Frozen is a 2013 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Produced by Peter Del Vecho, it was directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee from a screenplay by Lee. The directors co-wrote the story with Shane Morris, drawing inspiration by Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen (1844). The film stars the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad, Jonathan Groff and Santino Fontana. Frozen follows Princess Anna as she teams up with Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf to find her estranged sister Elsa, whose icy powers have inadvertently trapped their kingdom in eternal winter.
Frozen premiered in Hollywood, Los Angeles, on November 19, 2013, and was theatrically released on November 27. Produced on a budget of $150million, it grossed $1.282billion worldwide, finishing its theatrical run as the highest-grossing film of 2013 and the fifth-highest-grossing film of all time; it ranked as the highest-grossing animated film of all time from March 2014 until August 2019. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.
Frozen garnered awards and nominations in various categories. It won Best Original Song ("Let It Go") and Best Animated Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. Frozen became the first film produced by Disney Animation to win Best Animated Feature. The film won five of ten nominations at the 41st Annie Awards. At the 66th British Academy Film Awards, Frozen won Best Animated Film. It won Best Animated Feature and Best Song ("Let It Go") at the 19th Critics' Choice Awards. The film won Best Animated Feature Film and received a nomination for Best Original Song – Motion Picture ("Let It Go") at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Various critic circles also picked Frozen as the best animated feature film of the year.
Accolades + Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result 3D Creative Arts Awards January 28, 2014 Best Feature Film – Animation Frozen Best Stereoscopic Feature Film – Animation Frozen Academy Awards March 2, 2014 Best Animated Feature , Jennifer Lee, and Peter Del Vecho Best Original Song and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" African-American Film Critics Association Awards December 13, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards December 19, 2013 Best Animated Feature and Jennifer Lee Best Woman Director Best Woman Screenwriter Best Animated Female Anna (Kristen Bell) Elsa (Idina Menzel) American Cinema Editors Awards February 7, 2014 Best Edited Animated Feature Film American Music Awards November 23, 2014 Top Soundtrack Frozen Annie Awards February 1, 2014 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in a Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Character Design in a Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Directing in a Feature Production and Jennifer Lee Outstanding Achievement for Editorial in a Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production , Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Christophe Beck Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production , Lisa Keene, and David Womersley Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in a Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in a Feature Production Outstanding Achievement for Writing in a Feature Production Artios Awards January 22, 2015 Feature Film – AnimationFrozen Austin Film Critics Association Awards December 17, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen Billboard Music Awards May 17, 2015 Top SoundtrackFrozen Boston Society of Film Critics Awards December 8, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen British Academy Children's Awards November 23, 2014 Feature FilmFrozen Kid's Vote — FilmFrozen British Academy Film Awards February 16, 2014 Best Animated Film and Jennifer Lee Chicago Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen Cinema Audio Society Awards February 22, 2014 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated , David E. Fluhr, Casey Stone, and Mary Jo Lang Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 16, 2014 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Best Song and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards December 16, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen Dorian Awards January 21, 2014 Visually Striking Film of the YearFrozen Dubai International Film Festival December 13, 2013 Emirates NBD People's Choice Award and Jennifer Lee Florida Film Critics Circle Awards December 18, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen Georgia Film Critics Association Awards January 10, 2014 Best Animated Film Frozen Best Original Song Golden Globe AwardsJanuary 12, 2014 Best Animated Feature FilmFrozen Best Original Song – Motion Picture and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" Golden Reel Awards February 16, 2014 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film and Fernand Bos Golden Trailer Awards May 30, 2014 Best Animation/Family (Trailer Park, Inc.) Best Animation/Family TV Spot (Trailer Park, Inc.) Best Music TV Spot (Trailer Park, Inc.) Best Motion Poster (The Refinery AV) Best Pre-show Theatrical Advertising for a Brand (Trailer Park, Inc.) Best Viral Video or Campaign (Trailer Park, Inc.) Grammy AwardsFebruary 8, 2015 Best Song Written for Visual Media and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media Frozen Guild of Music Supervisors Awards February 26, 2014 Best Film Studio Music Department Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Hollywood Post Alliance Awards November 6, 2014 Outstanding Sound – Feature Film , Gabriel Guy, and Odin Benitez Houston Film Critics Society Awards December 15, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Best Original Song and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" Hugo Awards August 17, 2014 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form and Jennifer Lee International Cinephile Society Awards February 23, 2014 Best Animated Film Frozen International Film Music Critics Association Awards February 20, 2014 Best Original Score for an Animated Film Japan Academy Film Prize February 27, 2015 Outstanding Foreign Language FilmFrozen Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards December 15, 2013 Best Animated Feature Frozen Movieguide Awards February 7, 2014 Best Movie for Families Frozen MTV Fandom Awards July 24, 2014 Breakout Fandom of the YearFrozen New York Film Critics Circle Awards December 3, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards March 29, 2014 Favorite Animated MovieFrozen Online Film Critics Society Awards December 16, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen People's Choice Awards January 8, 2014 Favorite Year End MovieFrozen Producers Guild of America Awards January 19, 2014 Best Animated Motion Picture San Diego Film Critics Society Awards December 11, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards December 15, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Satellite Awards February 23, 2014 Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed MediaFrozen Best Original Song and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go" Saturn Awards June 26, 2014 Best Animated FilmFrozen Best Writing St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards December 14, 2013 Best Animated FeatureFrozen Best SoundtrackFrozen Teen Choice Awards August 10, 2014 Choice Music Single: Female for "Let It Go" Toronto Film Critics Association Awards December 17, 2013 Best Animated FilmFrozen Visual Effects Society Awards February 12, 2014 Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature , Jennifer Lee, Peter Del Vecho, and Lino Di Salvo Outstanding Animated Performance in an Animated Feature , Joy Johnson, Chad Stubblefield, and Wayne Unten for "Bringing the Snow Queen to Life" Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature , Alessandro Jacomini, Lance Summers, and David Womersley for "Elsa's Ice Palace" Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature , Marc Bryant, Dong Joo Byun, and Tim Molinder for Elsa's "Blizzard" Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards December 9, 2013 Best Animated Feature Frozen Best Score Women Film Critics Circle Awards December 16, 2013 Best Animated FemalesFrozen World Soundtrack Awards October 25, 2014 Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film and Robert Lopez for "Let It Go"
See also List of accolades received by Frozen 2
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