From The Straits Times    |

The cold is not bothering many Elsa-wannabes this year. ©2013 Disney. All Rights Reserved.

It’s set to be a cold, cold Halloween this year as characters from Disney’s 2013 animated film “Frozen” top the chart of the most popular costumes.

According to a study by e-commerce provider SLI Systems, Internet users in the US, the UK and Australia have conducted over one million online searches this Halloween season for “Frozen”-related queen, princess and snowman characters.

It looks like we’re in for a Hollywood Halloween in general, with seven out of the top 15 costume searches relating to movies.

“Frozen” is way ahead, prompting 122 percent more search activity than its closest movie costume rival, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.” Other popular film costume ideas include the ‘Minions’ of “Despicable Me” as well as characters from “Maleficent” and “Book of Life.”

The study was carried out by analysing search activity across 17 costume retailer websites based in the US, the UK and Australia from September 1 to October 26, 2014.

Here are the top 15 most-searched costume themes of 2014:

  1. Frozen 
  2. Zombie 
  3. Ninja 
  4. Pirate 
  5. Clown 
  6. Witch 
  7. Vampire 
  8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
  9. Book of Life 
  10. Flapper 
  11. Batman 
  12. Despicable Me 
  13. Maleficent 
  14. Monster High
  15. Star Wars