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Disney Fact: Elsa has more strands of hair than Rapunzel.
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Idina Menzel Would "Absolutely" Play Elsa in Broadway's Frozen
Idina Menzel, the mighty voice of Elsa in Disney’s Frozen, wants to play her part on Broadway too, she told Cosmopolitan.com earlier today at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon. “Yes! Sure! Absolutely!” she said.
Disney is in the very early stages of bringing the movie — now the highest-grossing animated film of all time — to the stage, so casting is presumably a ways off. But it only makes sense that Menzel, a Broadway star, reprise her role. (She’s currently starring in the musical If/Then and she won a Tony for originating the role of Elphaba in Wicked.) Also, a reminder to the people in charge: Kristen Bell would like to play her character, Anna, in the Broadway adaptation as well.
It's safe to say that tickets to the musical would be in high demand, seeing as there are already crazy parents who’ve spent hundreds of dollars on eBay to get their (spoiled) kids hard-to-find Frozen merchandize. And Mendel is flattered by it all. “It is a huge compliment," she said. "It was such a dream of mine to be in the Disney family and become an animated queen.” But may she suggest a more affordable workaround to getting an Elsa dress for a kid? “What about when people used to, like, sew a little skirt together and make their own stuff?”
Of course, Frozen swag is probably not hard for her to come by. But whatever pull she has is of little use to her 4-year-old son. “We’re supposed to go to a Frozen event, and I thought he would want to dress up as something from the movie," she said. "And, I asked him, 'Who?' He said he wanted to dress up like the Michael Jackson zombie from Thriller.” That kid sounds great.
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CosmopolitanDisney’s ‘Frozen’ Leads Sales of Licensed Toys
The love fest between little girls and the film “Frozen” helped Walt Disney Co. (DIS) maintain its domination of the U.S. licensed toy industry last quarter.
Elsa dolls and other “Frozen” merchandise sold better than any other licensed toys in the first three months of the year, according to NPD Group Inc. The animated movie, released in November, has generated more than $1.1 billion in ticket sales, according to Box Office Mojo. That’s made it the highest-grossing animated film of all time.
For Disney, the “Frozen” surge is helping continue its winning streak in toy licensing. The company had four of the top five toy franchises in the first quarter, including Disney Princess, Mickey & Friends and Star Wars. The lone non-Disney franchise was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, owned by Viacom Inc.
“Cars,” another Disney property, led the list last year, when retail sales of from licensed toys climbed to $5.3 billion, according to Port Washington, New York-based NPD. The toy industry is increasingly relying on entertainment franchises to spur sales. While total U.S. toy sales declined 1 percent last year, revenue from licenses rose 3 percent.
Disney, based in Burbank, California, also dominated the list of fastest-growing licenses last quarter with three titles: “Frozen,” “Planes” and “Sofia the First.” The top spot went to toys based on “Despicable Me,” owned by Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures.
Mattel Inc. (MAT), the world’s biggest toymaker, has licenses for “Frozen,” Disney Princess, “Cars” and “Planes.” Hasbro Inc. (HAS) has a deal with Star Wars. Playmates Toys Ltd., meanwhile, makes toys for Ninja Turtles.
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Bloomberg‘Frozen’ Songwriters Recommend Patience
Repeated singing of 'Let it Go' might be just the beginning
Robert and Kristin Anderson-Lopez, the perky creative duo behind this year’s most infectious ear worms — and two of 2014′s most influential people in the world — salute all those indulgent souls who “make the young artists and thinkers and leaders feel like they have influence as they figure out what they are going to say and how to say it.” Even if it hurts sometimes.
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TIMEAnd the Most Popular Disney Princess Is…
Surprise! A princess who doesn't end up with a prince at the end
In the wonderful (capitalist) world of Disney, the best way to determine a princess’s popularity is by measuring how much money she makes. Here’s how the Disney princesses rank in terms of the amount they’ve earned on eBay since May 2013, according to sellers’ analytic tool Terapeak as reported by Jezebel:
1. Elsa (Frozen): $3,397,816
2. Cinderella (Cinderella): $2,504,259
3. Snow White (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs): $2,301,831
4. Anna (Frozen): $2,165,120
5. Ariel (The Little Mermaid): $1,483,384
6. Rapunzel (Tangled): $598,056
7. Aurora (Sleeping Beauty): $215,856
8. Merida (Brave): $282,188
9. Jasmine (Aladdin): $253,102
10. Tiana (The Princess and the Frog): $84,882
11. Belle (Beauty and the Beast): $6,867
It’s really no surprise that this year Elsa from Frozen is rolling in dough. Frozen became the No. 1 animated film of all time March. The movie has topped $400 million at the domestic box office and $1 billion total.
Frozen toys were sold out everywhere at the beginning of March — four and a half months after the movie’s release. Limited-edition Anna and Elsa dolls go for as much as $1,750 on eBay, and even the regular dolls were sold for hundreds of dollars (even though they retail at about $30 per doll), according to Jezebel.
What is surprising is that the top-selling doll is one who doesn’t end up with a prince at the end. Now that’s progress. In fact, Elsa and Merida are the only dolls even on the list who don’t have a love story.
But despite that victory, we still have a long way to go in our doll-purchasing habits. The blonde doll from Frozen unsurprisingly but sadly surpassed the brunette one. And the non-white princesses, Jasmine and Tiana, sat at the bottom of the list. (We’ll assume that Mulan didn’t make the cut because she’s not technically a princess, though she is a total badass.) Jasmine and Tiana only beat out Belle, the bookworm princess (who coincidentally was my favorite growing up as a bookworm myself).
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TIME'Frozen' Still No. 1 On Billboard 200; Future Debuts At No. 2
Disney's soundtrack to "Frozen" continues to chill for a 12th week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, while the latest albums from Iggy Azalea and Future arrive in the top three.
"Frozen" sold another 115,000 copies in the week ending April 27, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That's down 56 percent from a week ago, when it hit a weekly high of 259,000.
"Frozen" is just the eighth album to have spent at least 12 weeks at No. 1 since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991. Since the Billboard 200 began publishing on a regular weekly basis in 1956, "Frozen" is one of 14 soundtracks to have earned at least 12 weeks at the top.
With the additional 115,000 Frozen sold in the week ending April 27, its total sales rise to 2.5 million. Further, the album becomes the first to reach 2 million in sales in 2014, as its sales this year climb to 2.1 million. ("Frozen" was released in November of 2013, and sold 338,000 last year.)
Last year, it took nearly six months for the industry to notch its first 2 million seller: Justin Timberlake's "The 20/20 Experience," which crossed the threshold in the week ending June 23.
"Frozen" remains the only album to have sold 1 million copies so far in 2014. The year's second-biggest seller is Beyonce's self-titled set, with 648,000.
One more fun "Frozen" fact: The album accounts for 2.6 percent of all albums sold this year and 5.4 percent of all current (non-catalog) albums.
Idina Menzel's "Let It Go" is No. 4 (133,000; down 16 percent)
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