The Lion King (1994) - Box Office Mojo

The Lion King

Domestic Total Gross: $312,855,561 Domestic Lifetime Gross: $422,783,777
Distributor: Buena Vista	Release Date: June 15, 1994
Genre: Animation	Runtime: 1 hrs. 29 min.
MPAA Rating: G	Production Budget: $45 million

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:	$422,783,777	43.7%
+ Foreign:	$545,700,000	56.3%

= Worldwide:	$968,483,777

Domestic Summary

Release Dates:

June 15, 1994 (limited)
June 24, 1994 (wide)

Limited Opening Weekend:	$1,586,753
(#10 rank, 2 theaters, $793,377 average)

Wide Opening Weekend:	$40,888,194
(#1 rank, 2,552 theaters, $16,022 average)
% of Total Gross:	13.1%
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Widest Release:

2,624 theaters

The Players

Directors:	Roger Allers Rob Minkoff
Writers:	Irene Mecchi Chris Sanders (story) Linda Woolverton
Actors:	Matthew Broderick (Voice) Jonathan Taylor Thomas James Earl Jones (Voice) Jeremy Irons (Voice) Moira Kelly Nathan Lane Rowan Atkinson Whoopi Goldberg Cheech Marin
Producer:	Don Hahn
Composer:	Hans Zimmer

1994 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars, Including Two Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Animation	3

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	16
All Time Adjusted	19
All Time Worldwide	30
Yearly 1994	2
Yearly G Rated 1994	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1994	123
Worldwide Yearly 1994	1
Opening Weeks	215
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	162
Longest Time To #1	60
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	179
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	158
Opening Weekends	274
Opening Weekends - June	46
Opening Weekends - Summer	172
Ninth Weekends	51
Tenth Weekends	60
Twelfth Weekends	66
Twelfth Weekends	74
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	168
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	27
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	109
Consecutive Weekends At #1	154
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	74
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	95
Third Weekends	61
Fourth Weekends	50
Fifth Weekends	20
Sixth Weekends	38
Seventh Weekends	49
Eighth Weekends	35
Top Ranking Limited Release Debuts	147
Rated G	1
Rated G and PG	6
Rated G, Opening Weekends	13
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	77
Widest G Rated Openings	62
Widest G Rated Releases	61
Fastest to $100 million	313
Fastest to $150 million	185
Fastest to $200 million	129
Fastest to $250 million	88
Fastest to $300 million	61
Slowest to $100 million	306
Slowest to $200 million	38
BOM Users' Grades	19
BOM Users' Grades (1994 Releases)	2
Charts (Premier Pass Users Only)	Rank
Highest All Time Rank (on December 26, 1994)	4
Opening Weekends (Limited Release)	192
Yearly (Wide) 1994	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1994	6
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1994	1
Opening Weeks Adjusted	75
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	147
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	54
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	50
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	16
Opening Weekends Adjusted	113
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	75
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	35
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	48
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	65
Third Weekends Adjusted	12
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	11
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	10
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	19
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	32
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	22
Rated G Adjusted	6
Rated G and PG Adjusted	12
Rated G, Opening Weekends Adjusted	6
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	26