The Lion King India box office: Disney blockbuster makes ₹150 crore, is 7th biggest film of 2019

Disney’s The Lion King remake has crossed the ₹150 crore mark in India, making it the seventh biggest film of 2019.

Disney’s remake of The Lion King has crossed the ₹150 crore mark at the India box office. The film made over ₹6 crore in its fourth weekend, taking its nett total to ₹150.09 crore. Its gross earnings in India stand at ₹178 crore.

This image released by Disney shows Scar, voiced by Chiwetel Ejiofor, in a scene from The Lion King. (AP)

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the figures on Twitter on Monday. He wrote that the film crossed the ₹150 crore milestone on its 24th day of release. The Lion King is the second highest Hollywood earner in India this year, behind Avengers: Endgame, which has grossed over ₹400 crore, and is the biggest film of the year.

Worldwide, The Lion King has made over $1.3 billion, making it the highest grossing animated film of all time, as well as the highest grossing film in Disney’s slate of remakes, which also includes the billion-dollar success, Aladdin.

The Lion King has been classified as an animated film because of its state-of-the-art photorealistic technology. It has overtaken the $1.2 billion Frozen to claim the title. Director Jon Favreau’s previous film, the live-action/animation hybrid, The Jungle Book, concluded its worldwide run with just under $1 billion. It made almost ₹200 crore in India, thanks to the story’s familiarity among local audiences.

Disney utilised a similar release strategy for The Lion King, getting actor Shah Rukh Khan to voice Mufasa in the Hindi dub version of the film, alongside his real-life son Aryan, who voiced Simba. The original English version features the voices of Donald Glover, Beyonce, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor and others.

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