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The Lion King

The Numbers Rating: 7.11 (91 votes) Rate it - Rating Details
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $328,539,505
International Gross $455,300,000
Worldwide Gross $783,839,505
Released June 15, 1994
Production Budget $79,300,000
Prints and Advertising Budget $12,000,000
Rentals $173,057,000
MPAA Rating G
Soundtrack sales (1994, Daily Variety, 12/14/1994, p. 1):7,000,000
US VHS sales:"more than 30 million" (Variety, 11/15/2006)
Worldwide video and DVD sales and rentals:$1,500,000,000
Worldwide Rentals:$531,722,000
Highest Combined Star Gross58 (see full chart)
Franchises The Lion King
Keywords Coming of Age, Family Movie
Distributed by Buena Vista
Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation
Music Composed By Hans Zimmer
Source Original Screenplay
Major Genre Adventure
Country United States
Production Method Hand Animation
Creative Type Kids Fiction
Director Rob Minkoff

Cast

Matthew Broderick    Adult Simba
Jonathan Taylor Thomas    Young Simba
Rowan Atkinson    Zazu
Whoopi Goldberg    Shenzi
Jeremy Irons    Scar
James Earl Jones    Mufasa
Nathan Lane    Timon
Moira Kelly    Adult Nala
Cheech Marin    Banzai the Hyena
Jim Cummings    Ed the Hyena, Gopher, Additional Scar Singing Voice Match, Additional Voices
Robert Guillaume    Rafiki
Frank Welker    Additional voice
Phil Proctor    Additional Voice

Weekend Chart Record

DateRank Gross% ChangeTheatersPer TheaterTotal GrossDays
6/17/1994 10 $1,586,753   2 $793,377 $2,209,030 5
6/24/1994 1 $40,888,194 +2,476.85% 2,552 $16,022 $44,654,884 12
7/1/1994 1 $34,208,876 -16.34% 2,560 $13,363 $104,519,258 19
7/8/1994 2 $24,195,645 -29.27% 2,565 $9,433 $143,426,906 26
7/15/1994 3 $16,886,224 -30.21% 2,624 $6,435 $174,348,094 33
7/22/1994 4 $14,005,541 -17.06% 2,611 $5,364 $199,723,355 40
7/29/1994 5 $9,946,473 -28.98% 2,577 $3,860 $218,645,104 47
8/5/1994 7 $7,074,280 -28.88% 2,355 $3,004 $232,392,912 54
8/12/1994 8 $6,010,520 -15.04% 2,221 $2,706 $243,168,383 61
8/19/1994 8 $4,336,530 -27.85% 1,783 $2,432 $251,364,916 68
8/26/1994 8 $3,013,759 -30.50% 1,344 $2,242 $256,945,953 75
9/2/1994 7 $3,919,074 +30.04% 1,331 $2,944 $262,317,184 82
9/9/1994 11 $1,805,418 -53.93% 1,151 $1,569 $264,718,828 89
9/16/1994 8 $1,623,687 -10.07% 975 $1,665 $266,901,023 96
11/18/1994 4 $5,509,468   1,456 $3,784 $272,944,052 159
11/25/1994 6 $6,267,047 +13.75% 1,510 $4,150 $281,838,756 166
12/2/1994 6 $3,110,403 -50.37% 1,558 $1,996 $285,973,976 173
12/9/1994 8 $2,211,922 -28.89% 1,574 $1,405 $289,021,690 180
12/16/1994 6 $1,852,331 -16.26% 1,539 $1,204 $291,573,205 187
12/23/1994 13 $2,028,169 +9.49% 1,360 $1,491 $295,132,896 194
12/30/1994 12 $3,046,582 +50.21% 1,141 $2,670 $300,352,905 201
1/6/1995 16 $1,017,238 -66.61% 1,072 $949 $301,867,002 208
1/13/1995 14 $2,461,782 +142.01% 1,203 $2,046 $304,565,622 215
1/20/1995 16 $1,367,321 -44.46% 1,109 $1,233 $306,374,043 222
1/27/1995 18 $1,108,308 -18.94% 1,102 $1,006 $307,833,457 229
2/3/1995 16 $896,731 -19.09% 1,002 $895 $309,011,765 236
2/10/1995 17 $824,203 -8.09% 1,002 $823 $310,055,725 243
2/17/1995 16 $1,007,812 +22.28% 947 $1,064 $311,275,225 250
2/24/1995 18 $612,059 -39.27% 771 $794 $312,067,556 257
3/3/1995 29 $295,502 -51.72% 540 $547 $312,544,356 264
3/10/1995 45 $102,349 -65.36% 302 $339 $312,730,666 271
3/17/1995 51 $28,144 -72.50% 86 $327 $312,803,512 278
3/24/1995 51 $12,155 -56.81% 55 $221 $312,825,889 285