'Frozen' Skates Past 'Iron Man 3′ …
Frozen, Disney's animated family film just keeps breaking box office records. After this weekend with the remaining international territories all in, it has just iced the studio's own Iron Man 3 to become the fifth highest-grossing film of all time globally. Frozen's gross now is a whopping $1.219B (yes, as in billion) compared to Disney/Marvel's Iron Man 3 's $1.215M.
Disney and the filmmakers have the Japanese, in large part, to thank as it has been been sitting in the No. 1 post in the Land of the Rising Sun for 11 straight weekends to take in an incredible $193.7M to date. It is the No. 4 film of all time in Japan and Disney's largest grosser of all time in the country (live action and animation, including Pixar). It is the No. 3 Western movie, only behind James Cameron's Titanic and Warner Bros.' Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
This weekend, pulled in another $6.7M internationally to raise its total international cume to $818.7M. It took that $6.7M gross from one territory ... Japan. In addition, it has surpassed two local animated favs - Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke, both from the revered animation giant Hayao Miyazaki.




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