{"id":769,"date":"2020-08-03T13:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/?p=769"},"modified":"2020-08-03T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T13:00:41","slug":"box-office-the-lion-king-joins-the-100-million-losers-club-as-it-nears-1-billion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/box-office-the-lion-king-joins-the-100-million-losers-club-as-it-nears-1-billion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office: &#8216;The Lion King&#8217; Joins The $100 Million Losers Club As It Nears $1 Billion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Lion King\u00a0<\/em>earned $75.5 million in its second domestic weekend, taking a drop of 60% from last weekend\u2019s $191.8 million debut frame. That\u2019s a drop closer to\u00a0<em>The Dark Knight Rises\u00a0<\/em>(-61% in 2012 from a $160 million launch) and\u00a0<em>Captain America: The First Avenger\u00a0<\/em>(-60% in 2011 from a $65 million debut) than\u00a0<em>The Dark Knight\u00a0<\/em>(-53% in 2008 on this weekend from a $158 million debut). However, it\u2019s still a $75 million second-weekend gross and a $350.8 million ten-day total.<\/p><div class=\"cxqmn64a6463616989\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8209967072221559\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2673331731\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.cxqmn64a6463616989 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.cxqmn64a6463616989 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.cxqmn64a6463616989 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.cxqmn64a6463616989 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.cxqmn64a6463616989 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>That\u2019s the 12th-biggest second-weekend gross (28th when adjusted for inflation, right between\u00a0<em>Finding Dory\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>). It\u2019s also the eighth-biggest ten-day gross (tenth-biggest when accounting for inflation) ever. Let\u2019s be honest, a 60% drop, even for an animated movie, isn&#8217;t that bad when you consider that the movie opened with $191.8 million in its first three days. It just means that it\u2019s probably going to end up closer to $550 million than $600 million. Horrors.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Dark Knight Rises\u00a0<\/em>eventually earned 1.56x its ten-day debut for a $448 million domestic finish while\u00a0<em>The First Avenger\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Star Trek Beyond\u00a0<\/em>(same weekend in 2016)<em>\u00a0<\/em>both<em>\u00a0<\/em>earned 1.5x their ten-day totals for a $176 million finish and $158 million finish. Similar legs would still give\u00a0<em>The Lion King\u00a0<\/em>a domestic end between $525 million and $547 million. Yes, it joined the $100 million losers club, earning $116.3 million less in its second weekend than in its first weekend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recirc-unit recirc-unit-open\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-655684_1281=\"129052\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-655684_1281=\"129052\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-655684_1281=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-655684_1281=\"1\">\n<div class=\"recirc-title\">Recommended For You<\/div>\n<ul class=\"recirc-story-list fuse-data-stories\">\n<li class=\"recirc-story\">\n<h3 class=\"recirc-headline\" data-ga-track=\"Personalized SEO Recirc Unit: 4\">Black Is King Trending Worldwide Shows The Power Of Beyonc\u00e9 Supremacy And Fanaticism<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recirc-story\">\n<h3 class=\"recirc-headline\" data-ga-track=\"Personalized SEO Recirc Unit: 5\">Verlas Has Created The Best Way To Shop For Luxury Jewelry At Home<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"recirc-story\">\n<h3 class=\"recirc-headline\" data-ga-track=\"Personalized SEO Recirc Unit: 6\">Keep Nespresso\u2019s Vision Alive<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Avengers: Endgame\u00a0<\/em>dropped $210 million between weekends ($147 million\/$357 million) and\u00a0<em>The Last Jedi\u00a0<\/em>dropped $149 million to $71 million after a $220 million debut. The likes of\u00a0<em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II\u00a0<\/em>($42 million\/$169 million),\u00a0<em>Batman v Superman\u00a0<\/em>($51 million\/$166 million) and\u00a0<em>Avengers: Age of Ultron\u00a0<\/em>($77 million\/$191 million)<em>\u00a0<\/em>dropped