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| Original work | Frozen (2013) |
| Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
| Years | 2013–present |
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| Book(s) | List of books
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| Comics | Frozen – Graphic Novel |
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| Television special(s) | LEGO Disney Frozen: Operation Puffins (2025) |
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| Play(s) | Frozen – A Musical Spectacular (2016) |
| Musical(s) | Frozen – Live at the Hyperion (2016) Frozen (2018) |
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| Video game(s) | List of video games
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| Radio program(s) | Frozen Radio (2014) |
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| Toy(s) | Disney Tsum Tsum* |
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| Ice shows | Disney on Ice: Frozen |
| Brand extension | Frozen Northern Lights |
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| * Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of acrossover, or has characters based on those from this franchise. | |
Frozen is aDisneymedia franchise started by the 2013 American animated feature filmFrozen, which was directed byChris Buck andJennifer Lee, screenplay by Lee and produced byPeter Del Vecho, music score byChristophe Beck, and songs written byRobert Lopez andKristen Anderson-Lopez.John Lasseter, then-chief creative officer ofWalt Disney Animation Studios, served as the film'sexecutive producer. The original film was inspired byHans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, "The Snow Queen".
Since the film's release in November 2013, the franchise has expanded very rapidly. To date, the franchise includes variousDisney theme park attractions, merchandise, toys, video games, books, aDisney on Ice show, aBroadwaystage musical and two short animated films. Disney also releasedFrozen 2 in 2019, and a new book series. In November 2014,TheStreet.com explained that "Frozen is no longer a movie, it's a global brand, a larger than life franchise built around products, theme parks and sequels that could last into the next century".Boxoffice chief analyst Phil Contrino was quoted as saying "it's become massive".[1] The franchise is one of thehighest-grossing media franchises of all time.
The idea for an animated adaption ofHans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" had been an idea at Disney since the 1940s, but the idea was only put into production during the 2010s.[2]
Frozen was first released on November 10, 2013, to American audiences. The film earned two Academy Awards in 2014 (best animated feature and original song) and took in $1.28 billion globally and sold 4.1 million soundtracks by June 2016.[3] The soundtrack has also been streamed over 51 million times since its release in 2013.
On March 12, 2015, at Disney's annual meeting of shareholders officially announced afull-length sequel was in development at Disney Studios.[4] TheFrozen Fever short film was released with Disney's full-lengthlive-actionCinderella in 2015.[3] With the success of the movie, Disney began work on three musical adaptations, forDisney California Adventure,Broadway andDisney Cruise Line, with the first starting in May 2016.[5]
In June 2016, Disney announced a franchise extension calledFrozen Northern Lights. This brand extension includes books, animated shorts and a TV special.[3]
The 2013 animated filmFrozen was released to critical acclaim and commercial success, sparking interest in related media to expand theFrozen universe. By June 2014, the film's reliance on Norway for visual inspiration had resulted in a significant increase intourism in that country, with a 37% increase in tourists from the United States in the first quarter of 2014 (in comparison to the previous year's first quarter).[6][7] Tour operators (includingAdventures by Disney) responded by adding more Norway tours.[6]
When asked about future sequels, Del Vecho explained in March that Buck, Lee and he "work very, very well together, so I believe we will be developing a new project. But I don't know what that is right now."[8] In late April, Walt Disney Studios chairmanAlan F. Horn said that "we haven't really talked about a sequel" because the studio's current priority is the planned Broadway musical, which will require "four or five" additional songs to be written by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez.[9][10] When asked in May about a sequel during an interview withCNBC'sDavid Faber, Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger said that Disney would not "mandate a sequel" or "force storytelling", because to do so would risk creating something not as good as the first film.[11] In the same interview, Iger also expressed hope that theFrozen franchise "is something that is kind of forever for the company" similar toThe Lion King.[11] In June, Lee confirmed that chief creative officerJohn Lasseter had expressly granted her and Buck the freedom to explore whatever they were "passionate about": "We don't know what it is yet ... We're actually going to start from scratch. It’ll be something completely brand new."[12]
On August 5, 2014,Variety reported that Lee had selected her next project: a screenplay adaptation ofMadeleine L'Engle's 1962 novelA Wrinkle in Time, for which Disney already holds the film adaptation rights.[13] However, Lee will continue to participate in Disney Animation's development process (i.e. giving notes on other projects, the same process by which she became involved withFrozen in the first place).[13]
On November 28, 2014, in an interview withThe Daily Telegraph, when asked about the possibilities of aFrozen sequel and a stage show, Idina Menzel mentioned "they're all in the works." She also talked about her involvement in these projects: "Ah, yeah sure... Not the stage show – I don't know what will happen with that – but the movie hopefully. We’ll see. I'm just going along for the ride."[14][15][16] However, on December 1, when the subject came up again during an interview on theToday show on theNBC network, Menzel said, "You know, I have no idea. I just assumed that because it's so successful that's what they're up to!"[17][18][19]
In a March 2015 interview withBuzzFeed aboutFrozen Fever, the directors addressed and refuted the recurring rumors about a possible feature-length sequel.[20] Buck joked about how whenever they saw such rumors, he and Lee would ask each other, "Are we?"[20] Around the same time, Lasseter reiterated toVariety his philosophy as to sequels (while discussingToy Story 4): "We do not do any sequel because we want to print money[.] We do it because each of these films was created by a group of filmmakers, and to my mind, they are the owners of that intellectual property. So we look at it with the simple question: Is there another story we can tell in this world? And that desire has to come from the filmmaker group. Sometimes, the answer is an obvious yes. And sometimes it's, 'I love the characters and I love the world, but I don't have an idea yet.' And sometimes it's just, 'that movie is a great movie,' and the filmmaker wants to move on and do something else. And that's fine, too."[21]
