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At the Thursday night box office, 'The Lion King' pounced on a massive $23 million in previews.
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00:00Simba is not just the Lion King, he is also the king of the box office, with the film
00:10clawing its way to a massive $23 million in Thursday previews. It's a great sign to come
00:16for the latest Disney adaptation of one of their classic animated films, which is tracking
00:20for a $150 million-plus debut over the weekend. Disney's last live-action remake of one of
00:26their classic animated films, Guy Ritchie's Aladdin earned $7 million in previews and went
00:30on to earn $91.5 million over the three-day weekend and $116.8 million over the Memorial
00:37Day weekend. According to Comscore data, The Lion King is only the second PG-rated family
00:41film to gross $20 million or more in previews, only second to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
00:46Prince's $22 million Thursday night box office. You could say they evaded cadaver at the competition.
00:52The Lion King's A-list voice cast is led by Donald Glover as Simba and Beyonce Knowles
00:56Carter as Nala with Seth Rogen, Alfre Woodard, Chiwetela Giofor, Billy Eichner, John Carney
01:01and John Oliver playing other classic characters from the 1994 original. And of course,
01:06James Earl Jones reprises his original role as Mufasa because let's face it,
01:10ain't nobody else can do that. Globally, The Lion King enjoyed 22 additional openings after
01:15opening midweek in several places and launching first in China last weekend. After Thursday,
01:21the movie's international box office in a total of 42 markets sits at $130.5 million.
01:27New markets include Russia and Brazil where the movie took in $4.1 million and $4.5
01:32million respectively. China leads the international markets with a total to date of $76.6 million.
01:39To read more on this story, head to THR.com. For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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