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Hollywood Reporter Film
| over 1 year ago
PDT 9/22/2011 by Pamela McClintock share Disney Enterprises The Disney classic's huge box office re-debut heralds the return of more hot titles to theaters...That's why Hollywood was astounded when the 3D rerelease of The Lion King earned $30.2...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
A 3-D release of animated classic The Lion King ruled the domestic weekend box office by trouncing virus thriller Contagion and three newcomers, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday. The Lion King 3-D sold a stronger-than-...
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Los Angeles Times
| over 1 year ago
24 pm A 3-D version of "The Lion King" ruled the box office this weekend 17 years after the original animated film was released in theaters. How did the Disney flick pull off a win against three new releases? In our inaugural weekly box office video...
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Miami Herald
| over 1 year ago
A re-release of an old movie topped several new offerings at the box office, with "The Lion King 3-D" making $30.2 million in its debut. Monday's final figure surpassed the Sunday studio estimate of $29.3 million. The Disney animated musical favorite,...
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EW - PopWatch
| over 1 year ago
ET Which scene in 'Drive' shocked you the most? by Aly Semigran Image Credit: Richard Foreman With a box office-topping 3-D re-release, the animated classic The Lion King roared back into theaters, ushering in a whole new generation of fans who can...
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Movies MTV
| over 1 year ago
What's old was new again as Disney's iconic " The Lion King " became the #1 movie at the box office over the weekend, taking in an estimated $29.3 million with a souped-up 3-D redo of the 1994 original. " Drive ," one of the year's best-reviewed...
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Waleg Celebrities
| over 1 year ago
Who could forget the lessons it imparted when it debuted for the first time 17 years ago, not to mention the warm fuzzy feeling that the endearing story of Simba brought? Its timelessness is perhaps the reason why The Lion King 3D version topped the...
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OK! Magzine
| over 1 year ago
Disney's re-release of 1994 movie The Lion King in theaters in 3D was a big success at the box office. Those lions really roared new life into the family-friendly flick! The Lion King claimed the number one spot at the box office over the weekend.
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Gawker
| over 1 year ago
It's 1994 All Over Again The Lion King is number one at the box office, so it must be, right? Meanwhile in the future, a disease movie holds on, a dark thriller does OK, and Sarah Jessica Parker stalls out. The Lion King 3D $29.3M Wow, I can't...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
Disney's " The Lion King 3D ," a technologically enhanced re-release of the 1994 animated classic, tore up the competition at the box office this weekend, earning an estimated $29.3 million -- more than the other three newcomers combined. In "The...
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Perez Hilton
| over 1 year ago
On Saturday, we were pleased to announce that The Lion King 3D was the leader at the box office...Now, the final numbers are in for the weekend, and unfortunately Sarah Jessica Parker's new flick I Don't Know How She Does It did NOT do well AT ALL.
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Hecklerspray
| over 1 year ago
Two scoops of ice-cream and a smidgen of sauce will cost you a week's wage, whilst the films themselves have been rehashed to death. Disney films have always been a strange franchise to stomach. Essentially, the company bring out animated films that...
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Guardian Unlimited
| over 1 year ago
The Lion King is targeting the next generation in 3D Disney's reformatted Lion King release is a canny piece of marketing, albeit one that speaks to the lack of inventiveness that is rife in contemporary Hollywood. The original became an animation...
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Belleville News-Democrat
| over 1 year ago
A 3-D version of "The Lion King," which first bowed two dimensionally in theaters 17 years ago, took the box-office crown this weekend. Audiences were apparently nostalgic for the animated movie, which collected a surprisingly strong $29.3 million...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| over 1 year ago
Box Office The 3D re-release of Disney classic The Lion King has roared to the top of the U.S. box office chart, grossing $29.3 million (£18.3 million). The animated family film, which features the voice of teen idol Jonathan Taylor Thomas as a young...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Arts, Briefly Now in 3-D, Lion King' Returns to Lead at Box Office Published: September 18, 2011 Take a 17-year-old animated movie, gussy it up with 3-D visuals, and give it a two-week stunt release in theaters when competition from other family...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Topics The three-day total for North American (U.S. and Canadian) theaters was more than double studio forecasts and easily pushed thriller "Contagion," last weekend's winner, to second place. "The Lion King" is one of the most successful animated...
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The News Tribune
| over 1 year ago
It's 1994 all over again, with a re-release of "The Lion King" opening at the top of the box office. A 3-D version of the wildly popular Disney animated musical earned a surprising $29.3 million in its first weekend in theaters, according to Sunday...
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IMDb Celebrity News
| over 1 year ago
The figure was more than twice what Disney's re-release of the first two Toy Story movies brought in ($12.5 million) when they were re-released together in 2009...Most box-office pundits had predicted that the Disney classic would eke out a small...
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Asian Wall Street Journal
| over 1 year ago
A 3-D re-release of Walt Disney Co.'s "The Lion King" reigned over the weekend box office, easily out-grossing several new releases for the top spot. Originally released 17 years ago, the "Lion King" grossed $29.3 million this past weekend, according...
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USA Today Life
| over 1 year ago
Updated The Lion King ruled the theatrical jungle again as the cartoon, re-released in 3-D, dominated a middling field of newcomers. The Disney cartoon did $29.3 million, according to studio estimates from box office trackers Hollywood.com. The debut...
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MarketWatch
| over 1 year ago
Seventeen years after its initial theatrical release, Walt Disney Co.'s The Lion King returned in a new, 3-D format to beat all rivals over the weekend with nearly $30 million in box-office receipts. Showing in 2,330 theaters, Lion King raked in an...
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The Dish Rag
| over 1 year ago
3D' bests box office expectations, on track for nearly $30 million weekend Disney will probably go through a few rounds of the "Hakuna Matata" chorus today. After topping box office predictions with an early lead on Friday, the limited re-release of "...
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The Huffington Post
| over 1 year ago
A 3-D release of animated classic "The Lion King" ruled the domestic weekend box office by trouncing virus thriller "Contagion" and three newcomers, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday. "The Lion King 3-D" sold a stronger-than-...
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Hollywood Reporter Film
| over 1 year ago
Of the new arrivals, FilmDistrict's Drive , the neo-noir thriller starring Ryan Gosling showed the most gas, taking in $11 million, although it still checked in the third position, unable to pass Steven Soderbergh 's medical thriller Contagion ,...
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Miami Herald
| over 1 year ago
It's 1994 all over again, with a re-release of "The Lion King" opening at the top of the box office. A 3-D version of the animated Disney favorite earned a surprising $29.4 million in its first weekend in theaters, according to Sunday estimates. The...
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KTUV
| over 1 year ago
It's 1994 all over again, with a re-release of "The Lion King" opening at the top of the box office. A 3-D version of the animated Disney favorite earned a surprising $29.4 million in its first weekend in theaters, according to Sunday estimates. The...
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Variety
| over 1 year ago
D re-release bests newcomers with $29.3 mil 'Lion King 3D' Despite competition from notable newcomers and a pandemic-premised holdover, the 3D re-release of Disney's classic "The Lion King" won the domestic box office this weekend with an outstanding...
