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Mufasa: The Lion King

2024 • PG • 1h 58m • Animation, Adventure, Comedy • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Remember the story.

🍅 56% 77%

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3.3

6.6

CS A-

Box office summary

Opening Weekend

$35.4M

3-day opening

Domestic Total

$254.6M

Final

Worldwide Total

$723M

Global total

Budget$200M

Domestic Legs7.19x

2024 Rank#9

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Cast & Crew

Full Jenkins filmography

Barry Jenkins Director

Seth Rogen Starring

Donald Glover Starring

Beyoncé Starring

ScreenplayJeff Nathanson Produced byAdele Romanski, Mark Ceryak CinematographyJames Laxton MusicHans Zimmer Prod. DesignJay Hart

Predicted final domestic

How the model works

$167M–$182M

$152M $174M $196M

$254.6M so far

The prediction model updated after a -4% second-weekend drop. The wider range of $152M–$196M accounts for 90% of films. Learn more about how the prediction model works

$106M

Baseline

Animation Franchise — 3.00 baseline opening

-4%

CinemaScore

A-: Animation avg is A

0%

Audience

Above Avg — RT 77%, LB 3.30, IMDB 6.6

+31%

Seasonality

Christmas

0%

Release Day

Friday (standard)

+18%

2nd Weekend

-4% drop

+9%

Genre

Animation Franchise legs

The run

WkWeekendRankGrossChgTheatersAvgTotal

1 Dec 20-22 2 $35.4M — 4,100 $8,636 $35.4M

2 Dec 27-29 2 $36.8M +4% 4,100 $8,977 $113.2M

3 Jan 3-5 1 $23.5M −36% 3,925 $5,977 $168.2M

4 Jan 10-12 2 $14.2M −39% 3,620 $3,929 $189.8M

5 Jan 17-19 1 $12.1M −15% 3,555 $3,391 $206.4M

6 Jan 24-26 2 $8.6M −29% 3,420 $2,513 $221.0M

7 Jan 31-Feb 2 3 $6.3M −27% 3,180 $1,982 $229.7M

8 Feb 7-9 4 $4.0M −36% 2,945 $1,361 $235.3M

9 Feb 14-16 6 $4.2M +6% 2,240 $1,894 $240.8M

10 Feb 21-23 7 $2.5M −40% 1,925 $1,317 $245.4M

11 Feb 28-Mar 2 6 $2.0M −22% 1,705 $1,165 $248.1M

12 Mar 7-9 8 $1.7M −16% 1,460 $1,139 $250.5M

13 Mar 14-16 11 $1.2M −25% 1,175 $1,059 $252.5M

14 Mar 21-23 15 $689.9K −45% 840 $821 $253.8M

15 Mar 28-30 $281.8K −59% 420 $671 $254.4M

16 Apr 4-6 $54.6K −81% 150 $364 $254.5M

17 Apr 11-13 $7.2K −87% 30 $240 $254.6M

DateRankGrossDailyWeeklyTotalTheatersAvgDay

Thu Dec 19 $3.3M — $3.3M — — -1

Fri Dec 20 #2 $13.3M — $13.3M 4,100 $3,254 1

Sat Dec 21 #2 $11.9M −11% $25.2M 4,100 $2,890 2

Sun Dec 22 #2 $10.2M −14% $35.4M 4,100 $2,492 3

Mon Dec 23 #2 $7.1M −31% $42.5M 4,100 $1,728 4

Tue Dec 24 #2 $7.2M +1% $49.7M 4,100 $1,746 5

Wed Dec 25 #1 $14.7M +106% $64.4M 4,100 $3,591 6

Thu Dec 26 #1 $12.0M −18% $76.4M 4,100 $2,929 7

Fri Dec 27 #2 $12.1M +1% −9% $88.5M 4,100 $2,963 8

Sat Dec 28 #2 $13.3M +10% +12% $101.9M 4,100 $3,251 9

Sun Dec 29 #1 $11.3M −15% +11% $113.2M 4,100 $2,763 10

Mon Dec 30 #2 $7.7M −32% +9% $120.9M 4,100 $1,876 11

Tue Dec 31 #2 $7.3M −5% +1% $128.1M 4,100 $1,772 12

Wed Jan 1 #1 $10.4M +43% −30% $138.5M 4,100 $2,530 13

Thu Jan 2 #1 $6.2M −40% −48% $144.8M 4,100 $1,524 14

Fri Jan 3 #1 $7.6M +22% −37% $152.4M 3,925 $1,936 15

Sat Jan 4 #1 $9.9M +31% −26% $162.3M 3,925 $2,528 16

Sun Jan 5 #1 $5.9M −40% −48% $168.2M 3,925 $1,514 17

