Disney’s ‘Frozen’ freezes out ‘Paranormal’ spinoff

NEW YORK: On a wintry weekend, Disney’s "Frozen" retook the box office top spot with $20.7 million, freezing out the horror spinoff "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones."

According to studio estimates Sunday, Paramount’s "The Marked Ones" debuted in second place with $18.2 million, a total that includes Thursday night screenings.

The film is a stand-alone story spun off from the lucrative, low-budget horror franchise "Paranormal Activity."

But it wasn´t able to overcome Disney´s animated "Frozen," which has been a hit for family audiences for the last seven weeks.

Another hold-over, Warner Bros.´ "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," came in third with $16.3 million in its fourth week of release.

The near-blizzard snow storm that battered the Northeast may have tempered the weekend´s box-office business. (AP)