The Lion King

After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.

Grosses

Domestic (32.8%)
$543,638,043
Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$191,770,759
4,725 theaters
Budget$260,000,000
MPAAPG
Running Time1 hr 58 min
GenresAdventure Animation Drama Family Fantasy Musical
In Release168 days/24 weeks
Widest Release4,802 theaters
DateDOW RankDaily %± YD %± LW TheatersAvgTo DateDay
Jul 19Friday1$77,930,758--4,725$16,493$77,930,7581
Jul 20Saturday1$61,007,382-21.7%-4,725$12,911$138,938,1402
Jul 21Sunday1$52,832,619-13.4%-4,725$11,181$191,770,7593
Jul 22Monday1$21,050,219-60.2%-4,725$4,455$212,820,9784
Jul 23Tuesday1$30,392,565+44.4%-4,725$6,432$243,213,5435
Jul 24Wednesday1$17,037,057-43.9%-4,725$3,605$260,250,6006
Jul 25Thursday1$15,000,934-12%-4,725$3,174$275,251,5347
Jul 26Friday1$22,432,165+49.5%-71.2%4,725$4,747$297,683,6998
Jul 27Saturday1$29,867,757+33.1%-51%4,725$6,321$327,551,4569
Jul 28Sunday1$24,321,631-18.6%-54%4,725$5,147$351,873,08710
Jul 29Monday1$9,180,811-62.3%-56.4%4,725$1,943$361,053,89811
Jul 30Tuesday1$15,218,959+65.8%-49.9%4,725$3,220$376,272,85712
Jul 31Wednesday1$8,809,285-42.1%-48.3%4,725$1,864$385,082,14213
Aug 1Thursday1$7,560,936-14.2%-49.6%4,725$1,600$392,643,07814
Aug 2Friday2$11,204,815+48.2%-50.1%4,802$2,333$403,847,89315
Aug 3Saturday2$15,388,700+37.3%-48.5%4,802$3,204$419,236,59316
Aug 4Sunday2$11,926,507-22.5%-51%4,802$2,483$431,163,10017
Aug 5Monday2$5,094,555-57.3%-44.5%4,802$1,060$436,257,65518
Aug 6Tuesday2$7,750,751+52.1%-49.1%4,802$1,614$444,008,40619
Aug 7Wednesday1$4,910,061-36.7%-44.3%4,802$1,022$448,918,46720
Aug 8Thursday1$4,185,359-14.8%-44.6%4,802$871$453,103,82621
Aug 9Friday4$5,670,473+35.5%-49.4%4,220$1,343$458,774,29922
Aug 10Saturday2$8,227,484+45.1%-46.5%4,220$1,949$467,001,78323
Aug 11Sunday2$6,307,365-23.3%-47.1%4,220$1,494$473,309,14824
Aug 12Monday2$2,602,139-58.7%-48.9%4,220$616$475,911,28725
Aug 13Tuesday2$4,068,174+56.3%-47.5%4,220$964$479,979,46126
Aug 14Wednesday2$2,272,418-44.1%-53.7%4,220$538$482,251,87927
Aug 15Thursday2$1,956,106-13.9%-53.3%4,220$463$484,207,98528
Aug 16Friday3$3,305,620+69%-41.7%3,560$928$487,513,60529
Aug 17Saturday3$5,228,694+58.2%-36.4%3,560$1,468$492,742,29930
Aug 18Sunday3$3,798,373-27.4%-39.8%3,560$1,066$496,540,67231
Aug 19Monday2$1,341,200-64.7%-48.5%3,560$376$497,881,87232
Aug 20Tuesday3$2,020,333+50.6%-50.3%3,560$567$499,902,20533
Aug 21Wednesday3$1,433,229-29.1%-36.9%3,560$402$501,335,43434
Aug 22Thursday3$1,150,301-19.7%-41.2%3,560$323$502,485,73535
Aug 23Friday5$2,207,076+91.9%-33.2%3,300$668$504,692,81136
Aug 24Saturday4$3,432,192+55.5%-34.4%3,300$1,040$508,125,00337
Aug 25Sunday3$2,425,963-29.3%-36.1%3,300$735$510,550,96638
Aug 26Monday3$825,136-66%-38.5%3,300$250$511,376,10239
Aug 27Tuesday3$1,318,230+59.8%-34.8%3,300$399$512,694,33240
