Box office: TheLionKing roars to record $185 million U.S. bow, hits $531 million globally
opened to a record-breaking $185 million at the North American box office for an early global total of $531 million.
The movie scored the biggest domestic launch ever for a PG film, and the ninth biggest for any movie, not to mention notching a record for a Disney release outside of Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, not adjusted for inflation.
The film skewed female by as much as 60 percent. The demo mix was 44 percent Caucasian, 22 African American, 20 percent Hispanic and 14 percent Asian/Other, according to PostTrak. The movie's star-studded voice cast features Donald Glover as Simba and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter as Nala, with Seth Rogen, Alfre Woodard, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Billy Eichner, John Kani and John Oliver playing other classic characters from the 1994 original. James Earl Jones reprises his original role as Mufasa.Alice in WonderlandAladdin
bowed to $91.5 million on its way to currently resting at north of $960 million globally. Not every film in this Disney stable has worked. This spring,But there is little that can slow the Disney empire down. Over the weekend, the studio — which currently commands more than 40 percent of domestic marketshare — also celebratedto become the top grossing title of all time at the global box office, not adjusted for inflation.. That left holdovers to forage for scraps.came in No.
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