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The Lion KingFollow

2011 • G • 1h 28m • Adventure, Animation, Drama • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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88

4.23

8.5

CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend

$30.20M

3-day opening

Domestic total

$94.20M

Final

Worldwide total

$988.00M

$894.00M international

Domestic legs3.13x

Budget$45.0M

2011 rank#32

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Cast & crew

Full Allers filmography

Roger Allers

Roger Allers Director

Rob Minkoff

Rob Minkoff Director

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick Starring

Jeremy Irons

Jeremy Irons Starring

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane Starring

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones Starring

ScreenplayIrene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton Produced byDon Hahn MusicHans Zimmer StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Sep 16-18 1 $30.2M — 2,330 $12,940 $30.2M

2 Sep 23-25 1 $21.9M −27.3% 2,330 $9,411 $61.5M

3 Sep 30-Oct 2 3 $10.6M −51.6% 2,340 $4,536 $79.2M

4 Oct 7-9 7 $4.6M −56.7% 2,267 $2,028 $86.0M

5 Oct 14-16 10 $2.8M −39.3% 1,970 $1,417 $90.5M

6 Oct 21-23 13 $1.3M −55.1% 1,091 $1,149 $92.6M

7 Oct 28-30 27 $203.8K −83.8% 378 $539 $93.1M

8 Nov 4-6 28 $212.3K +4.2% 133 $1,595 $93.4M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Fri Sep 16 #1 $8.9M — $336.5M 2,330 $3,828

Sat Sep 17 #1 $11.9M +34% $348.4M 2,330 $5,121

Sun Sep 18 #1 $9.3M −22% $357.7M 2,330 $3,990

Mon Sep 19 #1 $2.3M −75% $360.0M 2,330 $993

Tue Sep 20 #1 $2.6M +13% $362.6M 2,330 $1,122

Wed Sep 21 #1 $2.2M −15% $364.8M 2,330 $950

Thu Sep 22 #1 $2.2M +2% $367.1M 2,330 $965

Fri Sep 23 #2 $6.1M +170% −32% $373.2M 2,330 $2,607

Sat Sep 24 #1 $9.2M +52% −23% $382.4M 2,330 $3,965

Sun Sep 25 #1 $6.6M −28% −29% $389.0M 2,330 $2,838

Mon Sep 26 #1 $1.5M −78% −36% $390.5M 2,330 $634

Tue Sep 27 #2 $1.7M +18% −33% $392.2M 2,330 $748

Wed Sep 28 #1 $1.7M −3% −24% $393.9M 2,330 $724

Thu Sep 29 #1 $2.2M +31% −2% $396.1M 2,330 $947

Fri Sep 30 #3 $3.3M +49% −46% $399.4M 2,340 $1,409

Sat Oct 1 #3 $4.5M +35% −52% $403.9M 2,340 $1,903

Sun Oct 2 #2 $2.9M −36% −57% $406.8M 2,340 $1,223

Mon Oct 3 #4 $573.9K −80% −61% $407.3M 2,340 $245

Tue Oct 4 #4 $624.4K +9% −64% $408.0M 2,340 $266

Wed Oct 5 #4 $500.2K −20% −70% $408.5M 2,340 $213

Thu Oct 6 #5 $501.6K n/c −77% $409.0M 2,340 $214

Fri Oct 7 #8 $1.2M +142% −63% $410.2M 2,267 $534

Sat Oct 8 #6 $1.9M +61% −56% $412.1M 2,267 $859

Sun Oct 9 #7 $1.4M −26% −50% $413.6M 2,267 $633

Mon Oct 10 #5 $800.9K −44% +40% $414.4M 2,267 $353

Tue Oct 11 #9 $325.3K −59% −48% $414.7M 2,267 $143

Wed Oct 12 #9 $282.0K −13% −44% $415.0M 2,267 $124

Thu Oct 13 #7 $327.2K +16% −35% $415.3M 2,267 $144

Fri Oct 14 #11 $720.7K +120% −41% $416.0M 1,970 $365

Sat Oct 15 #10 $1.2M +73% −36% $417.3M 1,970 $634

Sun Oct 16 #9 $822.5K −34% −43% $418.1M 1,970 $417

Mon Oct 17 #10 $193.6K −76% −76% $418.3M 1,970 $98

Tue Oct 18 #10 $211.6K +9% −35% $418.5M 1,970 $107

Wed Oct 19 #10 $201.8K −5% −28% $418.7M 1,970 $102

Thu Oct 20 #10 $211.0K +5% −36% $418.9M 1,970 $107

Fri Jul 12 $427.7K — $422.2M 1,330 $321

Sat Jul 13 $366.7K −14% $422.6M 1,330 $275

Sun Jul 14 $260.7K −29% $422.8M 1,330 $196

Mon Jul 15 $128.0K −51% $423.0M 1,330 $96

Tue Jul 16 $207.1K +62% $423.2M 1,330 $155

Wed Jul 17 $146.0K −29% $423.3M 1,330 $109

Thu Jul 18 #10 $101.3K −31% $423.4M 1,330 $76

Fri Jul 19 $71.6K −29% −83% $423.5M 1,330 $53

Sat Jul 20 $120.1K +68% −67% $423.6M 1,330 $90

Sun Jul 21 $101.1K −16% −61% $423.7M 1,330 $75

Mon Jul 22 $51.3K −49% −60% $423.8M 1,330 $38

Tue Jul 23 $90.4K +76% −56% $423.9M 1,330 $67

Wed Jul 24 $73.4K −19% −50% $423.9M 1,330 $55

Thu Jul 25 $50.5K −31% −50% $424.0M 1,330 $37

Cumulative total$424.0M

Sep 16Sep 28Oct 10Jul 13Jul 25

Weekend grossWk 8 · $212.3K

$30.2M

$21.9M

$10.6M

$4.6M

$2.8M

$1.3M

$203.8K

$212.3K

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8

Theater countPeak 2,340 → 1,330 −43.2%

2,330 open1,330 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 8 · +4.2%

−27.3%

W1→2

−51.6%

W2→3

−56.7%

W3→4

−39.3%

W4→5

−55.1%

W5→6

−83.8%

W6→7

+4.2%

W7→8

Steepest −83.8%Biggest gain +4.2%

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

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