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The Lion King

1994 G 1h 28m Adventure, Animation, Drama Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

The greatest adventure of all is finding our place in the Circle of Life.

The Lion King Box Office

Opening Weekend
$40.9M
3-day opening
Domestic Total
$311M
Final
Worldwide Total
$979M
$668M international
Domestic Legs7.61x
Budget$45.0M
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Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jun 24-26 1 $40.89M $44.65M 2,552 $16.0K 1
Jul 1-4 1 $34.21M -16.3% $104.52M 2,560 $13.4K 2
Jul 8-10 2 $24.43M -28.6% $143.43M 2,565 $9.5K 3
Jul 15-17 3 $16.89M -30.9% $174.35M 2,624 $6.4K 4
Jul 22-24 4 $14.01M -17.1% $199.72M 2,611 $5.4K 5
Jul 29-31 5 $9.95M -29.0% $218.65M 2,577 $3.9K 6
Aug 5-7 7 $7.07M -28.9% $232.39M 2,355 $3.0K 7
Aug 12-14 8 $6.01M -15.0% $243.17M 2,221 $2.7K 8
Aug 19-21 8 $4.34M -27.9% $251.36M 1,783 $2.4K 9
Aug 26-28 8 $3.01M -30.5% $256.95M 1,344 $2.2K 10
Sep 2-5 7 $3.92M +30.0% $262.32M 1,331 $2.9K 11
Sep 9-11 11 $1.81M -53.9% $264.72M 1,151 $1.6K 12
Sep 16-18 8 $1.62M -10.1% $266.90M 975 $1.7K 13
Nov 18-20 4 $5.51M +239.3% 1,456 $3.8K 14
Nov 25-27 6 $6.27M +13.8% $281.84M 1,510 $4.2K 15
Dec 2-4 6 $3.11M -50.4% $285.97M 1,558 $2.0K 16
Dec 9-11 8 $2.21M -28.9% $289.02M 1,574 $1.4K 17
Dec 16-18 6 $1.85M -16.3% $291.57M 1,539 $1.2K 18
Dec 23-26 13 $2.03M +9.5% $295.13M 1,212 $1.7K 19
Dec 30-Jan 2 12 $3.05M +50.2% $300.35M 1,141 $2.7K 20
Jan 6-8 16 $1.02M -66.6% $301.87M 1,072 $948 21
Jan 13-16 14 $2.46M +142.0% $304.57M 1,203 $2.0K 22
Jan 20-22 16 $1.37M -44.5% $306.37M 1,109 $1.2K 23
Jan 27-29 18 $1.11M -18.9% $307.83M 1,102 $1.0K 24
Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 16 $1.01M -9.1% $311.28M 947 $1.1K 25

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byRoger Allers, Rob Minkoff
ScreenplayLinda Woolverton, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi
Produced byDon Hahn
MusicHans Zimmer
StarringMatthew Broderick, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, James Earl Jones, Jeremy Irons
StudioWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

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