Less than a month after Disney filed a lawsuit against Phase 4 Films, which it claims changed the title of a movie just to cash in on the success of Frozen, the battle is over. Disney has emerged victorious.
In December, Disney complained that Phase 4 Films had changed the name of The Legend of Sarila to Frozen Land after Sarila was released. The film with its original title flopped, but after Frozen quickly became a smash hit, the movie was re-released with the word Frozen in the title.
Disney said the move was made to “intentionally” mislead consumers into thinking Frozen Land had anything to do with the Oscar nominated Frozen.
Today, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Phase 4 has decided to give Sarila its old title back. Disney also made sure that Phase 4 does not get to use promotional material with logos made up to look similar to the publicity for Frozen.
Disney also gets $100,000 from Phase 4.
Frozen has been in theaters since Nov. 22, 2013 and has grossed $337.4 million domestically and $426.5 million at the international box office.
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