On March 12, 2015, at Disney's annual meeting of shareholders inSan Francisco, Iger, Lasseter, and actorJosh Gad (the voice ofOlaf) officially announced thatFrozen 2 was in development at Disney, with Buck and Lee returning as directors and Del Vecho returning as producer.[4][22] Lasseter explained that at Disney Animation, "as withPixar, when we do a sequel, it is because the filmmakers who created the original have created an idea that is so good that it's worthy of these characters."[22] In the case ofFrozen, the directors had "come up with a great idea for a sequel and you will be hearing a lot more about it, and we're taking you back to Arendelle."[22] According to theLos Angeles Times, there was "considerable internal debate" at Disney over whether to proceed with aFrozen sequel at Disney Animation, but the unprecedented success of the first film apparently swayed Disney executives towards making asequel.[23] A month later, Buck disclosed during a visit to Australia that the directors already had an idea for the sequel's ending, but they are still working on the story that will eventually culminate in that ending.[24][25] He acknowledged their awareness of the challenge they have undertaken: "How do we live up to the phenomenon of the first one? There's a lot of pressure. And we'll put that on ourselves too; we'll be very demanding about how good this one has to be."[24]
In November 2015, Del Vecho, while visitingDuke University as the parent of a first-year Duke student, explained in an interview published in theDuke student newspaper that his days are currently divided between two things: "handling theFrozen franchise" and "working up ideas for the development ofFrozen 2" with the directors.[26] When asked what to expect from the sequel, Del Vecho stated: "We're excited by the ideas we have, but it's too early to talk about them. We wouldn't be making a sequel if we felt that we didn't have a story to tell that was equal to or greater than the original."[26]
In March 2016,Kristen Bell, the voice ofAnna, was asked if she had started recording for theFrozen sequel while doing promotional interviews forThe Boss.[27] She replied: "Not yet. We're just about to. They’ve just written it and they're still doing tweaks, but I think we should be recording this month. The story is great, and they exude quality .... It took them a while because they wanted to figure out what story they needed to tell and what would be important and engaging and I think they found it."[27] In September, Bell explained in another interview that her earlier comments were mistaken, and she had not yet recorded lines for the sequel because Disney Animation was "still putting the finishing touches on the script," but in the meantime, she had already recorded lines and songs for otherFrozen-related projects, likeOlaf's Frozen Adventure.[28]
In April 2017, it was announced that the sequel would be released on November 27, 2019.[29]
In August 2017, it was announced thatFrozen 2 would be released onDisney+ alongsideToy Story 4 andThe Lion King (2019).[30]
In March 2018, Anderson-Lopez in an interview about Broadway'sFrozen, for which she and her husband wrote the new featured songs, confirmed that they had already recorded a song for the sequel with Bell, the voice of Anna.[31]
In July 2018, it was announced thatEvan Rachel Wood andSterling K. Brown had entered talks to join the cast in undisclosed roles.[32] In August 2018,Allison Schroeder, the screenwriter ofHidden Figures and most recently, Disney'sChristopher Robin was hired to assist screenwriting duties withJennifer Lee after Lee assumed the role of chief creative officer of Disney Animation, succeeding Lasseter.[33]
On November 1, 2018,Variety reported that Disney advanced five days the premiere of the film, which was initially scheduled for November 27, 2019 and now would be released on November 22, 2019.[34] The teaser trailer was released on February 13, 2019.
On February 8, 2023, Disney CEOBob Iger announced that the franchise would continue as he announcedFrozen 3 was in the works.[35] The sequel was originally set to release on November 25, 2026,[36] but at the 2024D23 Expo, Disney Animation announced it was rescheduled to November 24, 2027.[37] In November 2025, it was reported thatOnce Upon a Studio (2023) directorTrent Correy signed on as co-director onFrozen 3.[38]
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the franchise.
| Characters | Feature films | Short films | Television specials | Stage musicals | Short series | ||||||
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| Frozen | Frozen 2 | Frozen Fever | Once Upon a Snowman | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | LEGO Frozen Northern Lights | Broadway | First National Tour[39] | West End[40] | At Home with Olaf | Olaf Presents | |
| Anna | Kristen Bell | Kristen Bell | Kristen BellA | Kristen Bell | Patti MurinO | Caroline Innerbichler | Stephanie McKeon | ||||
| Livvy StudenrauchY | Livvy StudenrauchAY | McKenzie KurtzR | |||||||||
| Katie LopezY | Hadley GannawayY | Livvy StudenrauchAY | Audrey BennettOY | Stella R. CobbY | |||||||
| Agatha Lee MonnY | Mattea ConfortiOY | Arwen Monzon-SandersY | |||||||||
| Elsa | Idina Menzel | Idina Menzel | Idina MenzelA | Idina Menzel | Idina Menzel | Caissie LevyO | Caroline Bowman | Samantha Barks | |||
| Eva BellaY | Eva BellaAY | Ciara RenéeR | |||||||||
| Spencer Lacey GanusY | Mattea ConfortiY | Eva BellaAY | Eva BellaY | Brooklyn NelsonOY | Alyssa KimY | ||||||
| Ayla SchwartzOY | Jaiden KleinY | ||||||||||
| Kristoff | Jonathan Groff | Jonathan Groff | Jonathan GroffA | Jonathan Groff | Jelani AlladinO | Mason Reeves | Obioma Ugoala | ||||
| Tyree BrownY | Noah J. RickettsR | ||||||||||
| Olaf | Josh Gad | Greg HildrethO | F. Michael Haynie | Craig Gallivan | Josh Gad | ||||||
| Ryann RedmondR | |||||||||||
| Sven | Frank WelkerU | Jonathan Groff | Animal sounds only | Frank Welker | Animal sounds only | Jonathan Groff | Andrew Pirozzi | Collin Baja | Ashley Birchall | Frank Welker | |
| Adam Jepsen | Evan Strand | Mikayla Jade | |||||||||
| Hans | Santino Fontana | Santino FontanaA | Santino Fontana | John RiddleO | Austin Colby | Oliver Ormson | |||||
| Joe CarrollR | |||||||||||
| Ryan McCartanR | |||||||||||
| Marshmallow | Paul Briggs | Paul Briggs | |||||||||
| Oaken | Chris Williams | Silent cameo | Chris Williams | Kevin Del AguilaO | Michael Milkanin | Jak Skelly | |||||
| King Agnarr | Maurice LaMarche | Alfred Molina | Silent cameo | James Brown IIIO | Kyle Lamar Mitchell | Gabriel Mokake | |||||
| Jackson SteinY | Tyrone RobinsonR | ||||||||||
| Queen Iduna | Jennifer Lee | Aurora[a] | Ann SandersO | Marina Kondo | Jacqui Sanchez | ||||||
| Evan Rachel Wood | |||||||||||
| Delaney Rose SteinY | |||||||||||
| Duke of Weselton | Alan Tudyk | Alan TudykA | Robert CreightonO | Jeremy Morse | Richard Frame | ||||||
| Grand Pabbie | Ciarán Hinds | Timothy HughesO | Tyler Jiminez | Joshua St. Clair | |||||||
| Harris M. TurnerR | |||||||||||
| Bulda | Maia Wilson | Olivia PhillipO | Brit West | Emily Mae | |||||||
