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The Lion King box office collection day 2: Disney remakes shows growth, makes ₹30 crore
The Lion King box office: The Disney film showed 70% growth on its second day with collections of over ₹19 crore.
The Lion King, Disney remake of the classic animated film, showed massive growth at the box office on its second day of release. The film witnessed a 70% jump in ticket sales on its first Saturday, and made ₹19.15 crore.
The film has collected over ₹30 crore in two days after opening at ₹11 crore on Friday. Sharing the box office figures of the film, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on Twitter, “TheLionKing is remarkable on Day 2... As predicted, kids and families throng cinema halls, resulting in biz hitting [near] optimum levels at places... Day 3 will be huge again... Eyes ₹50 cr+ weekend... Fri 11.06 cr, Sat 19.15 cr. Total: ₹30.21 cr. India biz. All versions.”
This is much higher than the last big Hollywood release, Spider-Man: Far From Home. The Marvel superhero film had opened to ₹10 crore and collected ₹30 crore in three days. The Lion King opened in China a week before its release in the US and India. .
The Hindi version of the film has Shah Rukh Khan giving his voice to Mufasa, and his son Aryan Khan as Simba. Mufasa and Simba have been voiced by James Earl Jones and Donald Glover in the English version, respectively.
The Lion King comes a week after Hrithik Roshan’s Bollywood release, Super 30, which continues to remain steady at the box office and is now set to enter the ₹100 crore club. It collected ₹8.53 crore on its second Saturday, which took its total collection to ₹88.90 crore.
Updating the box office collections of the film, Taran tweeted, “Super30 is back in form on [second] Sat... Mumbai and DelhiUP circuits witness huge gains, while mass circuits show an upward trend... Should hit ₹100 cr today [Sun], if the solid trending continues... [Week 2] Fri 4.51 cr, Sat 8.53 cr. Total: ₹ 88.90 cr. India biz.”
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