The Lion King

(2002 IMAX Release)

Lion prince Simba and his father are targeted by his bitter uncle, who wants to ascend the throne himself.

Grosses

Domestic (80.5%)
$15,686,215
Summary Details
DistributorWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Opening$1,825,849
66 theaters
Budget$45,000,000
MPAAG
Running Time1 hr 28 min
GenresAdventure Animation Drama Family Musical
In Release370 days/52 weeks
Widest Release66 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Dec 27-2916$1,825,849-66-$27,664$2,789,9691
Jan 3-516$1,363,882-25.3%66-$20,664$5,986,6262
Jan 10-1221$930,921-31.7%66-$14,104$7,207,0363
Jan 17-1923$911,671-2.1%66-$13,813$8,353,8444
Jan 17-20
MLK wknd
22$1,259,479-66-$19,083$8,701,652-
Jan 24-2622$756,575-17%66-$11,463$9,631,5115
Jan 31-Feb 222$826,014+9.2%66-$12,515$10,688,5116
Feb 7-921$638,726-22.7%66-$9,677$11,502,2527
Feb 14-1622$509,548-20.2%66-$7,720$12,178,4258
Feb 14-17
Presidents' Day wknd
21$637,331-66-$9,656$12,306,208-
Feb 21-2324$395,122-22.5%66-$5,986$12,868,3789
Feb 28-Mar 225$392,832-0.6%66-$5,952$13,389,50710
Mar 7-925$334,049-15%66-$5,061$13,830,81611
Mar 14-1625$311,937-6.6%63-3$4,951$14,291,29512
Mar 21-2328$236,454-24.2%61-2$3,876$14,675,31513
Mar 28-3031$239,840+1.4%59-2$4,065$15,056,76914
Apr 4-631$221,643-7.6%57-2$3,888$15,403,51315
Apr 11-1373$22,767-89.7%14-43$1,626$15,543,34316
Apr 18-2064$34,503+51.5%13-1$2,654$15,597,90017
Apr 25-2769$26,532-23.1%11-2$2,412$15,647,63418
May 2-4103$5,073-80.9%8-3$634$15,655,55719
May 9-1198$6,824+34.5%6-2$1,137$15,666,23320
May 16-18100$5,159-24.4%6-$859$15,674,77321
May 23-2576$4,371-15.3%3-3$1,457$15,682,87922
May 23-26
Memorial Day wknd
102$5,436-3-$1,812$15,683,944-