'Catching Fire,' 'Frozen' holiday record breakers.

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"The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' earned a prodigious $75 million, while 3-D animated musical "Frozen'' opened with $67 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Both films bested the previous Thanksgiving record holder, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone,'' which earned $57.5 million in 2001 over a three-day period.

"Frozen'' is now the biggest Thanksgiving wide-release opener ever.

Lionsgate's sequel and Disney's frosty fete now hold the record for the highest domestic box office grosses for the three-day and five-day holiday weekend, as...

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