Mon Jan 6 #1 $2.0M −67% −74% $170.2M 3,925 $503 18

Tue Jan 7 #1 $2.5M +27% −65% $172.7M 3,925 $641 19

Wed Jan 8 #1 $1.5M −42% −86% $174.2M 3,925 $374 20

Thu Jan 9 #1 $1.4M −5% −78% $175.6M 3,925 $354 21

Fri Jan 10 #2 $2.9M +108% −62% $178.5M 3,620 $798 22

Sat Jan 11 #1 $6.7M +131% −33% $185.1M 3,620 $1,841 23

Sun Jan 12 #1 $4.7M −30% −21% $189.8M 3,620 $1,290 24

Mon Jan 13 #2 $925.8K −80% −53% $190.7M 3,620 $256 25

Tue Jan 14 #1 $1.7M +86% −31% $192.5M 3,620 $477 26

Wed Jan 15 #2 $970.5K −44% −34% $193.4M 3,620 $268 27

Thu Jan 16 #1 $877.6K −10% −37% $194.3M 3,620 $242 28

Fri Jan 17 #3 $2.6M +193% −11% $196.9M 3,555 $723 29

Sat Jan 18 #1 $5.2M +101% −23% $202.0M 3,555 $1,449 30

Sun Jan 19 #1 $4.3M −16% −7% $206.4M 3,555 $1,220 31

Mon Jan 20 #1 $3.4M −22% +264% $209.7M 3,555 $949 32

Tue Jan 21 #2 $1.3M −62% −25% $211.0M 3,555 $362 33

Wed Jan 22 #2 $717.6K −44% −26% $211.7M 3,555 $202 34

Thu Jan 23 #2 $642.1K −11% −27% $212.4M 3,555 $181 35

Fri Jan 24 #3 $1.9M +191% −27% $214.2M 3,420 $546 36

Sat Jan 25 #2 $4.3M +132% −16% $218.6M 3,420 $1,264 37

Sun Jan 26 #1 $2.4M −44% −45% $221.0M 3,420 $703 38

Mon Jan 27 #3 $501.3K −79% −85% $221.5M 3,420 $147 39

Tue Jan 28 #3 $865.6K +73% −33% $222.3M 3,420 $253 40

Wed Jan 29 #3 $604.6K −30% −16% $222.9M 3,420 $177 41

Thu Jan 30 #3 $458.1K −24% −29% $223.4M 3,420 $134 42

Fri Jan 31 #5 $1.4M +204% −26% $224.8M 3,155 $441 43

Sat Feb 1 #3 $3.1M +122% −29% $227.9M 3,180 $969 44

Sun Feb 2 #3 $1.8M −41% −24% $229.7M 3,180 $575 45

Mon Feb 3 #5 $310.2K −83% −38% $230.0M 3,180 $98 46

Tue Feb 4 #5 $558.8K +80% −35% $230.6M 3,180 $176 47

Wed Feb 5 #5 $338.6K −39% −44% $230.9M 3,180 $106 48

Thu Feb 6 #4 $375.8K +11% −18% $231.3M 3,180 $118 49

Fri Feb 7 #6 $1.0M +176% −25% $232.3M 2,945 $352 50

Sat Feb 8 #4 $2.1M +107% −30% $234.5M 2,945 $729 51

Sun Feb 9 #4 $824.2K −62% −55% $235.3M 2,945 $280 52

Mon Feb 10 #7 $311.6K −62% 0% $235.6M 2,945 $106 53

Tue Feb 11 #6 $441.2K +42% −21% $236.0M 2,945 $150 54

Wed Feb 12 #8 $289.4K −34% −15% $236.3M 2,945 $98 55

Thu Feb 13 #4 $270.3K −7% −28% $236.6M 2,945 $92 56

Fri Feb 14 #7 $1.5M +446% +42% $238.1M 2,240 $658 57

Sat Feb 15 #6 $1.6M +6% −27% $239.6M 2,240 $697 58

Sun Feb 16 #6 $1.2M −23% +46% $240.8M 2,240 $539 59

Mon Feb 17 #4 $1.1M −10% +248% $241.9M 2,240 $485 60

Tue Feb 18 #6 $409.6K −62% −7% $242.3M 2,240 $183 61

Wed Feb 19 #5 $286.3K −30% −1% $242.6M 2,240 $128 62

Thu Feb 20 #5 $262.5K −8% −3% $242.9M 2,240 $117 63

Fri Feb 21 #8 $572.3K +118% −61% $243.5M 1,925 $297 64

Sat Feb 22 #6 $1.2M +114% −22% $244.7M 1,925 $635 65

Sun Feb 23 #6 $740.0K −39% −39% $245.4M 1,925 $384 66

Mon Feb 24 $159.0K −79% −85% $245.6M 1,925 $83 67

Tue Feb 25 $215.3K +35% −47% $245.8M 1,925 $112 68

Wed Feb 26 $152.3K −29% −47% $246.0M 1,925 $79 69

Thu Feb 27 #8 $146.4K −4% −44% $246.1M 1,925 $76 70

Fri Feb 28 #7 $398.8K +172% −30% $246.5M 1,705 $234 71

Sat Mar 1 #6 $957.1K +140% −22% $247.5M 1,705 $561 72

Sun Mar 2 #6 $630.6K −34% −15% $248.1M 1,705 $370 73

Mon Mar 3 $143.2K −77% −10% $248.2M 1,705 $84 74

