Jesse James
Who hasn’t seen the reboot of The Lion King just yet? If you haven’t, apparently you are one of the few. This past weekend the computer-animated reboot of The Lion King met another impressive milestone. The film has grossed $1.335 billion USD at the worldwide box office. In the process, the film has surpassed Frozen‘s $1.277 billion USD to become the highest-earning animated film of all time.
For the naysayers who say the film is not animated, it currently sits at No. 12 spot on the all-time list of movies. The Lion King reboot has brought in $473.1 million USD domestically. Putting it as the third-best animated film behind Incredibles 2 and its $608.5 million USD, and Finding Dory with $486.2 million USD. The film is quite popular in the states, but it’s a huge success globally.
The Lion King enters its fourth week in theaters, and it’s likely to break into the top 10 of all-time highest earning movies. This news comes after reports that Disney had earned a recording-breaking $7.67 billion USD in global box office revenue for the year. 2019 has been great for the company!
The Lion King is just the latest from Disney, who recently set box office records with the live-action reboot of Aladdin. Keep it locked here to The Culture Curators for more entertainment, movie and music news coming soon!
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