The Long, Cold Story Behind Disney's 'Frozen'

Disney’s icy adventure ‘Frozen’ can now call itself the highest grossing animated film of all time after surpassing ‘Toy Story 3’ by taking over $1.072 billion at the world wide box office. That’s quite an achievement for Disney, but what makes it all the more remarkable is the real story of how ‘Frozen’ made it to the big screen. A journey which took nearly 70 years until a seemingly small idea was mentioned.

Well all know how the story ended, ‘Frozen’ went on to not only break box office records, but also to win the Oscar for best animated picutre. It’s won praise for its script, characterisations, animation as well as the voice work of its cast, with principle characters of Anna and Elsa being held up as a new kind of Disney princess, one which we're all a lot more happy about. Maybe though the most amazing part of the 'Frozen' story is just how long it took to be realised, 70 years! That's a long time to be set on one story without it coming to fruition. Maybe the time just had to be right for 'Frozen' and luckily for Disney winter 2013 became the perfect time to thaw this classic story.

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**[More: Listen To 'Let It Go' From 'Frozen'

](http://www.contactmusic.com/video/idina-menzel-let-it-go)[Watch the Frozen trailer:](http://www.contactmusic.com/video/frozen-teaser-trailer)**

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