‘The Lion King’ Becomes Fourth Disney Film to Cross $1 Billion This Year

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Disney’s “The Lion King” roared past another box office milestone, crossing the billion-dollar mark after less than three weeks in theaters.

The movie joins “Avengers: Endgame,” “Captain Marvel” and “Aladdin” as the fourth Disney title to surpass $1 billion in global ticket sales this year. It’s yet more evidence of the company’s utter dominance of the film space. Thanks to its blockbuster-heavy slate, Disney has nearly 38% of the domestic market share, a cut that increases to more than 40% when Fox, the studio its parent company purchased earlier this year, is taken into account.

Director Jon Favreau’s hyperrealistic remake of “The Lion King” is already the fifth-biggest global release of the year. The film has earned $361 million at the domestic box office and $638 million overseas. Outside of North America, it had especially strong showings in China with $115 million, along with the United Kingdom with $48 million and Brazil with $44 million.

https://variety.com/2019/film/box-o...film-to-cross-1-billion-this-year-1203284860/

 

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Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars...Disney is boss.

 

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Marvel, Pixar, and Star Wars...Disney is boss.

And I expect their streaming service to be a huge hit.

 

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And I expect their streaming service to be a huge hit.

I wasn’t planning on subscribing but I might give it a try. They will have a huge library.

 

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Disney’s “The Lion King” roared past another box office milestone, crossing the billion-dollar mark after less than three weeks in theaters.

The movie joins “Avengers: Endgame,” “Captain Marvel” and “Aladdin” as the fourth Disney title to surpass $1 billion in global ticket sales this year. It’s yet more evidence of the company’s utter dominance of the film space. Thanks to its blockbuster-heavy slate, Disney has nearly 38% of the domestic market share, a cut that increases to more than 40% when Fox, the studio its parent company purchased earlier this year, is taken into account.

Director Jon Favreau’s hyperrealistic remake of “The Lion King” is already the fifth-biggest global release of the year. The film has earned $361 million at the domestic box office and $638 million overseas. Outside of North America, it had especially strong showings in China with $115 million, along with the United Kingdom with $48 million and Brazil with $44 million.

https://variety.com/2019/film/box-o...film-to-cross-1-billion-this-year-1203284860/

11 days!! WTF!! Disney CEO Robert Iger must sit in his chair laughing (but not as hard as when Endgame did it in a weekend)


total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $361,053,898 36.1%
+ Foreign: $638,500,000 63.9%
= Worldwide: $999,553,898

In Release: 11 days / 1.6 weeks