Including the first week of 'Lion King's' box office run, Disney has made more than $7 billion in the last nine years from its reimaginings of its classic tales.
The visually lush filmand is expected to pass the $1 billion mark in August. "Aladdin," which debuted Memorial Day weekend — also to lukewarm reviews — has had staying power this summer. On Friday, the film crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office.
As Disney has adapted these classic animated films into live-action features, it has not been uncommon for them to update the script to reflect modern storytelling and to expand the scope of the world in which the film is set. Not to mention the original "Dumbo" was only 63 minutes long, while the new iteration clocks in at over two hours.
These remakes, released in the last decade, have far exceeded the box office success of their predecessors. Another piece is that movies are more widely distributed these days. Countries like China didn't show a number of the original Disney films when they were first released. And, as these remakes are incorporating more technological innovations — motion capture and realistic animation — foreign markets, like China, are showing up in greater numbers.
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