The stars of Disney's Frozen franchise will earn an enormous $60 million payout to return for both Frozen 3 and Frozen 4.
Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel, who play Princess Anna, Olaf and Elsa, will each pocket one of the highest fees for an animated role in history.
The payout includes an upfront lump sum as well as further awards tied to each sequels' box office performance, The Wrap has reported. (Disney declined to comment.) Still, the $60 million figure on the table for each of the trio has raised eyebrows, as it is far higher than the $15 million earned by each actor for Frozen 2.
Disney has high hopes for Frozen 3, following the breakout success of the franchise's original two films. The first Frozen earned $1.28 billion back in 2013, an amount then topped by Frozen 2's $1.45 billion run in 2019.
Disney has released no details of Frozen 3's plot, though has suggested the film's story will be big enough to spread across two movies — with Frozen 4 set to wrap up the tale at some point after. Fans have long been hoping that Frozen 3 will finally give Elsa a love interest, while there's an expectation that the movie will also show Anna and Kristoff married.
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"Coming out of Frozen 2, we still have some questions," writer and director Jennifer Lee teased back at D23 Expo last year, after showing off the movie's first concept art. "A lot of questions actually. Now, you see why we need two films to tell this story."
The image, above, shows Elsa and Anna riding through a forest, with Olaf perched on the back of Anna's horse. A floating city in the sky can be seen, which the two look to be headed towards. An ominous horned figure holding a spear is also visible in silhouette.
Frozen 3 is currently still two years away, and set for release on November 24, 2027.
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