Frozen has been taking over the box office in the United States for months but now the film is finally opening overseas. Frozen just arrived in Japan with a large opening.
The film was released under a different title in Japan. It was released as Anna to Yuki no Jou (Anna and the Snow Queen) and featured different actors providing the voices to the characters, The Hollywood Reporter added.
It earned $9.5 million on 598 screens and 602,347 admissions on the March 15-16 weekend. The film also set a record for the largest opening for a film so far in Japan, Variety reported.
Frozen has been enjoying success post its Oscar win for best original song and best animated feature. In Japan, well known musician,
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The former record holder was another animated picture, Monsters University, which was produced by Pixar.
The last Disney helmed film to open in Japan was Brave. During its opening weekend the film only made $1.4 million at the box office.
Frozen has been a huge box office success internationally. The film has already made $48.2 in China and $77 in South Korea.
“Frozen” has been a huge hit in Asia – and many other places – achieving a record setting $77 million in South Korea and $48.2 million in China, where it still ranked ninth after 40 days on release.