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	44.4%
+ Foreign:	$528,800,000	55.6%

= Worldwide:	$951,583,777

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
Actor:	Matthew Broderick* (Voice)
Composer:	Hans Zimmer
* Denotes minor role

1994 Academy Awards®

Nominated for Four Oscars, Including Two Wins.
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Genres

Genre	Rank
Animation	2

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	11
All Time Adjusted	18
All Time Worldwide	21
Yearly 1994	2
Yearly G Rated 1994	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1994	123
Worldwide Yearly 1994	1
Opening Weeks	158
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Biggest Drops	188
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	144
Longest Time To #1	55
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time	129
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	116
Opening Weekends	200
Opening Weekends - June	35
Opening Weekends - Summer	131
Ninth Weekends	47
Tenth Weekends	57
Twelfth Weekends	63
Twelfth Weekends	68
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	147
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	27
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	105
Consecutive Weekends At #1	134
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	72
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	91
Third Weekends	42
Fourth Weekends	34
Fifth Weekends	13
Sixth Weekends	29
Seventh Weekends	41
Eighth Weekends	32
Top Ranking Limited Release Debuts	132
Rated G	1
Rated G and PG	5
Rated G, Opening Weekends	11
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	58
Widest G Rated Openings	59
Widest G Rated Releases	58
Fastest to $100 million	235
Fastest to $150 million	137
Fastest to $200 million	94
Fastest to $250 million	60
Fastest to $300 million	41
Slowest to $100 million	272
Slowest to $200 million	31
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)	165
Yearly (Wide) 1994	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1994	6
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1994	1
Opening Weeks Adjusted	54
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	137
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	45
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	42
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	10
Opening Weekends Adjusted	84
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	58
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	34
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	47
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	64
Third Weekends Adjusted	10
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	10
Fifth Weekends Adjusted	9
Sixth Weekends Adjusted	18
Seventh Weekends Adjusted	31
Eighth Weekends Adjusted	21
Rated G Adjusted	6
Rated G and PG Adjusted	12
Rated G, Opening Weekends Adjusted	5
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends Adjusted	19

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