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	4

Charts

Chart	Rank
All Time Domestic	22
All Time Adjusted	19
All Time Worldwide	40
Yearly 1994	2
Yearly G Rated 1994	1
Yearly Opening Weekends 1994	123
Worldwide Yearly 1994	1
Opening Weeks	254
Post-Thanksgiving Weekend - Best Holds	187
Longest Time To #1	62
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends	182
Opening Weekends	322
Opening Weekends - June	53
Opening Weekends - Summer	190
Ninth Weekends	55
Tenth Weekends	64
Twelfth Weekends	81
Twelfth Weekends	70
Most Weekends at #1 (non-consecutive)	182
Most Weekends in Top 10 (non-consecutive)	27
Most Weekends in Top 5 (non-consecutive)	114
Consecutive Weekends At #1	168
Consecutive Weekends In Top 10	76
Consecutive Weekends In Top 5	98
Third Weekends	74
Fourth Weekends	62
Fifth Weekends	26
Sixth Weekends	44
Seventh Weekends	56
Eighth Weekends	38
Top Ranking Limited Release Debuts	153
Rated G	1
Rated G and PG	8
Rated G, Opening Weekends	14
Rated G and PG, Opening Weekends	89
Widest G Rated Openings	63
Widest G Rated Releases	62
Fastest to $100 million	369
Fastest to $150 million	224
Fastest to $200 million	157
Fastest to $250 million	106
Fastest to $300 million	76
Slowest to $100 million	327
Slowest to $200 million	41
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
Yearly (Wide) 1994	2
Yearly Opening Weekends (Limited) 1994	6
Yearly Opening Weekends (Wide) 1994	1
Opening Weeks Adjusted	88
Thanksgiving 3-day Weekends Adjusted	159
Theater Averages (Wide Releases) - All Time Adjusted	60
Theater Averages - All Time Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Opening Weekends Adjusted	1
Theater Averages - Wide Opening Weekends Adjusted	56
Opening Weekends Adjusted - June	19
Opening Weekends Adjusted	129
Opening Weekends Adjusted - Summer	81
Ninth Weekends Adjusted	35
Tenth Weekends Adjusted	48
Twelfth Weekends Adjusted	65
Third Weekends Adjusted	14
Fourth Weekends Adjusted	12
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	28