The Lion King Box Office Collection Day 1: Jon Favreau's Film Takes a Better Opening Than Spider-Man Far From Home, Mints Rs 11.06 Crore
The Lion King is off to a great start at the domestic box office and will only perform better over the first weekend as there is hardly any competition from any Bollywood movies. But will it enter the Rs 50 crore club in the first three days itself? Only time will tell!
Hollywood biggie The Lion King finally released yesterday and garnered pretty much decent reviews from the critics across Indian. While everyone on social media went gaga over how visually stunning the Disney classic is, the film couldn't pack a solid punch with its storytelling. At least that's what most critics pointed out. Anyway, The Lion King still performed brilliantly at the ticket windows on day 1 and took a huge opening. It has even left behind Tom Holland's Spider-Man Far From Home in the box office race. After witnessing a good occupancy in the morning shows, The Lion King ended day 1 by raking in Rs 11.06 crore. The Lion King Box Office Collection: Jon Favreau's Latest Directorial Venture Is Off to a Good Start at the Ticket Windows in India
film trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to the microblogging site Twitter a while back and announced the updated figures saying, "#TheLionKing roars... Opens in double digits on Day 1... Trends better than #SpiderManFarFromHome [Day 1: ₹ 10.05 cr]... Biz will witness an upturn on Day 2 and 3, when kids and families throng cineplexes... Fri ₹ 11.06 cr. India biz. Gross BOC: ₹ 13.17 cr. All versions."
Further, a report in Boxofficeindia.com has noted, "It is the eighth film from Hollywood to hit double digits and also just collected a little better than The Jungle Book in terms of NETT collections though the GROSS numbers will be less. The film will score very well over the weekend as family and kids come in numbers but the test will come on Monday." The Lion King Remake: Ranking All the Main Characters in Jon Favreau’s Film, From Worst to Best
Featuring the voices of James Earl Jones as Mufasa and JD McCrary as Young Simba, the movie has been released in four languages in India - English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. It has been directed and produced by Jon Favreau who also remade The Jungle Book in 2016.
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