‘Frozen' Movie Sequel, ‘Olaf The Snowman’ Spinoff Get A Boost As Disney Hit Crosses $1 Billion Mark! Will It Become The Highest-Grossing Animated Film?

Disney may no longer be able to deny the clamor for a "Frozen" Movie Sequel, or even an "Olaf The Snowman" spin-off feature as the movie is on course to break the Billion dollar mark!

The movie that was based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic "The Snow Queen" is raking in the audiences all over the world.

From the LA Times: "Disney's animated fairy tale musical is expected to pass $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales on Sunday, according to studio estimates.  

Not adjusting for ticket-price inflation, 'Frozen' is the second-highest-grossing animated movie ever, behind 'Toy Story 3' and is the top animated non-sequel. 

Released in 2010, 'Toy Story 3' hauled in $1.06 billion. 

In foreign release, the movie is running in 35 countries, led by South Korea with a gross of $76.2 million. The United Kingdom has accounted for $63.5 million, followed by Germany with $47.7 million."

The movie is expected to break the record as it has yet to open in another major movie market: Japan. Based on the reception by their Asian neighbors, the South Koreans, it is a safe bet that the Disney fairy tale genre will reign once more in the Land of the Rising Sun.

While fans are excited with anticipation over the sequel, Business Week warns that it might not be as soon as they want it to be. To borrow a line from "Toy Story 2": "You can't rush art!" Business Week quotes David A. Price, author of "The Pixar Touch": "A lot of people who aren't in the industry don't realize how long it takes to get an animated film made. The development process is quite long, and then production itself takes a couple of years. An animator turns out about three seconds of finished animation a week."

While a full length sequel may take time, Business Week brings up other possibilities:

"Disney could conceivably try to spin off Olaf the snowman (a fan favorite) in a series of direct-to-video shorts, not unlike the way the studio took advantage of Mater the tow truck from "Cars." Illumination Entertainment, responsible for the "Despicable Me" films, has done something similar with popular short videos featuring the beloved Minions."