phrelin
09-17-11, 02:50 PM
There are 4 old threads that show up here in a "Lion King" search, the newest of which is 2004.
Last night when an ad for the new 3D version appeared, I muttered something about negative about Disney and re-releases. Apparently, I don't understand. Yesterday from The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-lion-king-236663?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Compose%20-%20new_box_office_update_091611_500px%20%285%29%20 %2817%29%20%281%29&utm_content=): Families are turning out in force to see the 3D conversion of the 1994 animated classic (theaters also are playing the toon on 2D screens), which was largely intended to promote the Oct. 4 release of the Diamond Blu-Ray edition of the film. But the theatrical run is turning out to be a phenomenon in and of itself.
Heading into the weekend, Lion King was expected to gross $12 million to $13 million; by midday Friday, those figures had been revised upwards to $15 million or better. For Disney, the news kept getting better and better as the evening wore on (some box office pundits, however, thought it would gross $18 million to $20 million all along).
Lion King remains the top grossing hand-drawn animation film of all time, and ushered in what's known as the "Disney Renaissance." All told, it's grossed north of $328.5 million domestically, and $788.2 million worldwide, includng more than $10 million already earned in Latin America by the 3D re-release.The followup article today notes (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-lion-king-236736?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Compose%20-%20new_box_office_update_091711_500px%20%281%29&utm_content=): Defying all projections, Disney’s re-release of The Lion King roared its way to a first-day gross of $8.8 million at the domestic box office and is now on course to gross as much as $25 million for the weekend.
Lion King easily claimed the top spot over three new films — Ryan Gosling starrer Drive, Sarah Jessica Parker comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It and Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs remake.So is it really that good in 3D or is it just because it's new to a whole new generation of kids?
Last night when an ad for the new 3D version appeared, I muttered something about negative about Disney and re-releases. Apparently, I don't understand. Yesterday from The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-lion-king-236663?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Compose%20-%20new_box_office_update_091611_500px%20%285%29%20 %2817%29%20%281%29&utm_content=): Families are turning out in force to see the 3D conversion of the 1994 animated classic (theaters also are playing the toon on 2D screens), which was largely intended to promote the Oct. 4 release of the Diamond Blu-Ray edition of the film. But the theatrical run is turning out to be a phenomenon in and of itself.
Heading into the weekend, Lion King was expected to gross $12 million to $13 million; by midday Friday, those figures had been revised upwards to $15 million or better. For Disney, the news kept getting better and better as the evening wore on (some box office pundits, however, thought it would gross $18 million to $20 million all along).
Lion King remains the top grossing hand-drawn animation film of all time, and ushered in what's known as the "Disney Renaissance." All told, it's grossed north of $328.5 million domestically, and $788.2 million worldwide, includng more than $10 million already earned in Latin America by the 3D re-release.The followup article today notes (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-report-lion-king-236736?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Compose%20-%20new_box_office_update_091711_500px%20%281%29&utm_content=): Defying all projections, Disney’s re-release of The Lion King roared its way to a first-day gross of $8.8 million at the domestic box office and is now on course to gross as much as $25 million for the weekend.
Lion King easily claimed the top spot over three new films — Ryan Gosling starrer Drive, Sarah Jessica Parker comedy I Don’t Know How She Does It and Rod Lurie’s Straw Dogs remake.So is it really that good in 3D or is it just because it's new to a whole new generation of kids?