Kristen Bell Says Reports of $60 Million Pay for ‘Frozen 3’ and ‘4’ Are ‘Absurd’ and Her Salary Is Being ‘Misreported’: ‘Somebody’s Making a Lot of Things Up’

Kristen Bell is not disclosing her payday for the upcoming “Frozen” sequels, but she is denying recent reports that claim she’s earning $60 million to reprise her voice role of Anna in “Frozen 3” and “Frozen 4.” Reports also stated that Bell’s co-stars, Idina Menzel and Josh Gad, were also earning $60 million each for the two sequels, bringing the trio’s combined pay to a staggering $180 million.

“I think there’s been a lot misreported about that ‘Frozen’ deal,” Bell told Entertainment Tonight at the Actor Awards. “No, no, no, no, no that’s somebody making a lot of things up. But that said, am I happy to have that job and does it pay very well because it’s a successful franchise? Yes. And I’m so grateful for it and I will continue to do it for the rest of my life if they’ll have me.”

“Didn’t it sound absurd when you read it?” Bell also asked about the pay reports. “When I read it, I was like, ‘Woah, woah, what!’”

“Frozen” is one of Disney’s most popular animated franchises. The 2013 original was a $1.3 billion smash hit that launched the characters — Bell’s Anna, Menzel’s Elsa and Gad’s Olaf — and the original song “Let It Go” into the cultural zeitgeist. “Frozen” won the Oscars for best animated feature and original song. 2019’s “Frozen 2” was an even bigger box office smash with $1.45 billion, which for a time made it the highest-grossing animated movie ever. Disney announced in 2024 that “Frozen 3” would hit theaters November 24, 2027. That same year, the studio let it slip that “Frozen 4” was also in development.

“Frozen” songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez will be back to pen new songs for the upcoming two sequels. First look concept art for “Frozen 3” was unveiled in August 2024 and showed Elsa on a white horse and Anna on a brown stag. Plot details remain under wraps.

From Variety US