50 Fun Facts About Frozen 2

Who directed Frozen 2?

The same pair directed the 2013 original; Lee also wrote the screenplay and had become Disney Animation's chief creative officer by 2018.

How long after the first film is Frozen 2 set?

Anna lost her pigtail braid for a single braid across the back of her head to mark the passage of time.

Which tribe built a treaty with Arendelle, sealed by a dam in the Enchanted Forest?

Disney worked with an advisory group of Sámi experts called Verdett on the tribe's depiction.

What is the name of Elsa and Anna's grandfather, who started the conflict in the forest?

Elsa learns at Ahtohallan that he built the dam as a ruse and murdered the Northuldran leader.

What kind of creature is Bruni, the fire spirit Elsa befriends?

Test audiences of children found the film hard to follow, so the filmmakers added more comedy and more shots of Bruni.

What is the mythical river that is said to hold the answers to the past?

Elsa reaches it by taming the Nøkk, the water spirit that guards the sea.

What form does the water spirit Elsa must tame take?

Animators spent about eight months creating the liquid-looking creature, with effects supervised by Erin Ramos.

Whose voice has been calling to Elsa throughout the film?

The four-note call is derived from the Latin 'Dies irae' and sung in a style resembling Scandinavian kulning.

What are the rock giants Anna lures towards the dam called?

They had a long rigging process so the rocks would not look distracting on screen.

Who rules Arendelle at the end of the film?

The directors decided early that the sequel had to end with Anna as queen and Elsa 'free'.

Which sneeze-born snowmen does Olaf recount the story to in the post-credits scene?

He tells Marshmallow and the little snowmen at Elsa's ice palace; Paul Briggs returned to voice Marshmallow.

Who voices Lieutenant Mattias?

Variety reported him and Evan Rachel Wood in talks in July 2018; their roles were revealed later.

Which actress voices Queen Iduna, the sisters' mother?

She was cast because her voice resembled Idina Menzel's and Kristen Bell's.

Who replaced Maurice LaMarche as the voice of King Agnarr?

Jeremy Sisto voices the grandfather, and Ciarán Hinds is the troll elder Pabbie.

Which Norwegian singer performs 'the voice' that calls to Elsa?

The call itself is a four-note phrase lifted from the 'Dies irae' chant.

Who voices both Kristoff and his reindeer Sven?

He also voices several other reindeer in the film.

At which event in March 2015 was Frozen 2 officially announced?

Bob Iger, John Lasseter and Josh Gad made the announcement in San Francisco.

Working on which short film made the directors realise they missed the characters?

The 2015 short preceded the decision to explore a full sequel.

Which three countries did the production team visit for background research?

They decided Elsa would be a 'mythic hero' with magic and Anna a 'fairytale hero' without it.

Roughly what was Frozen 2's production budget?

Deadline later calculated its net profit at $599 million, second among 2019's blockbusters.

Which screenwriter was hired in 2018 to assist Jennifer Lee with the script?

Lee had just succeeded John Lasseter as Disney Animation's chief creative officer; Schroeder was credited for additional material.

The Voice's four-note call is derived from which Latin chant?

It is performed in a manner resembling kulning, a Scandinavian herding call.

Where were the first completed scenes test-screened in June 2019?

Seven weeks of animation and ten weeks of effects were still outstanding at the time.

What replaced a scene of expository dialogue after a San Diego test screening?

Adults liked the cut but children were lost; the changes meant 61 new shots and 35 redone ones.

Which musical number was the last major animation scene completed before picture lock?

Producer Peter Del Vecho said it required all of the resources at the studio to finish on time.

Anna's outfit was inspired by which traditional Norwegian garment?

Typically made of wool with decorative embroidery, it was worn in the 1840s and 1850s.

Which two fashion designers inspired the approach to ageing Elsa?

Rather than copying Saab's long trains, the team built a tailored coat with a double-panel cape and epaulettes.

Which CGI program was used to drape each character's clothing?

Designer Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay called the costume process the most intricate of any animated film.

About how many animators were among the roughly 800 people on the production?

Tony Smeed and Becky Bresee served as heads of animation.

Which Pixar superhero's scenes were shown to Elsa's animators as an example to avoid?

Supervising animator Wayne Unten wanted Elsa's movements to stay graceful, modelled partly on Martha Graham's dance.

Why does Elsa give Olaf a permafrost coating in the sequel?

Creating the flurry effect proved so difficult that the directors wrote it out.

Anna's hair was animated with a tool originally developed for which Disney film?

The tool, called Quicksilver, was built to handle wind; Elsa's hair used the lighting software Beast.

What was the name of the tool developed to create Gale, the wind spirit?

Where the first film's great challenge was snow, the autumn-set sequel's was depicting wind consistently.

Which band released a version of 'Into the Unknown' ahead of the soundtrack?

The seven-song album also carries a remix of 'Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People' from the first film.

A Frozen 2 DVD appears as an Easter egg in which 2016 Disney film?

It sits alongside Moana and Gigantic, a film that was never produced.

How many times was the first trailer viewed in its first 24 hours?

It was the most-watched animated trailer until Inside Out 2's teaser beat it in November 2023.

Which scientist complained that the poster's snowflake had four sides instead of six?

Jennifer Lee replied that it was not a snowflake: the four points were the elemental spirits and the centre was Elsa.

How many brands partnered with Disney to promote the film, a record for its animation?

US partners included Enterprise Rent-A-Car, McDonald's and Lego.

Where did Frozen 2 premiere on November 7, 2019?

The release date was pulled forward five days from November 27 to November 22.

Into how many languages had the film been localized by its theatrical release?

The original Frozen had been translated into 41; a Northern Sami version, Jikŋon 2, was made to honour the Sámi contribution.

Why was the Disney+ debut moved up from June to March 2020?

It arrived on March 15 in the US and two days later in Canada, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.

How many hours of footage did Megan Harding shoot for the making-of documentary series?

Shot over 115 days, it was cut into six episodes as Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2.

Roughly how much did Frozen 2 gross worldwide?

It finished as the third-highest-grossing film of 2019 and, at the time, the second-highest-grossing animated film ever.

Which 2023 film beat Frozen 2's record worldwide opening for an animated title?

Frozen 2's $358.5 million global debut had itself beaten the 2019 Lion King remake.

Which holiday was credited for the film's strong box-office legs?

Its second weekend dropped only 34 percent, with $125 million over the five-day holiday frame.

What CinemaScore grade did audiences give Frozen 2?

That was a notch below the first film's A+; Rotten Tomatoes settled at 77 percent.

For which Academy Award was Frozen 2 nominated?

It was notably left out of the Animated Feature category that year; it also won two of its eight Annie nominations.

Which country was the film's top international market as of 2021?

Japan's $122.6 million edged China's $122.3 million.

When is Frozen 3 scheduled for release?

A fourth film is also in development.

Who composed the score for Frozen 2?

He returned from the first film, with the Lopezes again writing the songs.