‘Frozen 2’ posts opening weekend record

“Frozen 2” raked in $350 million in its opening weekend worldwide, beating forecasts and the box office debut of the original film.

The sequel made about £15 million in the UK and Ireland and $127 million in the US and Canada, which are not counted towards the worldwide figures.

The 2013 original took $93 million during its first five days in theaters and ended up making a whopping $1.27 billion in total.

Disney said the sequel set a new record for the biggest opening weekend for an animation.

That’s owing to the fact that they considered this year’s remake of “The Lion King,” which made $269 million on its opening weekend, to be a live action film.

Jennifer Lee, chief creative officer of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, said if “Frozen” was happily ever after, “Frozen 2” is the day after happily ever after.”

“Life gets in the way. It throws you curve balls. So, this is about learning to fight for your place in the world, do what’s right—all of the grown-up things you have to do,” Lee said.

“There’s still fun and humor, but it’s a deeply emotional story about finding out who we are meant to be.”

The original version, which centered around the relationship of Princess Elsa and her sister Anna, made box office history by becoming the top-grossing animated film.

The sequel topped the North American domestic rankings list this weekend, according to Comscore, with “Ford versus Ferrari” (known as Le Mans ’66 in the UK) collecting $16 million in a distant second, and “Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” starring Tom Hanks taking $13.5 million for third place. (BBC)