between $121 million and $114 million in their second frames. It is the 12th member of this club and the second animated feature after\u00a0<em>Incredibles 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Pixar sequel earned $80 million (-56%) in its second weekend after a $182 million opening frame, but it turned out to be the leggiest such member with an eventual 1.74x ten-day-to-final multiplier. If by chance\u00a0<em>The Lion King\u00a0<\/em>plays likewise, it\u2019s looking at a $611 million domestic finish. That will put it just past\u00a0<em>Incredibles 2\u00a0<\/em>($608 million) as Disney&#8217;s biggest &#8220;not an MCU movie or a\u00a0<em>Star Wars\u00a0<\/em>movie&#8221; domestic earner. Using the previous members,\u00a0<em>The Lion King\u00a0<\/em>should end up between 1.27x and 1.74x its $350 million ten-day total.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of \u201cten-day-total-to-domestic-finish\u201d multiplier of this \u201cbad but not really all that bad\u201d club, the order for these releases are\u00a0<em>Incredibles 2<\/em>\u00a0(1.74x its $347 million ten-day total),\u00a0<em>Star Wars: The Last Jedi\u00a0<\/em>(1.68x), followed by\u00a0<em>The Avengers\u00a0<\/em>(1.67x),\u00a0<em>Jurassic World\u00a0<\/em>(1.62x),\u00a0<em>Avengers: Infinity War\u00a0<\/em>(1.49x,\u00a0<em>Avengers: Age of Ultron\u00a0<\/em>(1.46x),\u00a0<em>Iron Man 3\u00a0<\/em>(1.43x),\u00a0<em>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part II\u00a0<\/em>(1.39x),\u00a0<em>Avengers: Endgame\u00a0<\/em>(1.38x),\u00a0<em>Captain America: Civil War<\/em>\u00a0(1.38x)\u00a0<em>The Twilight Saga: New Moon\u00a0<\/em>(1.28x) and\u00a0<em>Batman v Superman\u00a0<\/em>(1.27x).<\/p>\n<p>The worst case scenario for\u00a0<em>The Lion King\u00a0<\/em>is a $445 million domestic finish, which isn\u2019t exactly a disaster. The big drop arguably means that it\u2019s playing more like a general blockbuster versus a leggy toon. Or, maybe everyone just saw it over the last week and an over-performance over Mon-through-Thurs led to a comparative under-performance over the weekend. The question is how it holds up over the next month against\u00a0<em>Hobbs &amp; Shaw<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Dora and the Lost City of Gold<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Angry Birds 2\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re still looking at a ten-day domestic total of $350.8 million and a boffo global cume of $962.7 million worldwide. Yes, it\u2019s still pulling around 63.56% of its money overseas, which (even accounting for China\u2019s seven-day head start) is impressive for a release of this scale. This isn\u2019t remotely just American nostalgia at play, and the film should pass $1 billion worldwide in the next few days. There&#8217;s a saying that sums up\u00a0<em>Lion King<\/em>&#8216;s box office outlook, but I just think of what it could be. &#8230;<\/p><div class=\"inrog64a64636169c6\" ><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8209967072221559\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2673331731\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.inrog64a64636169c6 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.inrog64a64636169c6 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.inrog64a64636169c6 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.inrog64a64636169c6 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.inrog64a64636169c6 {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>Source:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/scottmendelson\/2019\/07\/28\/lion-king-avengers-endgame-star-wars-jurassic-incredibles-harry-potter-twilight-batman-v-superman-weekend-box-office\/#33d0e8cb1842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u00a0forbes.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney\u2019s\u00a0The Lion King\u00a0earned $75.5 million in its second domestic weekend, taking a drop of 60% from last weekend\u2019s $191.8&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[3217,3208,3210,3215,3196,3195,3225,3222,3220,3194,3240,3198,3216,3189,3236,3237,3200,3223,3219,3203,3232,3209,3206,3207,3193,3228,3231,3229,3221,3212,3213,3218,3204,3202,3197,3201,3199,3190,3191,3205,3214,3234,3211,3235,3239,3230,3226,3192,3227,3233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":771,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions\/771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stremon.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}