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
While The Lion King is faring well across India, it has also done fantastic business down South. Especially in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. Also, the film's seven-day collection is the seventh-best of the year.
Disney's latest outing, The Lion King, is going super strong at the box office in India. The live-action animated film has just completed a week in cinema halls and it is already inching towards the Rs 100 crore mark. Directed and produced by Jon Favreau, the remake of 1994 classic has been performing even better than Hindi movies ever since it released in theatres on July 19. In fact, the film will continue to get cash registers ringing over the second weekend as well. Though Judgementall Hai Kya and Arjun Patiala have hit the screens today, The Lion King is expected to dominate the box office even in the coming days. The Lion King Box Office Collection Day 6: Disney's Live Action Remake Is Racing Towards Rs 100 Crore Club in India, Rakes in Rs 75.92 Crore
Revealing the movie's updated figures, trade analyst Taran Adarsh wrote on his Twitter timeline, "#TheLionKing is a success story... Puts up a fantastic total in Week 1... Biz in Weekend 2 will give an idea of its *lifetime biz*... Fri 11.06 cr, Sat 19.15 cr, Sun 24.54 cr, Mon 7.90 cr, Tue 7.02 cr, Wed 6.25 cr, Thu 5.65 cr. Total: ₹ 81.57 cr. India biz. All versions. HIT."
Further, Boxofficeindia.com has reported, "The Lion King was excellent in week one with 81 crore nett. The seven-day numbers of this film are the seventh-best of the year if we count Hindi and English films after Avengers - Endgame, Bharat, Kabir Singh, Kesari, Gully Boy, and Total Dhamaal. A few of these films got a boost from the holidays." The Lion King Box Office Collection Day 5: The Hollywood Biggie Is Trending Better Than Hindi Films, Mints Rs 69.67 Crore
If Jon's directorial venture stays strong over the second weekend then it will easily cross the Rs 150 crore mark in India by next week. Apart from The Lion King, another Hollywood flick is also currently running successfully in theatres and that is Marvel's superhero movie Spider-Man Far From Home.
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