Aug 28Wednesday3$835,661-36.6%-41.7%3,300$253$513,529,99341
Aug 29Thursday5$699,301-16.3%-39.2%3,300$211$514,229,29442
Aug 30Friday3$1,540,168+120.2%-30.2%3,190$482$515,769,46243
Aug 31Saturday3$2,618,709+70%-23.7%3,190$820$518,388,17144
Sep 1Sunday3$2,764,575+5.6%+14%3,190$866$521,152,74645
Sep 2
Labor Day
Monday3$2,426,180-12.2%+194%3,190$760$523,578,92646
Sep 3Tuesday5$635,293-73.8%-51.8%3,190$199$524,214,21947
Sep 4Wednesday6$375,487-40.9%-55.1%3,190$117$524,589,70648
Sep 5Thursday4$323,733-13.8%-53.7%3,190$101$524,913,43949
Sep 6Friday5$991,156+206.2%-35.6%2,610$379$525,904,59550
Sep 7Saturday4$2,066,100+108.5%-21.1%2,610$791$527,970,69551
Sep 8Sunday4$1,267,085-38.7%-54.2%2,610$485$529,237,78052
Sep 9Monday6$240,239-81%-90.1%2,610$92$529,478,01953
Sep 10Tuesday6$436,230+81.6%-31.3%2,610$167$529,914,24954
Sep 11Wednesday7$266,684-38.9%-29%2,610$102$530,180,93355
Sep 12Thursday5$256,842-3.7%-20.7%2,610$98$530,437,77556
Sep 13Friday6$840,826+227.4%-15.2%2,365$355$531,278,60157
Sep 14Saturday5$1,769,273+110.4%-14.4%2,365$748$533,047,87458
Sep 15Sunday5$1,039,806-41.2%-17.9%2,365$439$534,087,68059
Sep 16Monday9$204,570-80.3%-14.8%2,365$86$534,292,25060
Sep 17Tuesday8$332,342+62.5%-23.8%2,365$140$534,624,59261
Sep 18Wednesday8$205,433-38.2%-23%2,365$86$534,830,02562
Sep 19Thursday7$190,279-7.4%-25.9%2,365$80$535,020,30463
Sep 20Friday8$595,340+212.9%-29.2%1,978$300$535,615,64464
Sep 21Saturday6$1,268,743+113.1%-28.3%1,978$641$536,884,38765
Sep 22Sunday6$813,705-35.9%-21.7%1,978$411$537,698,09266
Sep 23Monday9$169,118-79.2%-17.3%1,978$85$537,867,21067
Sep 24Tuesday8$246,596+45.8%-25.8%1,978$124$538,113,80668
Sep 25Wednesday8$162,714-34%-20.8%1,978$82$538,276,52069
Sep 26Thursday8$146,142-10.2%-23.2%1,978$73$538,422,66270
Sep 27Friday10$382,829+162%-35.7%1,691$226$538,805,49171
Sep 28Saturday10$777,553+103.1%-38.7%1,691$459$539,583,04472
Sep 29Sunday9$496,555-36.1%-39%1,691$293$540,079,59973
Sep 30Monday10$156,870-68.4%-7.2%1,691$92$540,236,46974
Oct 1Tuesday11$172,350+9.9%-30.1%1,691$101$540,408,81975
Oct 2Wednesday13$106,135-38.4%-34.8%1,691$62$540,514,95476
Oct 3Thursday12$81,103-23.6%-44.5%1,691$47$540,596,05777
Oct 4Friday15$135,203+66.7%-64.7%1,034$130$540,731,26078
Oct 5Saturday12$325,560+140.8%-58.1%1,034$314$541,056,82079
Oct 6Sunday13$224,326-31.1%-54.8%1,034$216$541,281,14680
Oct 7Monday11$72,697-67.6%-53.7%1,034$70$541,353,84381
Oct 8Tuesday13$95,047+30.7%-44.9%1,034$91$541,448,89082
Oct 9Wednesday10$100,122+5.3%-5.7%1,034$96$541,549,01283
Oct 10Thursday13$53,689-46.4%-33.8%1,034$51$541,602,70184
Oct 11Friday13$159,235+196.6%+17.8%1,687$94$541,761,93685
Oct 12Saturday13$294,052+84.7%-9.7%1,687$174$542,055,98886
Oct 13Sunday14$231,675-21.2%+3.3%1,687$137$542,287,66387
Oct 14
Indig. Peoples' Day
Monday12$174,141-24.8%+139.5%1,687$103$542,461,80488
Oct 15Tuesday14$80,756-53.6%-15%1,687$47$542,542,56089
