Disney animation “Frozen” has attracted six million spectators in just 18 days since its release in Korea. As of Sunday, the animation had deposed “Kung Fu Panda II” as the biggest animation box office hit here.

“Kung Fu Panda II” drew 5.06 million viewers in 2011.

“Frozen” is a musical animation loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “Snow Queen.”

The combination of fairy tale princesses and music appeals especially to people in their 30s, especially women who feel nostalgic about Disney animations of the 1990s like “Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Aladin,” and “Lion King.”

According to ticketing site MaxMovie, 47 percent of the people who booked “Frozen” were in their 30s.

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As the Disney animation “Frozen” has attracted nearly 8 million viewers in Korea since it was released here in the middle of last month, Park Ji-yoon, who lent her voice to the lead character in the dubbed version of the film, has risen from obscurity to portal-search prominence.

The comedy-adventure about a girl’s quest to save her kingdom from her sister’s icy spell set a box-office record for an animation film and is still seeing viewers at local theaters. The previous record was held by “Kung Fu Panda II,” which drew 5.06 million viewers in 2011.

Another unusual trend of its popularity here is that over 40 percent of moviegoers opted to watch the version dubbed into Korean.

“Since I’ve only been performing behind the scenes as a voice-over actress, it feels great to receive this sudden attention,” said Park.

Park had to pass a voice test for the role as well as a singing audition. Although Disney is notorious for its tough casting calls, it gave Park the green light as soon as it heard her sing.

Park said she long dreamed of becoming a musical actress but struggled with her nerves in front of live audiences.

After exploring several different avenues, she developed an interest in voice acting. “I thought this would be perfect for

However, Park said she is enjoying all the attention she is receiving after 10 years in the business, and jokingly added that she hopes to make her husband — another voice actor — jealous of her growing fame.

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• The Descendants
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• The Help
• Hugo
• Midnight in Paris
• Moneyball
• The Tree of Life
• War Horse

• Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
• Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
• Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life
• Alexander Payne – The Descendants
• Martin Scorsese – Hugo

• Demián Bichir – A Better Life
• George Clooney – The Descendants
• Jean Dujardin – The Artist
• Brad Pitt – Moneyball
• Gary Oldman – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

• Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
• Viola Davis – The Help
• Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady
• Rooney Mara – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
• Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

• Kenneth Branagh – My Week with Marilyn
• Jonah Hill – Moneyball
• Nick Nolte – Warrior
• Christopher Plummer – Beginners
• Max von Sydow – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

• Bérénice Bejo – The Artist
• Jessica Chastain – The Help
• Melissa McCarthy – Bridesmaids
• Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
• Octavia Spencer – The Help

• The Descendants – Alexander Payne , Nat Faxon , Jim Rash
• Hugo – John Logan
• The Ides of March – George Clooney , Grant Heslov , Beau Willimon
• Moneyball – Steven Zaillian , Aaron Sorkin
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan

• The Artist – Michel Hazanavicius
• Bridesmaids – Annie Mumolo , Kristen Wiig
• Margin Call – J.C. Chandor
• Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen
• A Separation – Asghar Farhadi

• Belgium, Bullhead , Michael R. Roskam , director
• Canada, Monsieur Lazhar , Philippe Falardeau, director
• Iran, A Separation , Asghar Farhadi, director
• Israel, Footnote , Joseph Cedar, director
• Poland, In Darkness , Agnieszka Holland, director

• A Cat in Paris
• Chico & Rita
• Kung Fu Panda 2
• Puss in Boots
• Rango

• The Artist – Production Design: Laurence Bennett ; Set Decoration: Robert Gould
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Production Design: Stuart Craig ; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan
• Hugo – Production Design: Dante Ferretti ; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
• Midnight in Paris – Production Design: Anne Seibel ; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil
• War Horse – Production Design: Rick Carter ; Set Decoration: Lee Sandales

• The Artist – Guillaume Schiffman
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Jeff Cronenweth
• Hugo – Robert Richardson
• The Tree of Life – Emmanuel Lubezki
• War Horse – Janusz Kaminski

• Anonymous – Lisy Christl
• The Artist – Mark Bridges
• Hugo – Sandy Powell
• Jane Eyre – Michael O’Connor
• W.E. – Arianne Phillips

• The Artist – Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
• The Descendants – Kevin Tent
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
• Hugo – Thelma Schoonmaker
• Moneyball – Christopher Tellefsen

• Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis and Mike Lerner
• If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry and Sam Cullman
• Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
• Pina – Wim Wenders and Gian-Piero Ringel
• Undefeated – Daniel Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas

• Albert Nobbs – Martial Corneville , Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Edouard F. Henriques , Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng
• The Iron Lady – Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland

• The Adventures of Tintin – John Williams
• The Artist – Ludovic Bource
• Hugo – Howard Shore
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Alberto Iglesias
• War Horse – John Williams

• “Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
• – “Real in Rio” – from Rio – Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – David Parker , Michael Semanick , Ren Klyce and Bo Persson
• Hugo – Tom Fleischman and Midgley
• Moneyball – Deb Adair , Ron Bochar , Dave Giammarco and Ed Novick
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Greg P. Russell , Gary Summers , Jeffrey J. Haboush and Peter J. Devlin
• War Horse – Gary Rydstrom , Andy Nelson , Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson

• Drive – Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Ren Klyce
• Hugo – Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
• War Horse – Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 – Tim Burke , David Vickery , Greg Butler and John Richardson
• Hugo – Robert Legato , Joss Williams, Ben Grossman and } Alex Henning
• Real Steel – Erik Nash , John Rosengrant , Dan Taylor and Swen Gillberg
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri , Dan Lemmon , R. Christopher White and Daniel Barrett
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon – Scott Farrar , Scott Benza , Matthew Butler and John Frazier

• The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
• God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson
• Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione
• Saving Face – Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid
• The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen

• Dimanche – Patrick Doyon
• The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore – William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg
• La Luna – Enrico Casarosa
• A Morning Stroll – Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
• Wild Life – Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby

• Pentecost – Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane
• Raju – Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren
• The Shore Terry George and Oorlagh George
• Time Freak – Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
• Tuba Atlantic – Hallvar Witzø