MUMBAI: The Princess and the Frog, Disney‘s first hand-drawn animated feature in five years that opens this Wednesday will also be the first Disney animated film since 2003‘s Brother Bear to release in limited release in New York and Los Angeles.
Like that movie and many other of its traditional cartoons, including The Lion King and Hercules, the studio is pairing the two runs of Princess with an "experience" that includes games, actresses dressed as Disney princess, props, costumes and other activities that give kids fun time beyond the film.
The extras mean ticket prices will be substantially higher than a normal picture ticket. Disney is charging $30 for general admission tickets, $50 for the best seats and $20 per person for groups at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and on the studio lot in Burbank.
The show will play until 13 December, the first weekend that The Princess and the Frog shows nationwide. Disney already has grossed more than $3.2 million in pre-sales.
