Frozen

Frozen is a 2013 American 3D computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film, created and produced at Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Snow Queen, it is the 53rd animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, and is the fifth film in, what is generally considered, the Disney Revival Era.

The story centers fearless optimist Princess Anna, who embarks on a perilous journey to save her kingdom from a curse conjured by her older sister, Queen Elsa. Along the way, she partners up with a misanthropic mountain man, his trusty reindeer, and an enchanted snowman with dreams of experiencing summer. All the while, Anna's dashing fiancé, Prince Hans, has his own plans for the queen and her kingdom.

The film premiered at the El Capitan Theatre on November 19, 2013 and went into general theatrical release on November 27 in the United States, Canada, and the Philippines. It was met with widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, winning two Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song ("Let It Go"), among numerous other accolades. Frozen was also a commercial success; it accumulated over $1.2 billion in worldwide box office revenue, $400 million of which were earned in the United States and Canada and $247 million of which were earned in Japan. It was the fifth highest-grossing film of all time (behind Avatar, Titanic, The Avengers and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2) and the highest-grossing animated film of all time (surpassing Toy Story 3) until it was surpassed by its sequel Frozen II in 2019. It is currently the 16th highest-grossing film of all time and the second highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind Frozen II).

Frozen was followed up with a 2015 theatrical short, Frozen Fever, and a 2017 theatrical featurette, Olaf's Frozen Adventure. A stage adaptation made its debut on Broadway in 2018. A feature-length sequel, titled Frozen II, was released on November 22, 2019.