“Frozen,” a box-office avalanche for Disney Animation, is bearing down on $1 billion worldwide.
With another $18.2 million from abroad and $5.8 million domestically this weekend, it’s up to $955.7 million globally. That makes it the third-highest grossing animated movie ever, behind only “Toy Story 3” and “Despicable Me 2,” and the biggest original ever, counting just first-runs (“The Lion King” is still ahead at $987.5 million, but only if you include re-releases).
The tale of Anna and Elsa is still showing plenty of staying power and, with a March 15 opening in Japan yet to come, it has a good shot at hitting the billion-dollar milestone.