Frozen , Disney's whirlwind winter smash hit, has officially become the highest grossing animated film of all time!
Frozen , Disney's take on Hans Christian Anderson's The Snow Queen dominated the American box office, and has continued to rake in the millions in the international market. Entertainment Weekly reports that the film now has $1.072 billion in total sales, including all international markets. This means that Frozen has officially beat out Toy Story 3 as the biggest animated film of all time. Toy Story 3 premiered in 2010 and made $1.063 billion worldwide, and was the first Disney/Pixar movie to hit over a billion dollars in sales.
The soundtrack to Frozen has been breaking records as well, when we reported in February that it was the longest-running #1 film soundtrack since 2003's Bad Boys II . Billboard reports that the soundtrack is now on track to become the long-running #1 album since Adele's 21 . It is currently in its seventh week as #1.