Disney’s Frozen Becomes Top-Grossing Animated Film of All Time

After opening in Japan — its final market — this weekend, Disney’s Oscar-winning film “Frozen” has topped $1 billion in global sales and become the top-grossing animated film in box office history. The musical has earned $398.4 million domestically in the U.S. and Canada and $674 million internationally for a total $1.072 billion, which surpasses the $1.063 billion in sales earned by the previous animated-film box office champion, 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” a film also distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.

The Disney fairytale, directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, has also become the 10th-largest grossing film in cinema history, the first billion-dollar film from Disney Animation Studios, and the seventh billion-dollar film from Disney. Internationally, “Frozen” is the biggest Disney or Pixar animated film of all time in 27 territories, including Russia, China and Brazil.

Inspired by “The Snow Queen” fairytale, “Frozen” tells the story of Anna, a Scandinavian princess who must reconnect with her sister Elsa, the Queen, who has the magical ability to create ice and snow with her hands. In the movie, Elsa accidentally sets off a long winter that is destroying their kingdom and the only thing able to save all is love.

“Frozen” is available for purchase on digital HD, digital 3D, Blu-ray and DVD. When released on digital HD and digital 3D on Feb. 25, the film quickly became the fastest-selling digital release of all time