Following its debut as the biggest opening weekend for an animated film,
this week Walt Disney Animation Studios’ long-awaited comedic adventure Frozen 2 has become the biggest
animated film of all time at the South African Box Office.
Over 718,000 attendees visited cinemas across the country since its
release on December 6, 2019, delivering a box office total of over R53 million
so far, surpassing 2018’s Disney Pixar’s Incredibles 2 that was the previous record holder. With this
record, Walt Disney Studios now holds the number 1 and 2 all-time
highest-grossing animated films, as well as the top four highest-grossing films
of all time in South Africa with Disney’s The Lion King as well as Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, Avengers: Endgame and Avengers: Infinity War.
“We are thrilled at the response of families and fans of all ages
towards this breath-taking and sweeping animated adventure of Anna, Elsa,
Kristoff, Olaf and Sven,” says Christine Service, Senior Vice President of The
Walt Disney Company Africa. “We are excited to share more magical animated, as
well as live action stories, with South African cinema-going audiences in 2020
including two releases from Disney Pixar with Onward and Soul,
two from Marvel Studios with Black
Widow and The Eternals, as well as brand new adventures from
Disney studios in the form of Mulan, Jungle Cruise
and Raya and the Last Dragon, to name but a few.”
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2 poses the question: Why
was Elsa born with magical powers? What truths about the past await Elsa as she
ventures into the unknown to the enchanted forests and dark seas beyond
Arendelle? The answers are calling her but also threatening her kingdom.
Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she'll face a dangerous but
remarkable journey.
In Frozen,
Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In Frozen 2, she must hope they are
enough. From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris
Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and
Robert Lopez—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan
Groff and Josh Gad, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2 is now in cinemas across the continent.
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