The new Disney movie Frozen dominated the New Year's Day box office.

 

The film, about two sisters of which one of them has the power to freeze, made $8.7 million on Wednesday, Jan. 1. It made a total of $28.8 million for the weekend of Dec. 27. Its Jan. 1 numbers went up 35 percent from Christmas Day with $270 million domestically and $520 million worldwide since its opening on Nov. 27, according to MSN Entertainment.

Other films that made bank on New Year's Day were Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, which came in second place making $7.8 million. In third place was The Wolf of Wall Street at $5.6 million followed by American Hustle at $5.1 million. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, the sequel to Anchorman starring Will Ferrell, was No. 5 scoring $4.8 million.

Frozen became one of the most talked about Disney films of the year. The story revolves around Queen Elsa and her power to turn things into ice, which she needs to learn to control. She ends up running away while setting everything in front of her on ice and her sister, Anna, goes on a mission to find her.

Some of the films memorable songs include For the First Time in Forever, Fixer Upper and Let it Go.

The film includes voiceovers by Idina Menzel and Kristen Bell. It's been noted in several reviews that the film strikes a similar resemblance to the musical Wicked. The Film Experience stated, "When her (Elsa's) powers go wrong, everybody in their household believes she's a monster. Wicked, you could say."

Menzel starred in Wicked on stage as Elphaba.

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