| Tracee BeazerR | |||||||||||
| Lieutenant Mattias | Sterling K. Brown | ||||||||||
| Yelana | Martha Plimpton | ||||||||||
| Honeymaren | Rachel Matthews | ||||||||||
| Ryder | Jason Ritter | ||||||||||
| King Runeard | Jeremy Sisto | ||||||||||
| Role | Films | Short films | |||
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| Frozen | Frozen 2 | Frozen Fever | Once Upon a Snowman | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | |
| Director(s) | Chris Buck &Jennifer Lee | Dan Abraham &Trent Correy[41] | Kevin Deters &Stevie Wermers | ||
| Producer(s) | Peter Del Vecho | Aimee Scribner & Peter Del Vecho | Nicole Hearon & Peter Del Vecho | Roy Conli | |
| Executive producer | John Lasseter | Byron Howard | John Lasseter | Jennifer Lee | John Lasseter |
| Screenwriter(s) | Jennifer Lee | Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee & Marc E. Smith | Dan Abraham & Trent Corry[42] | Jac Schaeffer | |
| Story by | Chris Buck, Shane Morris & Jennifer Lee | Chris Buck,Robert Lopez, Jennifer Lee, Marc E. Smith &Kristen Anderson-Lopez | |||
| Songwriters | Robert Lopez(music and lyrics) Kristen Anderson-Lopez(music and lyrics) | Kate Anderson & Elyssa Samsel | |||
| Composer | Christophe Beck | Jeff Morrow & Christophe Beck | |||
| Editor | Jeff Draheim | Jesse Averna & Jeremy Milton | |||
A video game titledFrozen: Olaf's Quest was released on November 19, 2013, forNintendo DS andNintendo 3DS.[43] Developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by GameMill Entertainment,[44] it takes place after the events of the film. In the game, Olaf must use his unique snowman abilities in order to stay in one piece throughout 60 levels.[43]
Anna andElsa were released as figurines in theFrozen toy box pack for the toy-based video gameDisney Infinity on November 26, 2013,[45][46] and both figures were released separately on March 11, 2014.[47][48]
Additionally,Disney Mobile released amatch-three game titledFrozen: Free Fall forAndroid,iOS,Windows Phone, andPlayStation 4 platforms. It takes place in the kingdom of Arendelle and closely follows the original story of the film, in which players can team up with Anna, Elsa,Kristoff,Hans, Olaf, Pabbie, andSven to match puzzles with the help of each character's special power-ups.[49][50]
Six mini-games can be played on the Disney website.[51] Sony released a limited-editionFrozen-themedPlayStation 4 console in Japan at the time the film was released into the Japanese home video market.[52]
In 2014,Frozen was co-branded with another Disney property – children'smassively multiplayer online role-playing gameClub Penguin, which becameFrozen-themed for a period of time leading up to the Christmas season; the Frozen Party lasted from August 21 to September 3, 2014.[53]
In 2015,Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight was released on PlayStation 4,PlayStation 3,Xbox One,Xbox 360, andSteam.[54]
In theworld builder gameDisney Magic Kingdoms, during a limited time 2016 Event focused onFrozen were included Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff, Sven, and Hans as playable characters, along with some attractions based on locations of the film.[55] In another limited time 2019 Event focused onFrozen 2, were included Ryder, Honeymaren, and Fire Spirit as playable characters, along with some attractions based on locations of the sequel.[56] The game also features optional costumes for the characters based on their clothes from the films and shorts from the franchise. In 2024, Marshmallow was added to the game.
A world based onFrozen, "Arendelle" appears in the 2019 crossover video gameKingdom Hearts III, with the cast of the film reprising their voice roles.[57][58]
Additionally, Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf are all playable heroes in the mobile gameDisney Heroes: Battle Mode. Sven also appears in Kristoff's green skill.
Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf are present in theirFrozen 2 designs in the video gameDisney Dreamlight Valley, where the player meets them during the progress of the story.
At least 24board games have been released in conjunction with theFrozen films. The games include special editions of classic games includingMonopoly,Don't Break the Ice,Candy Land,Chutes and Ladders,Labyrinth, andYahtzee.[59]
The firstFrozen film played a factor in thefourth season ofOnce Upon a Time, a series produced by Disney-ownedABC Studios. The conclusion of the show'sthird season finale, "There's No Place Like Home", revealed a new storyline that would incorporate elements fromFrozen, centering on the arrival of Elsa, after the urn that contained her was accidentally brought via a time-traveling portal from the fairytale world to present-day Storybrooke,Maine. The series' creators and showrunners,Edward Kitsis andAdam Horowitz, later explained that Disney had not asked them to do acrossover;[60][61] they instead fell in love withFrozen when it premiered, saw it three more times, then developed a story treatment in February 2014 and successfully pitched it to ABC Studios, theABC network, and the Disney brand management.[60][61][62] The producers shared that "their writers' room was "basically a 'Frozen' appreciation room" and they would be "completely honored" if the original film's stars wanted to reprise their roles.[63][64] Horowitz further said that they were not going to "redo" the film: "We're very aware of what we think makes this character from 'Frozen' so special and we want to honor that and make sure that what we do is in the universe of [what] everyone fell in love with this past year."[63]
Georgina Haig,Elizabeth Lail, andScott Michael Foster respectively portrays Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff inOnce Upon a Time.[65][66][67] OtherFrozen characters in the series include Hans, portrayed byTyler Jacob Moore,[68] and Pabbie, voiced byJohn Rhys-Davies.[69] The show's fourth season depicts a storyline taking place two years after the original film's events.[70] The story arc concluded after the season's eleventh episode, "Heroes and Villains".[71] TheFrozen characters and locations were then occasionally referenced in subsequent seasons.[72]
A one-hour special titledThe Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic aired on September 2, 2014, on ABC. It featured interviews with some of the cast and the creative team of the film, footage from Norway that inspired the look ofFrozen, announcements of what is next for the franchise, and a preview of Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff's appearance inOnce Upon a Time. The special also included a sneak peek of Walt Disney Animation Studios'Big Hero 6.[73][74][75]
Olaf made an appearance in an episode ofSofia the First titled "The Secret Library: Olaf and the Tale of Miss Nettle", premiered February 15, 2016 onDisney Channel andDisney Junior, where he is once again voiced by Josh Gad.[76]
Arendelle Castle Yule Log, an animatedyule log television program, was released toDisney+ in mid-December 2019. The program, which lasts about 3 hours, features ayule log burning in Arendelle Castle's fireplace whileKristoff,Olaf andSven make appearances.[77] An updated version was released in December 2020.[78]
