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‘The Lion King’ Grosses $185 Million At The Domestic Box Office – ‘Aladdin’ Almost At A Billion

July 21, 2019Skyler Shuler

Despite mixed reviews from critics, audiences have flocked to The Lion King this weekend, and the film has already set a record at the box office this weekend.

The film has made an estimated $531 million worldwide in 10 days of release. That includes an estimated $185 million opening this weekend in North America. Analysts had projected that the film would make around $150 million for its domestic opening.

The film is the 9th highest-grossing opening ever, the biggest opening for the month of July and a PG-rated film. The Lion King was also the second-highest-grossing opening of the year behind Avengers: Endgame, which this weekend passed Avatar as the biggest box-office blockbuster ever, As it has officially grossed $2.790 billion worldwide.

Another Disney remake having success is Aladdin, which grossed another $13 million in its 8th week of release, bringing its worldwide total to $988 million. Aladdin joining the billion-dollar club is inevitable.

As for Pixar’s Toy Story 4, the film scored another $40 million worldwide this weekend, bringing its total to a staggering $859 million.

Disney is having quite the year at the box office as the studio has grossed over $7 billion globally, thanks to Captain Marvel $1,128,258,330, Dumbo $351,795,003, Penguins $7,699,452, and of course the aforementioned The Lion King, Avengers: Endgame, Aladdin and Toy Story 4.

Still to come from the studio is Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Frozen 2, Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker, as well as Disney upcoming streaming service Disney+, which is set launch this November.

Skyler Shuler

In 2013, Skyler Shuler wanted to share his knowledge of Disney films and the magic behind the scenes. So, he created the Instagram account Disney Film Facts and the page quickly garnered a following. Soon after a Twitter was created, and not long after that DisneyFilmFacts.com was born. The page has been lucky enough to garner a wonderful following of such amazing Disney and movie fans, as well as been sourced in some of the biggest entertainment sites in the world. In 2018, the page was rebranded to The DisInsider, and the rest was history!

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