'Frozen 2' Surpasses $1B Mark at the Global Box Office | THR News - video Dailymotion

The sequel is the sixth Disney release of the year to join the billion-dollar club and the eighth title of 2019 thus far. Both are records.

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00:00What would I do without you?

00:02You'll always have me.

00:03Queen Elsa and Princess Anna are stirring up quite the global blizzard.

00:07Frozen 2 hit a new milestone skating past the $1 billion mark at the global box office,

00:12making the sequel the sixth Disney release of the year to hit that honor

00:16and the eighth title of 2019 to do so thus far.

00:22The follow-up to 2013's Frozen, which follows Kristen Bell's Princess Anna

00:26and Idina Menzel's Queen Elsa and the rest of the gang

00:28as they embark on a new journey beyond the walls of Arendelle,

00:31first hit theaters on the weekend before Thanksgiving

00:34and grossed $366.5 million domestically and $666 million internationally

00:41for a worldwide tally of $1.032 billion.

00:45The original Frozen had grossed $1.28 billion at the global box office

00:50to become the top-grossing animated film of all time.

00:53The film also won numerous awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

00:58Let it go, let it go, turn away and slam the door.

01:04Now with this new milestone, Frozen 2 is joining the 2019 billion dollar club

01:09alongside Avengers Endgame, which is the top-grossing film of all time

01:12with $2.79 billion globally, The Lion King with $1.65 billion,

01:18Spider- Far From Home with $1.31 billion,

01:21Captain Marvel with $1.12 billion,

01:23Toy Story 4 with $1.07 billion,

01:26Joker with $1.06 billion and Aladdin with $1.05 billion.

01:31Frozen 2's achievement comes a week after Disney announced that it's amassed more than

01:35$10 billion in total worldwide ticket sales this year.

01:39For more box office news and updates head over to THR.com and until next time

01:43for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.