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The Lion King

2019 PG 1h 58m Animation, Adventure, Family Walt Disney Pictures

The king has returned.

Box office summary
Domestic Total
$543.64M
Final
Opening Weekend
$191.8M
3-day opening
Domestic Legs
2.83x
Opening → Total
Budget
$260M
Production budget
Worldwide Total
$1.66B
$1.12B international
2019 Rank
#2
Domestic
Compare with other movies
Box office performance
Weekend Rank Gross Chg Total Theaters Average Wks
Jul 19-21 1 $191.8M $191.8M 4,725 $41K 1
Jul 26-28 1 $76.6M -60.0% $351.9M 4,725 $16K 2
Aug 2-4 2 $38.5M -49.7% $431.2M 4,802 $8K 3
Aug 9-11 3 $20.2M -47.5% $473.3M 4,220 $5K 4
Aug 16-18 3 $12.3M -39.0% $496.5M 3,560 $3K 5
Aug 23-25 5 $8.1M -34.6% $510.6M 3,300 $2K 6
Aug 30-Sep 1 3 $6.9M -14.2% $521.2M 3,190 $2K 7
Sep 6-8 4 $4.3M -37.5% $529.2M 2,610 $2K 8
Sep 13-15 5 $3.6M -15.6% $534.1M 2,365 $2K 9
Sep 20-22 6 $2.7M -26.6% $537.7M 1,978 $1K 10
Sep 27-29 9 $1.7M -38.1% $540.1M 1,691 $980 11
Oct 4-6 12 $685K -58.7% $541.3M 1,034 $663 12
Oct 11-13 13 $685K -0.0% $542.3M 1,687 $406 13
Oct 18-20 20 $271K -60.5% $543.0M 325 $833 14
Oct 25-27 27 $147K -45.8% $543.2M 199 $737 15
Nov 1-3 24 $111K -24.0% $543.3M 158 $705 16
Nov 8-10 30 $83K -25.2% $543.5M 135 $617 17
Nov 15-17 36 $58K -30.7% $543.6M 116 $498 18
Nov 22-24 39 $34K -41.8% $543.6M 87 $386 19
Nov 29-Dec 1 41 $16K -52.4% $543.6M 55 $291 20

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Profitability

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

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Cast & Crew

Directed byJon Favreau
ScreenplayJeff Nathanson
Produced byJon Favreau, Jeffrey Silver, Karen Gilchrist
CinematographyCaleb Deschanel
MusicHans Zimmer
StarringDonald Glover, Beyoncé, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, John Oliver, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, John Kani
StudioWalt Disney Pictures