Disney's newest offering The Lion King has set the box office on fire and how. The Hollywood biggie has been running successfully in cinema halls for the last 10 days and has now joined the coveted Rs 100 crore club as well. Directed and produced by Jon Favreau, the live-action animated movie released in India on July 19 and immediately got cash registers ringing. The film has been done such a phenomenal business till now that it has already become the second highest-grossing Hollywood film of the year in India after Avengers: Endgame. The Lion King Box Office Collection Day 9: The Remake of Disney Classic Witnesses Big Jump on Second Saturday, Rakes in Rs 98.48 Crore

Revealing the updated figures, film trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on his Twitter timeline, "#TheLionKing is unstoppable... Biz on [second] Sat + Sun is phenomenal... Second #Hollywood film to cross ₹ 30 cr in *Weekend 2* in *2019*, after #AvengersEndgame [₹ 52.55 cr]... [Week 2] Fri 5.35 cr, Sat 12.22 cr, Sun 15.13 cr. Total: ₹ 114.27 cr. India biz. All versions."

He also tweeted, "#TheLionKing biz at a glance...Week 1: ₹ 81.57 cr, Weekend 2: ₹ 32.70 cr. Total: ₹ 114.27 cr. #TheLionKing is the fourth #DisneyIndia film to cross ₹ 100 cr [#TheJungleBook, #AvengersInfinityWar, #AvengersEndgame].

India biz. All versions. SUPER-HIT." The Lion King Box Office Collection Day 7: Jon Favreau's Movie Puts Up a Grand Total in Week 1, Rakes in Rs 81.57 Crore

According to Boxofficeindia.com, The Lion King has emerged as a blockbuster in India and it has also recorded the second-highest second-weekend collection for a Hollywood film ever. The movie is heading towards the Rs 150 crore mark and will comfortably reach the milestone within a week as its trending better than Bollywood films at the Indian box office.

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