Tue Mar 4 $217.4K +52% +1% $248.4M 1,705 $128 75

Wed Mar 5 $177.2K −18% +16% $248.6M 1,705 $104 76

Thu Mar 6 #6 $166.9K −6% +14% $248.8M 1,705 $98 77

Fri Mar 7 #10 $374.3K +124% −6% $249.2M 1,460 $256 78

Sat Mar 8 #7 $804.7K +115% −16% $250.0M 1,460 $551 79

Sun Mar 9 #7 $484.4K −40% −23% $250.5M 1,460 $332 80

Mon Mar 10 #8 $175.6K −64% +23% $250.6M 1,460 $120 81

Tue Mar 11 #8 $257.2K +46% +18% $250.9M 1,460 $176 82

Wed Mar 12 #8 $187.3K −27% +6% $251.1M 1,460 $128 83

Thu Mar 13 #7 $174.3K −7% +4% $251.2M 1,460 $119 84

Fri Mar 14 #12 $310.7K +78% −17% $251.6M 1,175 $264 85

Sat Mar 15 #11 $558.4K +80% −31% $252.1M 1,175 $475 86

Sun Mar 16 #11 $375.3K −33% −23% $252.5M 1,175 $319 87

Mon Mar 17 #11 $135.8K −64% −23% $252.6M 1,175 $116 88

Tue Mar 18 $200.6K +48% −22% $252.8M 1,175 $171 89

Wed Mar 19 #11 $155.7K −22% −17% $253.0M 1,175 $133 90

Thu Mar 20 $118.9K −24% −32% $253.1M 1,175 $101 91

Fri Mar 21 $183.7K +54% −41% $253.3M 840 $219 92

Sat Mar 22 $310.4K +69% −44% $253.6M 840 $370 93

Sun Mar 23 $195.7K −37% −48% $253.8M 840 $233 94

Mon Mar 24 $83.0K −58% −39% $253.9M 840 $99 95

Tue Mar 25 $107.9K +30% −46% $254.0M 840 $128 96

Wed Mar 26 $79.1K −27% −49% $254.1M 840 $94 97

Thu Mar 27 $62.5K −21% −47% $254.1M 840 $74 98

Fri Mar 28 $71.4K +14% −61% $254.2M 420 $170 99

Sat Mar 29 $123.7K +73% −60% $254.3M 420 $295 100

Sun Mar 30 $86.7K −30% −56% $254.4M 420 $206 101

Mon Mar 31 $29.4K −66% −65% $254.4M 420 $70 102

Tue Apr 1 $22.5K −23% −79% $254.5M 420 $54 103

Wed Apr 2 $17.0K −24% −78% $254.5M 420 $41 104

Thu Apr 3 $15.0K −12% −76% $254.5M 420 $36 105

Fri Apr 4 $17.4K +16% −76% $254.5M 150 $116 106

Sat Apr 5 $22.7K +30% −82% $254.5M 150 $151 107

Sun Apr 6 $14.5K −36% −83% $254.5M 150 $97 108

Mon Apr 7 $3.0K −79% −90% $254.5M 150 $20 109

Tue Apr 8 $4.5K +50% −80% $254.6M 150 $30 110

Wed Apr 9 $3.4K −24% −80% $254.6M 150 $23 111

Thu Apr 10 $2.2K −35% −85% $254.6M 150 $15 112

Fri Apr 11 $1.6K −29% −91% $254.6M 30 $53 113

Sat Apr 12 $3.6K +131% −84% $254.6M 30 $122 114

Sun Apr 13 $2.0K −46% −86% $254.6M 30 $65 115

Mon Apr 14 $353 −82% −88% $254.6M 30 $12 116

Tue Apr 15 $664 +88% −85% $254.6M 30 $22 117

Wed Apr 16 $426 −36% −88% $254.6M 30 $14 118

Thu Apr 17 $2.5K +489% +13% $254.6M 30 $84 119

Charts show the first 10 weeks · the run above is the full record

Cumulative total$246.1M

Dec 19Jan 6Jan 23Feb 10Feb 27

Weekend grossWk 10 · $2.5M

$35.4M

$36.8M

$23.5M

$14.2M

$12.1M

$8.6M

$6.3M

$4.0M

$4.2M

$2.5M

W1W2W3W4W5W6W7W8W9W10

Theater countPeak 4,100 → 1,925 −53.0%

4,100 open1,925 now

Weekend-over-weekend dropWk 10 · −40%

+4%

W1→2

−36%

W2→3

−39%

W3→4

−15%

W4→5

−29%

W5→6

−27%

W6→7

−36%

W7→8

+6%

W8→9

−40%

W9→10

Steepest −40%Biggest gain +6%

Run milestones

$200M in 30 days

$100M

Day 9

Dec 28

$200M

Day 30

Jan 18

Profitability

Return on Budget

Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Records held

All records →

#7 Best second-weekend holds$20M+ openers, all-time +3.9% #13 Biggest Christmas openingsAll-time $35.4M

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