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‘Frozen 2’ has already broken a record, nine months before its release

Olaf and Anna return in “Frozen 2,” which hits theaters on Nov. 22. A teaser trailer for the film was view 116 million times in the first 24 hours it appeared online. (Walt Disney Studios / TNS)
From staff and wire reports

Fans of Disney’s ice queen Elsa aren’t ready to let it go just yet.

“Frozen 2” has already set a record, nine months before the sequel hits theaters on Nov. 22.

“Thank you to the fans around the world for making the teaser trailer for #Frozen2 the most viewed animation trailer of all time, with a record-breaking 116.4 million views in 24 hours,” Walt Disney Studios tweeted Thursday.

With that, Disney broke its own record, soaring past last year’s “Incredibles 2,” whose trailer racked up 113 million views in its first 24 hours.

The overall most streamed movie trailer, for “Avengers: Endgame,” also falls under the Disney umbrella. The teaser for that film, due out in April, got a whopping 289 million views during its first 24 hours.

The two-minute “Frozen 2” trailer, released Wednesday, begins with the film’s heroine facing a raging sea, and using her powers to turn the waves into ice so she can run on top of them.

Back at what appears to be the castle, Elsa’s sister Anna looks alarmed by all the diamond-shaped ice crystals floating in the air outside her window.

The movie follows 2013’s “Frozen,” which won Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for “Let It Go.”

The film’s voice actors took to social media to share links to the trailer. Kristin Bell, who voices Anna, posted an emoji-laden comment on Twitter: “Its going to be an extra cold November, y’all! :) #Frozen2.”

And Josh Gad, who voices the loveable snowman, Olaf, chimed in too. Frequently. He shared the clip on Twitter, with a simple “Surprise!” Then he followed that up with “For the next 9 months, I have to live with the fact that every #frozen2 secret you wish to know resides in my brain. Uh-oh. Do not pull a @MarkRuffalo,” referring to that time the “Avengers” star revealed the ending of “Infinity War.”

(Ruffalo cheekily replied, “Does everybody die? DM me.” Gad responded, “What you guys did in a snap, we do in a ballad. I can’t tell you anything more,” and then, “And Thanos does a tap number.”)