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Mufasa: The Lion King

2024 PG 1h 58m Animation, Adventure, Comedy

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Mufasa: The Lion King Box Office

Opening Weekend
$35.4M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$254.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$723M
Global total
Budget$200M
Domestic Legs7.19x
2024 Rank#9
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Predicted Final Domestic
$167M–$182M
$152M $174M $196M
$254.6M so far

The prediction model updated after a -4% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $152M–$196M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$106M
Baseline
Animation Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening
-4%
CinemaScore
A-: Animation avg is A
0%
Audience
Above Avg — RT 77%, LB 3.30, IMDB 6.6
+31%
Seasonality
Christmas
0%
Release Day
Friday (standard)
+18%
2nd Weekend
-4% drop
+9%
Genre
Animation Franchise legs
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Dec 20-22 2 $35.41M $35.41M 4,100 $8.6K 1
Dec 27-29 2 $36.80M +4% $113.19M 4,100 $9.0K 2
Jan 3-5 1 $23.46M -36% $168.23M 3,925 $6.0K 3
Jan 10-12 2 $14.22M -39% $189.80M 3,620 $3.9K 4
Jan 17-19 1 $12.06M -15% $206.35M 3,555 $3.4K 5
Jan 24-26 2 $8.59M -29% $220.97M 3,420 $2.5K 6
Jan 31-Feb 2 3 $6.30M -27% $229.70M 3,180 $2.0K 7
Feb 7-9 4 $4.01M -36% $235.29M 2,945 $1.4K 8
Feb 14-16 6 $4.24M +6% $240.85M 2,240 $1.9K 9
Feb 21-23 7 $2.53M -40% $245.42M 1,925 $1.3K 10
Feb 28-Mar 2 6 $1.99M -22% $248.08M 1,705 $1.2K 11
Mar 7-9 8 $1.66M -16% $250.45M 1,460 $1.1K 12
Mar 14-16 11 $1.24M -25% $252.49M 1,175 $1.1K 13
Mar 21-23 15 $690K -45% $253.79M 840 $821 14
Mar 28-30 $282K -59% $254.40M 420 $671 15
Apr 4-6 $55K -81% $254.54M 150 $364 16
Apr 11-13 $7K -87% $254.56M 30 $240 17

Performance Charts

Charts show the first 10 weeks · see the tables above for the full run

Daily Gross

Cumulative Total

Weekend Gross Trend

Theater Count

Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Week-over-Week Drop

Weekly Gross Decline (%)

Cast & Crew

Directed byBarry Jenkins
ScreenplayJeff Nathanson
Produced byAdele Romanski, Mark Ceryak
CinematographyJames Laxton
MusicHans Zimmer
Prod. DesignJay Hart
StarringSeth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Donald Glover, Beyoncé

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