Frozen Fever is a short sequel that was released in early 2015. The short film was teased duringThe Story of Frozen: Making a Disney Animated Classic by Lasseter.[79] Lee and Buck returned as directors and Del Vecho and Aimee Scribner as producers of the short, featuring a new song by Lopez and Anderson-Lopez. The short involves Elsa and Kristoff throwing a birthday party for Anna, but Elsa's icy powers put the party at risk.[80][81][82][83]Frozen Fever debuted in theaters withDisney'sCinderella on March 13, 2015.[84][85] The short film was released on theWalt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack on August 18, 2015.[86] It was also included on the DVD, Blu-ray, and digital HD releases ofCinderella on September 15, 2015.[87]
AFrozen holiday specialOlaf's Frozen Adventure premiered in 2017. It is directed by Kevin Deters andStevie Wermers-Skelton (Prep & Landing,Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa), and is produced byRoy Conli (Tangled,Big Hero 6).[88] Teased during the airingThe Making of Frozen: Return to Arendelle, the 21-minute special received a limited time[89] theatrical release, premiering in theaters withPixar'sCoco on November 22, 2017, and made its television debut onABC on December 14 the same year.[90]The DVD/Blu-ray for the short film was released in the US and Canada on November 13, 2018.[91]
Myth: A Frozen Tale is avirtual reality short directed by Jeff Gipson, debuted alongsideFrozen 2.[92]Evan Rachel Wood portrays an Arendelle mother narrating a story of the fourelementals. The VR short was released for theOculus Quest on June 11, 2020,[93] while a "flat" version was released toDisney+ on February 26, 2021.[94]
The short filmOnce Upon a Snowman was released exclusively onDisney+ on October 23, 2020, featuring the voice ofJosh Gad as Olaf. The short details Olaf's origin from the moment he was created by Elsa during "Let It Go", to his first meeting with Anna, Kristoff and Sven in the original film.[95]
ALego special,LEGO Disney Frozen: Operation Puffins, was released onDisney+ in October 24, 2025. Taking place shortly afterFrozen Fever, it shows that the Duke of Weselton loses everything after the events of the first film, and after finding a group of puffins, he sees that he can use them for revenge. At Arendelle Castle, while Elsa is shown to be stressed because everything in the castle must be in a certain position, Anna helps Olaf, Kristoff and Sven settle in, where they are not very happy due to the rules of how everything must be. At that moment, the puffins appear and steal the castle pieces for the Duke of Weselton, who intends to build his own castle. Then, a chase begins in which the protagonists must stop the Duke while he transports the pieces on a train. After recovering the castle pieces, Anna and Elsa realize that home is wherever they are, and decide to rebuild the castle, this time with the rooms the way they like them.[96]
Disney released a series of short clips centered entirely around Olaf on their YouTube and Twitter pages on April 6, 2020. The shorts feature Josh Gad reprising his role as Olaf, and were animated by Hyrum Osmond and a few other animators, from their homes.[97] These shorts were made during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[98] The series ended on May 13 of that year with a special musical montage short entitledI Am with You. The latter contains clips from other Disney animated films, such asDumbo,Cinderella,Beauty and the Beast,Hercules,Wreck-It Ralph, the originalFrozen, and more.[99] 21 shorts were released in total.
Olaf Presents was released onDisney+ on November 12, 2021, to coincide withDisney+ Day. The series of shorts center on Olaf narrating Disney stories "as only he can".[100] The series is inspired by a scene inFrozen 2 in which Olaf recapped the entirety of the first film in 90 seconds. The five recapped films in the series areThe Little Mermaid,Aladdin,The Lion King,Tangled andMoana.[101]
A documentary series about the making ofFrozen 2 was launched onDisney+, entitledInto the Unknown: Making Frozen 2,[102] starting on June 26, 2020.[103] Throughout six episodes, the series follows the production crew and voice cast ofFrozen 2 in the film's final year of development. It was directed by Megan Harding, and produced byLincoln Square Productions. Harding aimed to represent the production process honestly and the crew filmed for 115 days.
TheFrozen franchise contains many songs which have achieved a level of independent success outside the context of the films they were featured in. These include:
TheFrozen soundtrack was also very successful becoming the best-selling album of 2014 with over 10 million copies sold and "Let It Go", becoming the fifth best-selling single of 2014. A radio program titled Frozen Radio is another format used to provideFrozen and other Disney songs to listeners. Additionally, a song titled "The Making of Frozen" was written as a featurette for the DVD/Blu-ray release ofFrozen.
In addition to the songs from the film, the Broadway stage production added 11 songs and 3 reprises, including a "Let It Go" reprise as the finale. In 2019, for the North American tour, a new song "I Can't Lose You" was added to replace "For The First Time in Forever (reprise)". This change was then implemented to the Broadway production beginning February 18, 2020.
With the success of the movie, Disney began work on three musical adaptations, asan attraction at theHyperion Theater inDisney California Adventure, forBroadway andDisney Cruise Line.[5]
| Disney on Ice: Frozen | |
|---|---|
| Company | Ice Follies And Holiday on Ice, Inc. asDisney on Ice |
| Genre | fantasy |
| Show type | ice skating show |
| Date of premiere | September 4, 2014 (2014-09-04) |
| Location | touring |
| Creative team | |
| choreographers | Cindy Stuart Benjamin Agosto[104] |
| principal skaters |
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| producer | Nicole Feld[105] |
On May 20, 2014, it was reported thatFeld Entertainment'sDisney on Ice was planning anice skating show based onFrozen with assistance from the film's producers and directors, and that the show would start touring in September 2014 starting inOrlando, Florida, with a cast of 39.[105] The show's world premiere was presented on September 4, 2014, at Orlando'sAmway Center.[106][107] Feld Entertainment disclosed in November that they had sold 250,000 tickets on the day they first became available and expected that over one million people would have seen theFrozen show by the end of 2014.[108]
The show includes a traditional "Ice Follies PinWheel" while still performing difficult ice skating jumps. All the popular songs from the movie are included. About Figure Skating Expert Jo Ann Schneider Farris gave it 5 stars.[104]
"The first priority [for Disney Theatrical in 2016], I have to tell you, is when you have a property that is as beloved and music-based as "Frozen," that has to get an enormous amount of my attention. To say,How do we take this and make a sophisticated, adult evening of theater out of it? Because, as we know with our hits, they have been for that audience that includes the sophisticated theater-goer."
