The new film that has surpassed Hot Frosty is called The Merry Gentlemen, which stars Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray. It is a bit more scandalous than Hot Frosty given its subject matter. The official synopsis: “To save her parents' small-town performing venue, a former big-city dancer decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.”

The holiday romantic comedy 'Hot Frosty' has shot to the number one spot among Netflix movies. Some adore its "sheer ridiculousness."

More specifically, the exterior scenes of the downtown area in Hot Frosty were filmed in Brockville, a city in Eastern Ontario in Canada. According to a local news report from the city’s HometownTV12, the ice sculpture competition set was constructed outside of the Brockville city courthouse.

With the new ho-ho-holiday rom-com “Hot Frosty,” Netflix has gifted me my latest love. And no matter how ridiculous you think the plot is, there’s absolutely no reason to give this movie the cold shoulder. Walk with me, will you, in this whimsical ...

The Netflix Christmas Universe (or NCU, as we like to call it) is coming together, with five new offerings this year almost all having a connection to another Christmas film on the streamer. But “Hot Frosty” also has a very explicit reference to “Mean Girls” — and it’s made by none other than Gretchen Wieners herself.

Netflix's top 10 movies has been taken over by Christmas flicks, with the festive rom-com Meet Me Next Christmas falling behind the current no. 1 movie Hot Frosty, which has pulled in 26 million views worldwide in the week ending November 17.

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