User blog comment:That Epic/Disney Movie Ranking!/@comment-3530543-20140530231319/@comment-3530543-20140531151704

Actually, the fact that the people who watched Toy Story 1 & 2 as kids were all grown up by the time the 3rd one came out contributed to TS3 being, at the time of its release, the highest-grossing animated feature of all time, because it created a profound sense of nostalgia that, coupled with the overwhelmingly positive word of mouth, made the movie sort of an event. But yeah, it does make sense that Frozen would make so much money given how clearly it panders to kids, who are the main reason anybody goes to the movies nowadays. What doesn't make sense is that Frozen would be such an astronomical hit when, say, Tangled was not. (Of course, movie numbers rarely make sense.)