— Tom Schumacher, interview withSouthern California Public Radio in November 2014[109]
In January 2014, Iger stated thatDisney Theatrical Productions is in early development of aBroadway stage musical adaptation ofFrozen.[110][111][112] No specific date has yet been set for this adaptation. "We're not demanding speed," Iger said. "We're demanding excellence."[110][113]
During Disney's February 2014 earnings call, Iger congratulated "all those involved withFrozen" and reiterated that it would "be going to Broadway."[114]: 4 He also noted thatFrozen "has realfranchise potential" and predicted that "You will seeFrozen in more places than you've certainly seen today."[114]: 8, 13
At the end of March 2014, Del Vecho confirmed that there had been "discussions on how we can support the [film's] characters at other locations [and] [w]e are also discussing making a theatrical [musical] version ofFrozen, but these things take time."[8] In late June, Anderson-Lopez and Lopez said there will be a musical based onFrozen within "a few years".[115]: 45:40
In an October 2014 interview,Thomas Schumacher, the president ofDisney Theatrical Group, disclosed that discussions about a musical had begun even before the film was released almost a year earlier.[116] After watchingFrozen at a pre-release midnight screening, he texted Lasseter at 1:30 a.m. with "When can we start?" and got a call back from Lasseter within 60 seconds.[116] Schumacher explained: "My job is to corral the writers of the movie. I'm already talking to directors, and I have a design concept, and we have to begin to fashion this idea. It doesn't need to be fast. It needs to be great."[116]
On 13 February 2015, Schumacher issued a terse statement confirming that the songwriters were working on the show and that Lee would be writing the "book" of the stage version (the musical equivalent of a script), then stressed that "no other staffing or dates have been announced".[117]
On July 23, 2015,The New York Times reported that among various projects, the songwriters were "writing about a dozen new songs" for theFrozen musical.[118]
On February 9, 2016, Disney Theatrical announced that the musical was scheduled to open on Broadway in spring 2018.[119] At that time, Disney also confirmed that several additional people were now part of the musical's creative team, including Timbers as director, as well asStephen Oremus,Peter Darling,Bob Crowley, andNatasha Katz.[119] Two days later, it was confirmed that the musical would first go through a pre-Broadwaytryout in August 2017 at theDenver Center for the Performing Arts.[120] In April 2016, it was reported that Betsy Wolfe had been cast as Elsa,[121] but a Disney spokesperson said on April 26 that no roles have been officially cast.[122]
On April 25, the songwriters mentioned to an interviewer that they were about to head into a developmental lab next week for the musical.[122] Anderson-Lopez explained that while "the movie only has seven-and-a-half songs ... we’ve written about 23" for the musical," in the sense that they doubled the number of original songs and then there are reprises of those.[122] Lopez explained that the musical would follow the same story as the film, but they were adapting all the iconic moments from the film to the musical theatre environment.[122] It was later reported that the musical's first developmental lab was held over two weeks during May 2016 in New York City, with Betsy Wolfe as Elsa, Patti Murin as Anna,Okieriete Onaodowan as Kristoff, and Greg Hildreth as Olaf, and that Iger himself attended the lab at one point.[5] However, Disney had not yet committed to a cast for the Denver tryout production.[5]
On September 27, 2016, Disney announced the new creative team:Michael Grandage is the director andChristopher Oram is the scenic designer.Christopher Gattelli had been previously announced as choreographer. (Alex Timbers andBob Crowley are no longer involved.) The musical opened on Broadway at theSt. James Theatre.[123] On March 11, 2020, the day before Broadway shut down due to the pandemic, the Broadway production closed after 26 previews and 825 performances.
On September 27, 2023, a new podcast entitledFrozen: Forces of Nature was released onWondery, before the first two episodes were released to other podcasting platforms on October 11, 2023.[124]
Frozen earned $400.7 million in North America, and an estimated $880 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $1,280,802,282. Calculating in all expenses, Deadline Hollywood estimated that the film made a profit of over $400 million. It is the sixteenth-highest-grossing film (formerly the fifth-highest at its peak), the third highest-grossing animated film (formerly the highest at its peak),the highest-grossing 2013 film, the third highest-grossing Walt Disney Pictures release, and the tenth highest-grossing film distributed by Disney. The film earned $110.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend. On March 2, 2014, its 101st day of release, it surpassed the $1 billion mark, becoming the eighteenth film in cinematic history, the seventh Disney-distributed film, the fifth non-sequel film, the second Disney-distributed film in 2013 (afterIron Man 3), and the first animated film sinceToy Story 3 to do so.
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| Frozen | November 27, 2013 | $400,738,009 | $880,064,273 | $1,280,802,282 | #39 | #16 | $150 million | [125] |
| Frozen 2 | November 22, 2019 | $477,373,578 | $972,653,355 | $1,450,026,933 | #17 | #19 | $150 million | [126] |
| Total | $878,111,587 | $1,852,717,628 | $2,730,829,215 | - | #22 | $300 million | [127] | |
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| Frozen | 90% (241 reviews)[128] | 74 (43 reviews)[129] |
| Frozen 2 | 77% (312 reviews)[130] | 64 (47 reviews)[131] |
| Olaf's Frozen Adventure | 57% (7 reviews)[132] | |
| Olaf Presents | 100% (5 reviews)[133] |
During the Walt Disney Company's 2014 first-quarterearningsconference call on February 5, 2014, Iger alluded to "high demand forFrozen merchandise", which was expanded upon by Disney senior executive vice president and chief financial officerJay Rasulo: "Over the most recent quarter...if I had to pick out a single item, I would sayFrozen items were the single most demanded items at Disney Stores."[114]: 4, 22 In March 2014,Bloomberg Businessweek reported that Disney had sold almost 500,000 Anna and Elsa dolls, with a 5,000 limited-edition run selling out online in only 45 minutes in January.[134] Demand only increased further after the mid-March home video release; toy industry expert Jim Silver explained home video enabled children to "watch it over and over again" and "fall in love" with the film's characters.[135] Chris Buck mentioned in an April 2014 interview that the directors had not bought anything for themselves "thinking it wouldn't be a problem, and now everything's sold out!"[136] By mid-April, U.S. consumer demand forFrozen merchandise was so high that resale prices for higher-quality limited-editionFrozen dolls and costumes had skyrocketed past $1,000 oneBay, both Disney and its licensees had arranged forair freight to rush fresh inventory to retailers besieged by desperate parents, and some of those parents had begun publicly venting their frustration through social media outlets such as the Disney Store's Facebook page.[135][137][138][139][140] Fed up with the shortage, some parents took a "do it yourself" approach, and others went for custom-made replicas on crafts sites likeEtsy.[138][140] Similar shortages ofFrozen merchandise were reported during spring 2014 in the United Kingdom,[141][142] Canada,[143] Australia,[144][145] New Zealand,[146] France,[147] and Singapore.[148]
In a mid-April interview,Disney Store Vice President Jonathan Storey admitted that although Disney had high expectations for the film, "demand went even higher than they thought it ever would."[149] He also promised that moreFrozen merchandise would be delivered to Disney Store locations immediately through regular shipments, and that new products were being developed for release throughout the year.[149] By the end of April, Disney Parks had imposed a five-item limit at its stores, while Disney Store had imposed a two-item limit, restricted the release of the most popular items to store opening on Saturday mornings, and required guests to enter into a lottery on those mornings just for the chance to purchase the very popular Elsa costumes.[150][151]