Oct 16Wednesday13$68,370-15.3%-31.7%1,687$40$542,610,93090
Oct 17Thursday13$72,698+6.3%+35.4%1,687$43$542,683,62891
Oct 18Friday17$75,938+4.5%-52.3%325$233$542,759,56692
Oct 19Saturday16$120,758+59%-58.9%325$371$542,880,32493
Oct 20Sunday17$73,919-38.8%-68.1%325$227$542,954,24394
Oct 21Monday20$20,871-71.8%-88%325$64$542,975,11495
Oct 22Tuesday19$24,229+16.1%-70%325$74$542,999,34396
Oct 23Wednesday19$20,079-17.1%-70.6%325$61$543,019,42297
Oct 24Thursday19$21,711+8.1%-70.1%325$66$543,041,13398
Oct 25Friday26$38,380+76.8%-49.5%199$192$543,079,51399
Oct 26Saturday25$65,451+70.5%-45.8%199$328$543,144,964100
Oct 27Sunday29$42,752-34.7%-42.2%199$214$543,187,716101
Oct 28Monday28$12,037-71.8%-42.3%199$60$543,199,753102
Oct 29Tuesday29$14,035+16.6%-42.1%199$70$543,213,788103
Oct 30Wednesday29$11,342-19.2%-43.5%199$56$543,225,130104
Oct 31
Halloween
Thursday25$13,193+16.3%-39.2%199$66$543,238,323105
Nov 1Friday25$25,258+91.5%-34.2%158$159$543,263,581106
Nov 2Saturday26$53,167+110.5%-18.8%158$336$543,316,748107
Nov 3Sunday24$32,908-38.1%-23%158$208$543,349,656108
Nov 4Monday29$6,198-81.2%-48.5%158$39$543,355,854109
Nov 5Tuesday27$10,403+67.8%-25.9%158$65$543,366,257110
Nov 6Wednesday29$7,948-23.6%-29.9%158$50$543,374,205111
Nov 7Thursday27$7,740-2.6%-41.3%158$48$543,381,945112
Nov 8Friday29$18,225+135.5%-27.8%135$135$543,400,170113
Nov 9Saturday27$37,430+105.4%-29.6%135$277$543,437,600114
Nov 10Sunday28$27,626-26.2%-16.1%135$204$543,465,226115
Nov 11Monday29$16,108-41.7%+159.9%135$119$543,481,334116
Nov 12Tuesday35$5,560-65.5%-46.6%135$41$543,486,894117
Nov 13Wednesday32$4,941-11.1%-37.8%135$36$543,491,835118
Nov 14Thursday32$5,000+1.2%-35.4%135$37$543,496,835119
Nov 15Friday33$12,039+140.8%-33.9%116$103$543,508,874120
Nov 16Saturday31$28,480+136.6%-23.9%116$245$543,537,354121
Nov 17Sunday32$17,221-39.5%-37.7%116$148$543,554,575122
Nov 18Monday37$3,118-81.9%-80.6%116$26$543,557,693123
Nov 19Tuesday39$3,395+8.9%-38.9%116$29$543,561,088124
Nov 20Wednesday36$3,447+1.5%-30.2%116$29$543,564,535125
Nov 21Thursday35$3,550+3%-29%116$30$543,568,085126
Nov 22Friday34$8,144+129.4%-32.4%87$93$543,576,229127
Nov 23Saturday33$15,069+85%-47.1%87$173$543,591,298128
Nov 24Sunday33$10,392-31%-39.7%87$119$543,601,690129
Nov 25Monday38$3,809-63.3%+22.2%87$43$543,605,499130
Nov 26Tuesday34$5,068+33.1%+49.3%87$58$543,610,567131
Nov 27Wednesday34$5,400+6.6%+56.7%55$98$543,615,967132
Nov 28
Thanksgiving
Thursday37$2,400-55.6%-32.4%55$43$543,618,367133
Nov 29Friday36$6,738+180.8%-17.3%55$122$543,625,105134
Nov 30Saturday36$6,573-2.4%-56.4%55$119$543,631,678135
Dec 1Sunday43$2,687-59.1%-74.1%55$48$543,634,365136
Dec 2Monday45$871-67.6%-77.1%55$15$543,635,236137
Dec 3Tuesday45$1,018+16.9%-79.9%55$18$543,636,254138
Dec 4Wednesday45$860-15.5%-84.1%55$15$543,637,114139
Dec 5Thursday43$929+8%-61.3%55$16$543,638,043140