Frozen (2013 film) held by "Finding Nemo") and among Walt Disney Animation Studios films (a record previously held by "The Lion King"). Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold over 49 million tickets in North America. "Frozen" is the ninth-highest-grossing film, the highest-grossing animated film, and the highest-grossing 2013 film. It is the highest-grossing animated film in South Korea, Denmark, and Venezuela. It is also the highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios film in more than 45 territories, including the Latin America region (specifically in Mexico and Brazil), the UK, Ireland, and Malta, Russia and the CIS, Ukraine, Norway, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and
Battle Royale (film) series (2010 debut) is also notably influenced by the film, with its scenario writer Kazutaka Kodaka citing the film as an influence. "Battle Royale" has also drawn comparisons to Square Enix's "The World Ends with You" (2007). Battle Royale (film) The film was first screened in Tokyo on more than 200 screens on December 16, 2000, with an R-15 rating, which is rarely used in Japan, and during the first weekend it grossed (). It was also the highest-grossing Japanese-language film for six weeks after its initial release, and it was later released in 22 countries worldwide, grossing . It