During The Walt Disney Company's 2014 second-quarter earnings call on May 6, 2014, Iger saidFrozen "is definitely up there in terms of, probably, our top five franchises",[152] and that the company will "take full advantage of that over the next at least five years."[153] He also explained Disney was still working on the musical, as well as publishing, interactive, and theme park projects.[152] Rasulo disclosed that nine of the ten best-selling items at Disney Store in the second quarter wereFrozen-related.[152]
In response to demand fromprivate art collectors for officialFrozen-inspired fine art, the first batch of 10artworks approved by Disney Fine Art went on sale in May 2014, at an art gallery inSacramento, California.[154]
A few days earlier, on May 1, 2014, it had been reported thatDisney Consumer Products was developing a comprehensive program of newFrozen merchandise for 2014 and 2015, which would include additional role play and plush items as well as "home décor, bath, textile, footwear", sporting goods, consumer electronics, and pool and summer toys (the last two to come in summer 2015).[155] On June 25, 2014, DCP presented a "holiday fair" to journalists in New York City for the 2014Christmas and holiday season, which included numerousFrozen-related items.[156]MTV News warned parents to prepare to "'[l]et it go,' and by 'it' we mean 'your money.'"[156] In early August,Fortune reported thatFrozen could hit $1 billion in merchandise sales just in the U.S. market alone (that is, excluding sales of the actual film itself) by the end of 2014, with about half of that amount coming from toys.[157]Advertising Age reported at the start of September that theFrozen brand would be expanding soon to even more kinds of products, such as backpacks, fruit, juice, yogurt, bandages, and oral care.[158]
On October 9, 2014, Iger acknowledged at a conference onnew media in San Francisco that demand forFrozen costumes "has been crazy since the movie came out, crazier than we ever anticipated, because, who knew?"[159] He added that Disney was now "definitely prepared" to meet consumer demand.[159] Around the same time, theNational Retail Federation published a survey projecting thatFrozen costumes would be the fourth most popular category of children's costumes forHalloween 2014, in that about 2.6 million American children were expected to dress up asFrozen characters.[160]The Fresno Bee estimated that with all the accessories released for Halloween 2014, it would cost about $94 to fully costume a girl as Elsa.[160]
At the start of November, it was reported that the shortage ofFrozen merchandise was finally over, and Disney and its licensees had "adapted to a new reality where demand forFrozen merchandise seems unquenchable."[161] Disney announced that it had sold over three millionFrozen costumes in North America alone, of which Elsa was the no. 1 best-selling Disney costume of all time, followed by Anna at no. 2.[162] Walmart went into the 2014 Christmas and holiday season with about 700 distinctFrozen-related items of merchandise in stock.[162] Among theFrozen-branded products made available in the U.S. market in late 2014 were duct tape[163] and a version ofMonopoly Junior marketed with the tagline, "Whoever collects the most cash will thaw their freezing heart and win".[164] The "Frozen juggernaut" was cited as a major reason for a significant decline during 2014 in sales figures for other toy brands, includingHello Kitty[165] andBarbie.[166] The National Retail Federation's 2014 Holiday Top Toys Survey found that 20 percent of U.S. parents planned to buyFrozen-related merchandise for their girls, compared to only 16.8 percent who planned to buy Barbie merchandise. This meantFrozen toys were the No. 1 item on "holiday wish lists of girls", a position which Barbie had previously held for 11 years.[167]The New York Times reporterBinyamin Appelbaum compared Disney's spectacular success with theFrozen merchandise brand to thepharmaceutical industry, in the sense that the actual consumer of the product is usually not the person who is stuck with the bill: "After all, who wants to say no to their princess?"[168]NPD Group later estimated thatFrozen merchandise had brought in $531 million in gross revenue during 2014, meaning thatFrozen was the top toy brand of the year.[169]
On February 3, 2015, Disney Consumer Products reported a 22% rise in revenue and a 46% rise in operating income for the quarter ending on December 27, 2014 (as compared to the quarter a year earlier).[170] The largest driver of that growth wasFrozen merchandise.[170] During the Walt Disney Company's earnings call on that same date,Frozen was mentioned 24 times, "more than 'Star Wars,' 'The Avengers,' 'Cinderella' and 'Spider-Man' combined."[171] The next day, Disney's stock price jumped 8% in one day to close at a record high of $101.28 per share.[172] The brand's success was only reinforced further on June 9, 2015, whenFrozen won multiple awards at the LIMA International Licensing Awards ceremony in Las Vegas, including Overall Best Licensed Program and Film, Television, or Entertainment (Animated) Program.[173]Jakks Pacific's Elsa toy won the award for Film, Television, or Entertainment (Animated) Licensee: Hard Goods (in a tie withPlaymates Toys'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), whileKohl's won the Retailer award for its presentation ofFrozen products.[173]
The meet-and-greets with Anna and Elsa atDisneyland andEpcot had been initially sponsored byThe Walt Disney Studios as short-term temporary attractions starting from November 2013 to promote the film, but in February 2014,Disney Parks decided to extend them indefinitely in response to unprecedented demand.[174] By the beginning of March, wait time was reportedly as long as four or five hours to see Anna and Elsa, which fueled outside speculation about whether Disney Parks would respond with additionalFrozen-specific attractions.[175] After wait times atNorway pavilion inWalt Disney World's Epcot reportedly reached six hours,[176] in mid-April the Anna and Elsa meet-and-greets were finally moved to Princess Fairytale Hall atMagic Kingdom, where park guests could use the new FastPass+ reservation system (part of Disney'sMyMagic+ project) to bypass the lengthy wait time.[177][178]Jezebel.com commented on the phenomenon, "Word has it that those characters are likethe Beatles now, attracting large crowds of screaming females."[137] However, as of April 2014[update], there have not been any plans for Anna and Elsa to join theDisney Princess line-up, though Disney Store confirmed that it was still possible the characters would be added to that franchise in the future.[149] When later asked about the situation with the meet-and-greets, Buck said, "Oh, it's crazy."[179] He saw the four-hour-long line himself during a Disneyland visit in the summer of 2014, and tactfully declined a fellow visitor's suggestion to introduce himself to the huge crowd.[179] In September 2014, a FastPass system was added to the Anna and Elsa meet-and-greet at Disneyland.[180]
In Christmas 2014,Hong Kong Disneyland opened aFrozen meet-and-greet inFantasyland featuring Anna and Elsa. It requires a reservation ticket (similar to Disney Fastpasses) to meet them due to the high popularity of the film. There was also a puppet show about Olaf's search for summer in Fantasyland.
Meet-and-greets with Anna and Elsa were introduced for the Christmas season in 2014 (mid-November 2014 to early January 2015) atDisneyland Paris in the Princess Pavilion. Reservation tickets were issued each morning for a limited number of slots. Due to queue lengths and poor guest behavior, the meet-and-greets were discontinued in early 2015 and have only returned irregularly, and unannounced, in the Disneyland Hotel.
