Current Events > Frozen 2 Heads for Sizzling $130 Million North American Launch

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https://variety.com/2019/film/box-office/box-office-frozen-2-beautiful-day-21-bridges-1203413662/

Disneys Frozen 2 is heading for a hot $130 million opening weekend at 4,400 North American locations, early estimates showed Friday.

Thats well above the $100 million launch that Disney was forecasting for the sequel, which will provide a much-needed jolt to the moviegoing business. The 2019 North American box office trails last year by 6.7%, with $9.71 billion as of Nov. 20, according to Comscore.

Should it hit these estimates, Frozen 2 will be the biggest domestic opening since the July 19-21 launch of Disneys The Lion King with $191.8 million. Disney revised its guidance at mid-day Friday, lifting its forecast to the $110 million to $120 million range.

Disney-Foxs second weekend of Ford v Ferrari will finish second with about $18 million, besting Sonys opening of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood with about $14 million in line with projections. STXs launch of thriller 21 Bridges will likely score in the $9 million range, somewhat below forecasts.

Frozen 2 launched Thursday night with $8.5 million in previews, which will be part of its Friday total of about $45 million, estimates showed. Frozen 2 comes six years after the original Frozen, which was a smash hit as the highest-grossing animated movie ever, raking in $400 million in North America and $1.28 billion worldwide in 2013.

Frozen 2 sees the return of the popular characters Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), her sister Anna (Kristen Bell), Kristoff (Jonathan Groff) and Olaf (Josh Gad) as they venture beyond the kingdom of Arendelle to find out why Elsa was born with magical powers. The directing team of Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee also returned along with songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.

Disney has opted to open Frozen 2 during the pre-Thanksgiving weekend. The original Frozen launched on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving in 2013 and set a holiday record with a five-day take of $93 million.


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I still don't know who the new girl is. not sure when I will watch this. I guess when it hits disney plus

Zikten posted...

I still don't know who the new girl is. not sure when I will watch this. I guess when it hits disney plus

Might be a while
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