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Box Office Recap – 07/22/2019

‘THE LION KING’ ROARS TO THE TOP OF THE BOX OFFICE – (07/22/2019)

The House of Mouse had an epic weekend. Not only did The Lion King become the biggest July film of all time, but Avengers: Endgame became the highest grossing film of all time.

The Lion King, starring Beyonce and Donald Glover, raked in $185 million. Disney now owns 12 of the top 13 openers of all time. (Jurassic World is the lone non-Disney holdout). 

Critics are split, with a 55% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but audiences are eating it up. Globally, The Lion King has brought in $531 million, already making it the 7th best haul this year. 

Anthony & Joe Russo’s Avengers surpassed James Cameron’s Avatar record this weekend, bringing in $854.21 million domestically and $2.79 billion worldwide. 

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Hooray for Hollywood: Here are this past weekend’s box office results.

  1. The Lion King — $185 million (The movie cost $260 million to produce)
  2. Spider-Man: Far From Home — $21 million
  3. Toy Story 4 — $14.6 million
  4. Crawl — $6 million
  5. Yesterday — $5.1 million
  6. Stuber — $4 million
  7. Aladdin — $3.8 million
  8. Annabelle Comes Home — $2.7 million
  9. Midsommar — $1.6 million
  10. The Secret Life of Pets 2 — $1.5 million