From November 15, 2013, to January 6, 2014, a full-length show titledWorld of Color: Winter Dreams debuted. Hosted by Olaf (Josh Gad) the show celebrates thewinter season with several holiday-themed segments, featuring scenes fromFrozen,Toy Story,Bambi,Fantasia,One Hundred and One Dalmatians,Prep & Landing,Secret of the Wings,Tangled,Wreck-It Ralph,Melody Time,Lady and the Tramp,Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas,Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, and various vintageMickey Mouse shorts.[181] The show incorporates traditional holiday-related music, includingEric Whitacre's "Glow",[182] "Carol of the Bells", "Let it Snow", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year", "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Believe", "Silent Night", the "Nutcracker Suite", "Jingle Bells", "I Have a Little Dreidel", "Feliz Navidad", "Joy to the World", and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas", as well asFrozen songs, such as "Let It Go" and "In Summer".
In November 2014,World of Color: Winter Dreams opened with a different show than its pilot year. The pre-show segment of Glow has been removed, however its music plays after the post-show segment as exit music. Overall the show faced major rearrangement, such as additional songs fromFrozen, including "Love Is an Open Door" and "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?". Additionally theisopar flames were introduced into this show during the "In Summer" sequence.
On November 10, 2013, a holiday version of theDisney Dreams! nighttime spectacular calledDisney Dreams! of Christmas debuted inDisneyland Paris as part of the Christmas season.[183] Hosted by Olaf and Anna, the show celebrates thewinter season with several holiday-themed segments. The show featured scenes similar to the ones inWorld of Color: Winter Dreams.
In 2014, the show was revised to include a new pilot as well as the rearrangement and removal of several scenes. New scenes with songs fromFrozen were likewise added to the show like "In Summer" and "Love Is an Open Door".
Disney Dreams! of Christmas ran every Christmas season until January 7, 2017. The show returned to Disneyland Park for one night only during theDisneyland Park Celebrations Annual Passholder Party held December 12, 2019.
On July 5, 2014,Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World launched a "Frozen Summer Fun" program which was to run through September 1, and which included a daily parade, sing-along show, dance party, and fireworks show; an indoor ice skating rink and a merchandise shop; andFrozen décor throughout the theme park.[184] In response to strong demand, Disney Parks subsequently announced on August 7 thatFrozen Summer Fun would be extended to September 28.[185]
On December 5, 2014, the Disneyland Resort announced a "Frozen Fun" event atDisney California Adventure. While some of the attractions were made available starting on December 20, "Frozen Fun" officially began on January 7, 2015. The event includedFor the First Time in Forever: AFrozen Sing-Along Celebration at theMuppet*Vision 3D theater, "Olaf's Snow Fest" (featuring a meet and greet with Olaf), Wandering Oaken's Trading Post, "Freeze the Night! A Family Dance Party" (temporarily replacingMad T Party), and "Anna and Elsa's Royal Welcome", a meet-and-greet at theDisney Animation Building (replacing the meet-and-greet in Disneyland Park) as well as lessons on how to draw either Olaf or Marshmallow at theAnimation Academy. In addition, Disneyland received aFrozen play at the Fantasy Faire, and an update to theStorybook Land Canal Boats to include the village of Arendelle from the film.[186][187]
On June 11, 2015,Hong Kong Disneyland launched a "Frozen Fun" event that runs through August 30. The major feature of the event is the "Frozen" Festival Show presented at the Crown Jewel Theatre inside Frozen Village, an area located in the "Black Box" space known as "The Pavilion", betweenAdventureland andGrizzly Gulch. Also inside Frozen Village is Frozen Festival Square where the meet-and-greet with Olaf, a toboggan ride, and Oaken's Trading Post are located. Other attractions are "Frozen Processional", a meet-and-greet with Anna and Elsa in Fantasyland as well as lessons on how to draw Olaf at the Animation Academy.
On January 13, 2015,Tokyo Disneyland presented a winter event based onFrozen. This event featured aFrozen parade and special scenes onOnce Upon A Time Castle projection show. The event ended on March 20, 2015.
For the 2017 version ofAnna and Elsa's Frozen Fantasy, a new projection mapping and firework show calledFrozen Forever premiered. It was directed by Steve Davison.[188]
On November 19, 2019, Disneyland Paris announced a new winter season based onFrozen andFrozen 2.Frozen Celebration is currently running in bothDisneyland Park and theWalt Disney Studios Park from January 11 to May 3, 2020.[189] HeadliningFrozen Celebration isFrozen 2: An Enchanted Journey, a parade-show cavalcade on the Central Plaza stage of Disneyland Park.[190] The cavalcade featured a brand-new float featuring the characters in theirFrozen 2 costumes and a show featuring songs from bothFrozen films, including "Vuelie" (fromFrozen) and "Some Things Never Change", "Into the Unknown", "Lost in the Woods", and "When I'm Older" (fromFrozen 2).[191]
Included in the season is the new stage show calledFrozen: A Musical Invitation that premiered earlier on November 17, 2019, at theAnimation Celebration building at the Walt Disney Studios Park.[192][193] The show mainly focused on the plot ofFrozen, with Anna leading the guests and Kristoff to Elsa's ice palace on the North Mountain to surprise her.Frozen: A Musical Invitation featuring songs fromFrozen, namely "Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People", "Let It Go", and "Love Is an Open Door". A meet-and-greet with Olaf is also located inside the building. In addition, guests were also given an exclusive preview ofFrozen 2 inside the Studio Theater in theProduction Courtyard.[189]
Lake Disney in theDisney Village hosted "Magic Over Lake Disney: TheFrozen Edition", a new limited nighttime show featuring moving lights, LED screens, fireworks, fountains, and flame jets, as well as music from bothFrozen andFrozen 2.[194] The show ran on January 24, 27, and 29, 2020.
