‘Frozen 2’ Enchants International Box Office Again With $164 Million

Disney royals Anna and Elsa maintained their reign over international box office charts as “Frozen 2” generated another $164 million from 45 foreign territories over the weekend.The animated sequel debuted in a handful of overseas markets this weekend including Italy ($7.7 million), Australia ($6.6 million) and Russia ($13.7 million), where it now stands as the biggest animated opening weekend of all time.

Globally, “Frozen 2” has earned a mighty $739 million in just 12 days of release and should become the sixth Disney movie this year to cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office.Adding to its slew of box office records, “Frozen 2” is already the highest-grossing animated movie in history in Indonesia and the Philippines.

It also surpassed the lifetime haul of its predecessor in 11 territories including China ($90.5 million).

Other top markets include Korea ($61.2 million), Japan ($38.3 million) and the United Kingdom ($35 million).New to movie theaters this weekend, Lionsgate’s “Knives Out,” a murder mystery starring Daniel Craig,

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