“The Snow Queen” and the most profitable cartoon … – The World

Le Monde | 13/03/2015 at 18:38 • Updated 13/03/2015 at 18:40 | By Alice Fabre

“Let It Go …” More than a year that the air of his signature song trots into our heads. And it is here to stay … because it’s official, there will be a sequel to the adventures of Anna, Elsa and their companion, the awkward snowman Olaf. The second episode of The Snow Queen is on track. A decision that follows the true planetary cardboard the first part, released in late 2013. The opportunity to tour the most resounding success of the genre in the last twenty years.

Third Film the most profitable in history

The success of The Snow Queen breaks all records in the field. The cartoon heels even movies like Avatar or Titanic in worldwide box office. He reached the third place of the world’s best recipes of all time, exceeding it a few months ago, a billion dollars in revenue (1 274 219 009 dollars) to Iron Man 3 . A whopping two Oscars and won last year that Disney decided to make a sequel.

In the last twenty years, the supremacy of the Disney-Pixar Studios (home of Mickey bought the company the iconic lamp in 2006) is clearly visible. Toy Story 3 is the only other animated film to have generated over a billion dollars in revenue (1,063,171,911 dollars). Released in 2010, he stayed for five years the cartoon most profitable in history, before The Snow Queen will snatch her palm at the beginning of the year.

“The Lion King”, a classic that continues

The third biggest hit is a old timers who still holds the CGI. The Lion King , with 987,483,777 dollars generated, was released in 1994 and consolidated its position as the classic of a generation. In France, it is the eleventh most seen movie in the cinema since 1978, with over ten million records.

Finding Nemo Simba heels. Released in 2003, he earned 936,743,261 dollars. At the time, the story of the clownfish father went in search of his son through the Pacific Ocean attracted more than 9.5 million people in French cinemas.

The old rub new later in the charts. The princess with long (very long) golden hair Rapunzel has accumulated 591,794,936 dollars recipe, while the prince Aladdin and his genie remain with 504,050,219 dollars generated since its release in 1992.

A highly ranked competitors

A few diehards are however starting the dominance of Disney. The second component of Despicable Me is the fourth animated film to have the most recorded revenues close to a billion (970,761,885 dollars). This production from 2010 is the work of the company Illumination Entertainment, a division of Universal Studios, Disney competitor. Like the sagas Shrek (produced by Dreamworks) and components of Ice Age (produced by 20th Century Fox).

It is far from the first time animated feature released in 1937, which featured a young princess collected seven brave dwarves in the forest. The first big success of the Disney studios, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , generated a total of over $ 180 million when it was released. Yet it remains the cartoon the plus seen in French cinemas, with nearly 13 million viewers (it was regularly taken to the cinema until the 1990s). The Snow Queen , it has been five million entries. Elsa and Anna do not hold still, all records

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