On January 22, 2015, it was announced that in the summer of 2015,Frozen themed activities will be added to selectDisney Magic andDisney Wonder itineraries of theDisney Cruise Line. This includes a newFrozen-themed deck party, and, on theMagic, a newFrozen scene added to theDisney Dreams stage show. In addition, Anna, Elsa and otherFrozen characters will be doing meet and greets on all the ships.[195]
A one-hour musical adaptation ofFrozen is currently playing in the Walt Disney Theatre on theDisney Wonder cruise ship. The show premiered on November 10, 2016, and replacedToy Story: The Musical.Frozen, A Musical Spectacular is directed byTony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller and choreographed by Josh Prince, with scenic design by Jason Sherwood, costume design by Tony winnerPaloma Young, lighting design byRui Rita, projection design byAaron Rhyne, and puppetry byMichael Curry.[196][197] While considered the least extravagant, fake snow is included in the climactic scene.[5]
On August 19, 2014, it was initially announced that Elsa & Anna's Boutique (replacing Studio Disney 365) would open mid-September inDowntown Disney district at theDisneyland Resort. The opening date was later changed to October 6, 2014, and the store name was changed to "Anna & Elsa's Boutique". The location includes products inspired by Anna, Elsa, and Olaf.[198][199][200][201] Anna & Elsa's Boutique promptly drew a line of curious consumers on its first day of operation, although Disney management was reportedly attempting to gauge consumer response before considering similar stores at other Disney locations.[202] In October 2017, the location became the Dream Boutique, themed to all of the Disney princesses.[203]
On September 12, 2014, Walt Disney World announced that aFrozen attraction is scheduled to open in June 2016 atEpcot'sWorld Showcase in theNorway pavilion, replacing the park'sMaelstrom ride. The attraction will feature the kingdom of Arendelle with music and scenes from the film, as well as meet-and-greets with Anna and Elsa.[204][205][206] Buck and Lee confirmed in March 2015 that they have been assisting Disney Parks with the new Epcot ride's design.[179] On the attraction, Buck stated "It's going to have real state-of-the-artaudio animatronics and it's going to look amazing."[179] In June 2015, it was announced that the attraction's name will be "Frozen Ever After" and will feature the kingdom of Arendelle during its "Winter in Summer" event, which will include appearances by the Snowgies fromFrozen Fever, in addition to Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Sven, Olaf, and Marshmallow.[207] The attraction opened on June 21, 2016.[208]
In September 2015, it was announced thatDisney California Adventure would receive aFrozen-inspired musical stage show for the park'sHyperion Theater, titledFrozen – Live at the Hyperion. The show premiered on May 27, 2016[5] and is produced byWalt Disney Creative Entertainment.[209]
Taking the place of the originally-announcedScandinavia port, Fantasy Springs will be the newest port-of-call atTokyo DisneySea and features three themed areas attached to the sea: the kingdom of Corona fromTangled, the kingdom of Arendelle fromFrozen, andNeverland fromPeter Pan. TheFrozen area will feature the village of Arendelle and its castle, as well as Elsa's ice palace on the North Mountain.[210] A new dining location inside the Arendelle Castle, as well as an expanded version of theFrozen Ever After attraction from Epcot is expected to be included in the new land.[211] This port-of-call is expected to be open on June 6, 2024.[212][213]
As part of the multi-year expansion to both Hong Kong Disneyland and the Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris, both parks received a land based onFrozen.[214][215] Both lands are set in the kingdom of Arendelle post-Frozen, where Queen Elsa has declared a Summer Snow Day for its citizens. The lands feature an expanded version of theFrozen Ever After attraction from Epcot, as well as new dining locations, meet-and-greets, and shops. Unique to Hong Kong Disneyland'sFrozen land isWandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs, a sled-based rollercoaster that send guests on a winding journey through Arendelle.[216]
Hong Kong Disneyland'sFrozen land opened on November 20, 2023, behindFantasyland.[217][218] On the other hand, the Walt Disney Studios Park'sFrozen land is expected to open in 2025 alongside the new lake area that will be located behind the current park area.[219]
The publisherRandom House initially released fiveFrozen-related titles for English-speaking markets in conjunction with the film's release. By June 29, 2014, all five ranked among the Nielsen Top 20 bestselling books of 2014 in the U.S. market.[220] By August, those five titles had collectively spent 148 weeks onUSA Today's list of the top 150 bestselling books in the United States,[221] and Random House had sold over 8 millionFrozen-related books.[222] That month, Random House announced a new series of four books by Erica David to be released in 2015; its first two installments,Anna & Elsa #1: All Hail the Queen andAnna & Elsa #2: Memory and Magic, which extends the plot beyond the events shown in the film as the sisters get to know each other, were released on January 6, 2015.[223][224] They further plan to release three or fourFrozen books a year in the future.[225][226] In 2014, aFrozen-themed entry in Charles Solomon's "The Art of..." series was also released titledThe Art of Frozen, depicting behind the scenes information regarding the film's production, and numerous conceptual artworks that informed the final visual style of the piece.[227] A comic book adaption ofFrozen titledFrozen – Graphic Novel was released digitally on July 23, 2014, by Disney Press, and a print version was published by Joe Books on January 27 of the following year.[228]
AFrozen comic book series published byDark Horse Comics, titledDisney Frozen, was written by Joe Caramagna with art from the Kawaii Creative Studio. It was launched in August 2018.[229]
In author Jen Calonita's bookConceal Don't Feel released in October 2019, the seventh volume of theA Twisted Tale series, the question is exploredWhat if Anna and Elsa never knew each other? In the book, after Elsa uses her ice powers on Anna, she attempts to interfere in the trolls' attempt to erase Anna's memory, but this triggers a kind of curse where not only do Elsa and Anna forget about each other, but Anna will freeze to death if she is brought into close proximity with Elsa. In order to save their lives, the king and queen have Anna sent to live with old friends of their mother who own a bakery in a distant village. After her parents die, Elsa begins to remember Anna and goes on a journey to reunite with her sister, hampered by factors such as Prince Hans (set up by the Duke of Weselton as a friend for Elsa who intends to become king only for this plan to fail as Elsa never sees Hans as more than a friend).
Frozen 2: Forest of Shadows was released by author Kamilla Benko on October 4, 2019. This book deals with a mysterious sickness striking the kingdom of Arendelle and Elsa and Anna going to search for the cure to the illness immediately before the events ofFrozen 2.
A prequel novel entitledFrozen 2: Dangerous Secrets: The Story of Iduna and Agnarr by author Mari Mancusi was released on November 3, 2020. The events of the book primarily take place prior to the events of the firstFrozen film, and tell the backstory of Queen Iduna and King Agnarr, how they met, and their relationship prior to the birth of Elsa and Anna.
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Disney launched a franchise extension calledFrozen Northern Lights in 2016. This brand extension includes animated shorts, book series and a TV special, plus potential characterized toys courtesy ofLEGO Friends.[3][230]
The extension's book series launched the extension on July 5, 2016, with its first book,Journey to the Lights, published by Random House by author Suzanne Francis and is 224 pages in length. The film's main characters attempt to restore the Northern Lights' glimmer and face Little Rock, the series' newprotagonist.[3]
Aspin-off collection of four shorts developed byLEGO aired onDisney Channel, titled:
They later aired as a whole on December 9, 2016. TitledLEGO Frozen Northern Lights (also known asFrozen: Magic of the Northern Lights in the UK andLego Frozen Northern Nights elsewhere[236][237]), the shorts were compiled as a special and featured the returning voice talents ofKristen Bell,Idina Menzel,Jonathan Groff, andJosh Gad.[3][238] The special received 2.01 million viewers and ranked fifth for the night on cable.[239]
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)Disney has already announced plans to bring a musical version to Broadway, and theme-park incarnations have been hinted at.
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