void of legitimate family entertainment—Saving Mr. Banks turned out to be too mature, while Walking with Dinosaurs never really clicked with audiences.")

to its twelfth weekend (of wide release), compared to other films in their respective weekends.

(Redirected all refs to their correct time periods.)

On April 25, 2014, Frozen became the nineteenth film to gross $400 million in North America and the fifteenth to do so without a major re-release.

("On Friday, Frozen finally reached $400 million in total domestic box office. That makes it the 19th movie to reach that milestone, and the 15th to do so without a major re-release.")

In North America, Frozen is the sixth-highest-grossing 2013 film,

(Frozen ranked sixth)

and the twelfth-highest-grossing 3D film.

(Frozen ranked 12th)

Excluding re-releases, it has the highest-grossing initial run among non-sequel animated films (a record previously held by Finding Nemo)

("Frozen moved up a spot to fourth place this weekend; the animated blockbuster's $9.1 million haul ranks sixth all-time among ninth weekends. In the process, Frozen topped Finding Nemo to become the highest-grossing original animated movie ever (excluding re-release grosses) with nearly $348 million. With a sing-along version reaching theaters next weekend, Frozen should have no problem passing Despicable Me 2 ($368.1 million) by mid-February.")

Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 49 million tickets in North America.

("Domestic Total Est. Tickets: 49,041,000")

Outside North America
Outside North America, Frozen is the eighth-highest-grossing film.

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It is the highest-grossing animated film in South Korea, Denmark, and Venezuela.

(In Korea, where the film has grossed an estimated $77.1 million, "Frozen" was No. 1 for the first five weeks of release and is the biggest animated film, the second biggest non-local film and Disney's biggest release. It's also the highest-grossing animated film in Denmark and Venezuela.)

The film made its debut outside North America on the same weekend as its wide North American release and grossed $16.7 million from sixteen markets.

("Coinciding with its domestic debut, Frozen earned $16.7 million in 16 foreign markets (19 percent of the marketplace). It had strong starts in Germany ($6.8 million) and Spain ($3.4 million), and expands in to France, the U.K. and Russia next weekend.")

It topped the box office outside North America for two weekends in 2014; January 10–12 ($27.8 million)

("Frozen led the foreign box office for the first time this weekend. The Disney Animation blockbuster added $27.8 million from 50 markets for a new foreign total of $394.6 million. On Sunday, it passed Tangled 's $391 million total. With South Korea and Turkey next weekend and China and Japan coming up, the movie still has a lot of overseas earnings on the way."

and February 7–9 ($24 million).

("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.")

Overall, its largest opening weekends occurred in China (five-day opening of $14.3 million),

("The animated sensation added $24 million overseas, over half of which came from a $14.3 million debut in China.")

(14.31 per table)

Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States ($11.1 million, including previews from previous weekend),

("Frozen took $2 million from previews in Russia last weekend, enough to put it in second place for the weekend. That $2 million is included in this weekend's $11.1 million official debut for Disney's latest, marking a strong start in Russia as 2013 comes to a close. The big debut for Frozen is Disney's highest premiere for an animated feature in the market: 21% ahead of Monsters University, 82% ahead of Wreck-it Ralph, 69% ahead of Brave, and 8% ahead of Tangled.")

and Japan (three-day opening of $9.6 million).

("TOKYO – Frozen opened in Japan at the top of the box-office chart this weekend with a big $9.6 million (￥986.4 million) three-day take from 792,636 admissions, the biggest-ever weekend bow for a Disney movie in the market.")

It set an opening weekend record among animated films in Sweden.

In total earnings, the film's top market after North America is Japan ($250 million),

("The global Disney success is set to finish its theatrical run in the country with more than $250 million, making it the third-highest grossing film there ever."; subsequent box office ref shows Japan highest)

followed by South Korea ($65.5 million)

("$65,508,608")

and the United Kingdom ($58 million).

($57,919,566)

In South Korea, Frozen is the second most watched foreign film

("South Korea Box Office: 'Frozen' Becomes Second-Most-Watched Foreign Film")

and the first animated film to earn more than ten million admissions.

("SEOUL – Frozen broke several South Korean box office records over the weekend as it became Sunday the first animated feature and the second imported film to cross 10 million admissions here."

In Japan, it is the third-highest-grossing film of all time and the second-highest-grossing imported film (behind Titanic).

("Frozen added $3.4 million from its lone overseas territory in Japan this weekend, down a stellar 12 percent from last weekend and marking its 15th consecutive weekend in first place in the country. With $231.8 million from Japan, Frozen is the country's largest Disney film of all-time, #3 of all-time in Japan, and the #2 Western movie there (behind only Titanic). Frozen 's overseas total is now $858.4 million, giving it $1.259 billion globally.")

It topped the country's box office for fifteen consecutive weekends

("Frozen added $3.4 million from its lone overseas territory in Japan this weekend, down a stellar 12 percent from last weekend and marking its 15th consecutive weekend in first place in the country.")

until being surpassed by another Disney film, Maleficent.

("Maleficent put an end to Frozen’s miracle run in Japan by dethroning Ella for the #1 spot after the animated Disney film retained the top spot at the box office for 16 consecutive weekends. Maleficent took a $7.1 million #1 debut from Japan on its way to passing the $400 million mark overseas this weekend. Frozen fell 35% from its previous frame, posting a $1.8 million haul in its 17th weekend in Japan. The animated film has grossed a total of $240.8 million to date in its theatrical run in Japan."