An attack by wolves leads to Kristoff's sleigh being destroyed. She meets an iceman named Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven, convincing them to take her to the mountains. She gets lost, collecting supplies at Wandering Oaken's shop. In the process, her magic unintentionally engulfs Arendelle in an eternal winter.Īnna ventures out to find Elsa and end the winter, leaving Hans in command. Branded a monster by the Duke, Elsa flees to the North Mountain, where she finally acknowledges her powers, building an ice palace to live a hermit life. The emotional strain causes Elsa to accidentally unleash her powers before the court. Hurt and confused, Anna protests, begging Elsa to explain her fear and isolation. Anna and Hans develop a romantic connection during the coronation festivities, and he impulsively proposes to her, but Elsa objects when they seek her blessing. Elsa's coronation takes place without incident, but she remains distant from Anna. Among them are the scheming Duke of Weselton and the handsome Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, with whom Anna falls in love at first sight. The castle gates open to the public and visiting dignitaries for the first time in years. She is afraid that the kingdom's citizens might find out about her powers and fear her.
When the sisters are adults, their parents are killed at sea during a storm.įollowing her 21st birthday, Elsa is to be crowned queen of Arendelle. To protect her sister from her increasingly unpredictable powers, Elsa ceases all contact with Anna, creating a rift between them. The King and Queen isolate both sisters within the castle, closing the castle gates to their subjects. Grand Pabbie warns Elsa that she must learn to control her powers and that fear will be her greatest enemy.
He heals Anna but alters her memories so that she forgets about Elsa's magic. After Elsa accidentally injures Anna with her magic, their parents, the King and Queen, take both siblings to a colony of trolls led by Grand Pabbie. Princess Elsa of Arendelle possesses magical powers that allow her to control and create ice and snow, often using them to play with her younger sister, Anna. By January 2015, the film became the best-selling Blu-ray Disc in the United States, which resulted in the film launching a franchise, including an animated short in 2015, an animated featurette in 2017, and a feature-length sequel, Frozen II, in November 2019.
It also became the fifth highest-grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing film of 2013. Frozen led the 86th Academy Awards season with two nominations (winning two), and received numerous accolades.ĭuring its theatrical run, the film was a significant commercial success, earning $1.280 billion in worldwide box office revenue, overtaking Toy Story 3 to become the highest-grossing animated film of all time, and carried its position until it was overtaken by the remake of The Lion King in 2019. It was praised for its visuals, screenplay, themes, music, and voice acting some film critics consider Frozen to be Disney's best animated film since the studio's renaissance era. Frozen had its general theatrical release on November 27, 2013. Christophe Beck was hired to compose the film's orchestral score, while Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez wrote the songs.
The film features the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, and Santino Fontana. The film depicts a princess who sets off on a journey alongside an iceman, his reindeer, and a snowman to find her estranged sister, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.įrozen underwent several story treatments before being commissioned in 2011 as a screenplay by Jennifer Lee, who co-directed with Chris Buck. The 53rd Disney animated feature film, it is inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale " The Snow Queen". Frozen is a 2013 American computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures.