Disney’s Frozen is the 53rd animated feature in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ feature-film sequence.
The numbering places Frozen within the studio’s long history of theatrical animated films, beginning with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937. Frozen followed Wreck-It Ralph and preceded Big Hero 6 in the sequence. It was released in 2013, during a period when Disney Animation was producing commercially successful original musicals and adventure stories.
The number refers to Walt Disney Animation Studios’ official feature-film lineage, not to every Disney-branded animated production. Films from Pixar Animation Studios, Disneytoon Studios, and television divisions are counted separately.
Frozen’s position is sometimes confused with the number of years since Disney’s first animated feature or with the later numbering of Frozen II. The sequel is a separate entry in the studio’s feature-film list, while Frozen remains the 53rd feature.