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2013 • PG • 1h 42m • Adventure, Animation, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Who will save the day? The ice guy? The nice guy? The snow man? Or no man?

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$67.40M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$400.95M
Final
Worldwide total
$1.27B
$884.00M international
Domestic legs5.95x
Budget$150M
2013 rank#3

Cast & crew

Full Buck filmography
Chris Buck Chris Buck Director Idina Menzel Idina Menzel Starring Kristen Bell Kristen Bell Starring Jonathan Groff Jonathan Groff Starring Josh Gad Josh Gad Starring
ScreenplayJennifer Lee Produced byPeter Del Vecho CinematographyScott Beattie (layout), Mohit Kallianpur (lighting) MusicChristophe Beck (score) Robert Lopez (songs) Kristen Anderson-Lopez (songs) Prod. DesignDavid Womersley StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Nov 29-Dec 1 2 $67.4M — 3,742 $18,009 $93.9M
2 Dec 6-8 1 $31.6M −53.1% 3,742 $8,449 $134.3M
3 Dec 13-15 2 $22.6M −28.6% 3,716 $6,073 $164.8M
4 Dec 20-22 3 $19.6M −13.0% 3,540 $5,548 $192.0M
5 Dec 27-29 2 $28.6M +45.6% 3,335 $8,574 $248.1M
6 Jan 3-5 1 $19.6M −31.5% 3,318 $5,899 $296.7M
7 Jan 10-12 2 $14.7M −24.8% 3,239 $4,547 $317.3M
8 Jan 17-19 5 $11.8M −20.1% 2,979 $3,951 $332.4M
9 Jan 24-26 4 $9.1M −22.5% 2,757 $3,307 $347.9M
10 Jan 31-Feb 2 2 $8.9M −2.0% 2,754 $3,243 $359.6M
11 Feb 7-9 4 $6.9M −23.1% 2,460 $2,793 $368.6M
12 Feb 14-16 8 $6.2M −9.4% 2,101 $2,963 $376.4M
13 Feb 21-23 8 $4.4M −29.3% 1,891 $2,328 $384.1M
14 Feb 28-Mar 2 8 $3.6M −17.5% 1,746 $2,079 $388.8M
15 Mar 7-9 8 $3.0M −18.6% 1,660 $1,779 $393.0M
16 Mar 14-16 9 $2.1M −27.3% 1,466 $1,465 $396.4M
17 Mar 21-23 13 $735.6K −65.8% 1,069 $688 $397.7M
18 Mar 28-30 17 $337.7K −54.1% 387 $872 $398.4M
19 Apr 4-6 15 $399.9K +18.4% 321 $1,245 $398.9M
20 Apr 11-13 17 $385.0K −3.7% 344 $1,119 $399.4M
21 Apr 18-20 24 $258.9K −32.8% 290 $892 $399.9M
22 Apr 25-27 28 $190.0K −26.6% 227 $836 $400.2M
23 May 2-4 33 $116.9K −38.4% 179 $653 $400.3M
24 May 9-11 45 $61.7K −47.3% 142 $434 $400.4M
25 May 16-18 48 $43.1K −30.1% 112 $384 $400.5M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Cumulative total$401.0M
Nov 22Dec 11Dec 30Jan 19Dec 6
Weekend grossWk 10 · $8.9M
$67.4M
$31.6M
$22.6M
$19.6M
$28.6M
$19.6M
$14.7M
$11.8M
$9.1M
$8.9M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Theater countPeak 3,742 → 1,357 −63.7%
1 open1,357 now
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −2.0%
−53.1%
W1→2
−28.6%
W2→3
−13.0%
W3→4
+45.6%
W4→5
−31.5%
W5→6
−24.8%
W6→7
−20.1%
W7→8
−22.5%
W8→9
−2.0%
W9→10
Steepest −53.1%Biggest gain +45.6%

Run milestones

$400M in 155 days
$100M
Day 13
Dec 4
$200M
Day 33
Dec 24
$300M
Day 47
Jan 7
$400M
Day 155
Apr 25

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#3 Biggest 6th weekendsAll-time $28.6M #3 Biggest Thanksgiving openingsAll-time $93.6M #4 Best multipliersAll-time 5.95x #4 Biggest openings not at #1All-time $67.4M #14 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $401.0M #19 All-time PG-rated domesticAll-time $401.0M

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