‘Frozen’ Overtakes Fire

Disney’s Frozen climbed to No. 1 in its second weekend with $31.6 million from 3,742 theaters, toppling The Hunger Games: Catching Fire from the top spot. Overseas, the 3D animated pic took in a strong $30.6 million from 23 markets for a stellar worldwide total of $190.2 million.

Catching Fire is still a powerful player globally, ending its third weekend with a massive worldwide gross of $673.4 million. Domestically, it earned $27 million from 4,163 theaters for a domestic total of $336.7 million. The sequel has nearly eclipsed the $691.2 million earned by the first The Hunger Games and has already earned more internationally ($336.7 million versus $283 million).