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The Lion KingFollow

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.

🍅 92% 93% MC 88 LB 4.23 IMDb 8.5
CS A+

Box office summary

Opening weekend
$40.90M
3-day opening
Domestic total
$423.98M
Final
Worldwide total
$988.39M
$668.00M international
Domestic legs7.61x
Budget$45.0M
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Cast & crew

Full Allers filmography
Roger Allers Roger Allers Director Rob Minkoff Rob Minkoff Director Matthew Broderick Matthew Broderick Starring Nathan Lane Nathan Lane Starring James Earl Jones James Earl Jones Starring Jeremy Irons Jeremy Irons Starring
ScreenplayLinda Woolverton, Jonathan Roberts, Irene Mecchi Produced byDon Hahn MusicHans Zimmer StudioWalt Disney Studios

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal
1 Jun 24-26 1 $40.9M — 2,552 $16,022 $44.7M
2 Jul 1-4 1 $34.2M −16.3% 2,560 $13,362 $104.5M
3 Jul 8-10 2 $24.4M −28.6% 2,565 $9,522 $143.4M
4 Jul 15-17 3 $16.9M −30.9% 2,624 $6,435 $174.3M
5 Jul 22-24 4 $14.0M −17.1% 2,611 $5,364 $199.7M
6 Jul 29-31 5 $9.9M −29.0% 2,577 $3,859 $218.6M
7 Aug 5-7 7 $7.1M −28.9% 2,355 $3,003 $232.4M
8 Aug 12-14 8 $6.0M −15.0% 2,221 $2,706 $243.2M
9 Aug 19-21 8 $4.3M −27.9% 1,783 $2,432 $251.4M
10 Aug 26-28 8 $3.0M −30.5% 1,344 $2,242 $256.9M
11 Sep 2-5 7 $3.9M +30.0% 1,331 $2,944 $262.3M
12 Sep 9-11 11 $1.8M −53.9% 1,151 $1,568 $264.7M
13 Sep 16-18 8 $1.6M −10.1% 975 $1,665 $266.9M
14 Nov 18-20 4 $5.5M +239.3% 1,456 $3,783 —
15 Nov 25-27 6 $6.3M +13.8% 1,510 $4,150 $281.8M
16 Dec 2-4 6 $3.1M −50.4% 1,558 $1,996 $286.0M
17 Dec 9-11 8 $2.2M −28.9% 1,574 $1,405 $289.0M
18 Dec 16-18 6 $1.9M −16.3% 1,539 $1,203 $291.6M
19 Dec 23-26 13 $2.0M +9.5% 1,212 $1,673 $295.1M
20 Dec 30-Jan 2 12 $3.0M +50.2% 1,141 $2,670 $300.4M
21 Jan 6-8 16 $1.0M −66.6% 1,072 $948 $301.9M
22 Jan 13-16 14 $2.5M +142.0% 1,203 $2,046 $304.6M
23 Jan 20-22 16 $1.4M −44.5% 1,109 $1,232 $306.4M
24 Jan 27-29 18 $1.1M −18.9% 1,102 $1,005 $307.8M
25 Feb 17-20 Presidents' Day 16 $1.0M −9.1% 947 $1,064 $311.3M
Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record
Weekend grossWk 10 · $3.0M
$40.9M
$34.2M
$24.4M
$16.9M
$14.0M
$9.9M
$7.1M
$6.0M
$4.3M
$3.0M
W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10
Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −30.5%
−16.3%
W1→2
−28.6%
W2→3
−30.9%
W3→4
−17.1%
W4→5
−29.0%
W5→6
−28.9%
W6→7
−15.0%
W7→8
−27.9%
W8→9
−30.5%
W9→10
Steepest −30.9%Best hold −15.0%

Profitability

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

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records
#2 All-time G-rated domesticAll-time $424.0M #5 Biggest original filmsAll-time $424.0M #12 Biggest animated filmsAll-time $424.0M #43 Biggest domestic runsAll-time $424.0M

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