Name: The Lion King
Director: Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama
Released: 2011
Cast: Thomas Schumacher, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Schneider, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers

Date	Rank	Gross	Daily Chg	Weekly Chg	Total	Theaters	Average
Fri Sep 16	#1	$8.92M			$336.46M	2,330	$3.8K
Sat Sep 17	#1	$11.93M	+34%		$348.40M	2,330	$5.1K
Sun Sep 18	#1	$9.30M	-22%		$357.70M	2,330	$4.0K
Mon Sep 19	#1	$2.31M	-75%		$360.01M	2,330	$993
Tue Sep 20	#1	$2.62M	+13%		$362.63M	2,330	$1.1K
Wed Sep 21	#1	$2.21M	-15%		$364.84M	2,330	$950
Thu Sep 22	#1	$2.25M	+2%		$367.09M	2,330	$965
Fri Sep 23	#2	$6.08M	+170%	-32%	$373.17M	2,330	$2.6K
Sat Sep 24	#1	$9.24M	+52%	-23%	$382.41M	2,330	$4.0K
Sun Sep 25	#1	$6.61M	-28%	-29%	$389.02M	2,330	$2.8K
Mon Sep 26	#1	$1.48M	-78%	-36%	$390.50M	2,330	$634
Tue Sep 27	#2	$1.74M	+18%	-33%	$392.24M	2,330	$748
Wed Sep 28	#1	$1.69M	-3%	-24%	$393.93M	2,330	$724
Thu Sep 29	#1	$2.21M	+31%	-2%	$396.14M	2,330	$947
Fri Sep 30	#3	$3.30M	+49%	-46%	$399.44M	2,340	$1.4K
Sat Oct 1	#3	$4.45M	+35%	-52%	$403.89M	2,340	$1.9K
Sun Oct 2	#2	$2.86M	-36%	-57%	$406.75M	2,340	$1.2K
Mon Oct 3	#4	$574K	-80%	-61%	$407.33M	2,340	$245
Tue Oct 4	#4	$624K	+9%	-64%	$407.95M	2,340	$266
Wed Oct 5	#4	$500K	-20%	-70%	$408.45M	2,340	$213
Thu Oct 6	#5	$502K	n/c	-77%	$408.95M	2,340	$214
Fri Oct 7	#8	$1.21M	+142%	-63%	$410.17M	2,267	$534
Sat Oct 8	#6	$1.95M	+61%	-56%	$412.12M	2,267	$859
Sun Oct 9	#7	$1.44M	-26%	-50%	$413.55M	2,267	$633
Mon Oct 10	#5	$801K	-44%	+40%	$414.35M	2,267	$353
Tue Oct 11	#9	$325K	-59%	-48%	$414.68M	2,267	$143
Wed Oct 12	#9	$282K	-13%	-44%	$414.96M	2,267	$124
Thu Oct 13	#7	$327K	+16%	-35%	$415.29M	2,267	$144
Fri Oct 14	#11	$721K	+120%	-41%	$416.01M	1,970	$365
Sat Oct 15	#10	$1.25M	+73%	-36%	$417.26M	1,970	$634
Sun Oct 16	#9	$823K	-34%	-43%	$418.08M	1,970	$417
Mon Oct 17	#10	$194K	-76%	-76%	$418.27M	1,970	$98
Tue Oct 18	#10	$212K	+9%	-35%	$418.49M	1,970	$107
Wed Oct 19	#10	$202K	-5%	-28%	$418.69M	1,970	$102
Thu Oct 20	#10	$211K	+5%	-36%	$418.90M	1,970	$107
Fri Jul 12		$428K			$422.21M	1,330	$321
Sat Jul 13		$367K	-14%		$422.58M	1,330	$275
Sun Jul 14		$261K	-29%		$422.84M	1,330	$196
Mon Jul 15		$128K	-51%		$422.97M	1,330	$96
Tue Jul 16		$207K	+62%		$423.18M	1,330	$155
Wed Jul 17		$146K	-29%		$423.32M	1,330	$109
Thu Jul 18	#10	$101K	-31%		$423.42M	1,330	$76
Fri Jul 19		$72K	-29%	-83%	$423.49M	1,330	$53
Sat Jul 20		$120K	+68%	-67%	$423.61M	1,330	$90
Sun Jul 21		$101K	-16%	-61%	$423.72M	1,330	$75
Mon Jul 22		$51K	-49%	-60%	$423.77M	1,330	$38
Tue Jul 23		$90K	+76%	-56%	$423.86M	1,330	$67
Wed Jul 24		$73K	-19%	-50%	$423.93M	1,330	$55
Thu Jul 25		$51K	-31%	-50%	$423.98M	1,330	$37

Weekend	Rank	Gross	Chg	Total	Theaters	Average	Wks
Sep 16-18	1	$30.15M	—	$30.15M	2,330	$12.9K	1
Sep 23-25	1	$21.93M	-27.3%	$61.48M	2,330	$9.4K	2
Sep 30-Oct 2	3	$10.62M	-51.6%	$79.21M	2,340	$4.5K	3
Oct 7-9	7	$4.60M	-56.7%	$86.01M	2,267	$2.0K	4
Oct 14-16	10	$2.79M	-39.3%	$90.54M	1,970	$1.4K	5
Oct 21-23	13	$1.25M	-55.1%	$92.61M	1,091	$1.1K	6
Oct 28-30	27	$204K	-83.8%	$93.14M	378	$539	7
Nov 4-6	28	$212K	+4.2%	$93.44M	133	$1.6K	8

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Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

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Cast & Crew

Directed byRoger Allers & Rob Minkoff

ScreenplayIrene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts, Linda Woolverton

Produced byDon Hahn

MusicHans Zimmer

StarringThomas Schumacher, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Peter Schneider, Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers, Don Hahn

StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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