‘I must have watched it 50 times’: a Frozen dad prepares for the sequel

It’s the glue in many father-daughter relationships, with its earworm anthem and empowered princesses.

Can the most successful animated film of all time do it again?If we go by Disney’s in-house lore, the idea of making a movie of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen had been kicking around for more than 70 years by the time it was green-lit.

Andersen’s chilly fable, brightened for a modern audience with original songs and a narrative spin that put the relationship between two sisters at its core, was renamed Frozen.

At its premiere in 2013, Disney’s chief executive, Bob Iger, wept behind his 3D glasses.

And why not? Within weeks the movie had made more than $800m in worldwide bums-on-seats.

Its soundtrack was No1.

The DVD sold 3m copies in a day.

Though a sequel has been slow in coming – Frozen II is in cinemas later this month

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