Box office / business for
The Lion King (1994) More at IMDbPro »

Budget

$45,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend

$30,151,614 (USA) (18 September 2011) (2,330 Screens)
$1,825,849 (USA) (15 June 1994) (66 Screens)
ARS 4,447,493 (Argentina) (6 July 1994) (43 Screens)
AUD 4,080,520 (Australia) (31 August 1994) (162 Screens)
ATS 1,366,380 (Austria) (24 November 1994) (24 Screens)
€292,117 (Netherlands) (9 October 2011) (138 Screens)

Gross

$94,240,635 (USA) (8 January 2012)
$94,234,986 (USA) (1 January 2012)
$94,197,689 (USA) (18 December 2011)
$94,163,654 (USA) (11 December 2011)
$94,124,606 (USA) (4 December 2011)
$93,883,136 (USA) (20 November 2011)
$93,706,698 (USA) (13 November 2011)
$93,435,862 (USA) (6 November 2011)
$93,143,469 (USA) (30 October 2011)
$92,608,537 (USA) (23 October 2011)
$90,536,318 (USA) (16 October 2011)
$86,008,595 (USA) (9 October 2011)
$79,209,794 (USA) (2 October 2011)
$61,475,402 (USA) (25 September 2011)
$30,151,614 (USA) (18 September 2011)
$15,683,944 (USA) (26 May 2003)
$15,674,773 (USA) (18 May 2003)
$15,666,233 (USA) (11 May 2003)
$15,655,557 (USA) (4 May 2003)
$15,647,634 (USA) (27 April 2003)
$15,597,900 (USA) (20 April 2003)
$15,543,343 (USA) (13 April 2003)
$15,403,513 (USA) (6 April 2003)
$15,056,769 (USA) (30 March 2003)
$14,675,315 (USA) (23 March 2003)
$14,291,295 (USA) (16 March 2003)
$13,830,816 (USA) (9 March 2003)
$13,389,507 (USA) (2 March 2003)
$12,868,378 (USA) (23 February 2003)
$12,306,208 (USA) (16 February 2003)
$11,502,252 (USA) (9 February 2003)
$10,688,511 (USA) (2 February 2003)
$9,631,511 (USA) (26 January 2003)
$8,701,652 (USA) (19 January 2003)
$7,207,036 (USA) (12 January 2003)
$5,986,626 (USA) (5 January 2003)
$2,789,969 (USA) (29 December 2002)
$312,825,889 (USA) (26 March 1995)
$312,844,232 (USA) (12 March 1995)
$312,730,666 (USA) (12 March 1995)
$312,850,033 (USA) (9 March 1995)
$312,803,512 (USA) (9 March 1995)
$312,838,904 (USA) (5 March 1995)
$312,544,356 (USA) (5 March 1995)
$312,067,556 (USA) (26 February 1995)
$311,275,225 (USA) (20 February 1995)
$310,055,725 (USA) (12 February 1995)
$309,011,765 (USA) (5 February 1995)
$307,833,457 (USA) (29 January 1995)
$306,374,043 (USA) (22 January 1995)
$304,565,622 (USA) (15 January 1995)
$301,867,002 (USA) (8 January 1995)
$300,352,905 (USA) (2 January 1995)
$295,132,896 (USA) (26 December 1994)
$291,573,205 (USA) (18 December 1994)
$289,021,690 (USA) (11 December 1994)
$285,973,976 (USA) (4 December 1994)
$281,838,756 (USA) (27 November 1994)
$272,944,052 (USA) (20 November 1994)
$256,945,953 (USA) (28 September 1994)
$266,901,023 (USA) (18 September 1994)
$264,718,828 (USA) (12 September 1994)
$262,317,184 (USA) (5 September 1994)
$251,364,916 (USA) (21 August 1994)
$243,168,383 (USA) (14 August 1994)
$232,392,912 (USA) (7 August 1994)
$174,348,094 (USA) (17 July 1994)
$143,426,906 (USA) (10 July 1994)
$104,519,258 (USA) (4 July 1994)
$44,654,884 (USA) (26 June 1994)
$2,209,030 (USA) (19 June 1994)
$218,645,104 (USA) (31 January 1994)
$199,723,355 (USA) (24 January 1994)
$312,900,000 (USA)
£21,923,399 (UK) (22 January 1995)
£19,301,659 (UK) (11 December 1994)
£16,650,343 (UK) (13 November 1994)
£23,144,500 (UK)
$945,578,747 (Worldwide) (10 December 2011)
ARS 40,499,009 (Argentina) (24 August 1995)
ARS 39,120,455 (Argentina) (17 August 1995)
ARS 36,666,225 (Argentina) (10 August 1995)
ARS 23,885,398 (Argentina) (20 July 1995)
ARS 13,227,795 (Argentina) (13 July 1995)
ARS 4,447,493 (Argentina) (6 July 1995)
ATS 43,160,228 (Argentina) (12 October 1994)
ARS 42,833,744 (Argentina) (28 September 1994)
ARS 42,652,531 (Argentina) (21 September 1994)
ARS 42,364,471 (Argentina) (14 September 1994)
ARS 41,860,387 (Argentina) (7 September 1994)
ARS 34,037,295 (Argentina) (3 August 1994)
ARS 30,790,660 (Argentina) (27 July 1994)
$1,058,587 (Argentina) (7 July 1994)
ARS 42,971,433 (Australia) (5 October 1994)
ARS 41,258,417 (Australia) (31 August 1994)
AUD 4,080,520 (Australia) (31 August 1994)
$27,082,555 (Australia) ( 1994)
ATS 1,366,380 (Austria) (24 November 1994)
$1,038,995 (Austria) ( 1994)
$528,100 (Belgium)
BEF 54,620,000 (Belgium)
$192,450 (Czech Republic)
$1,300,000 (Denmark)
$1,911,820 (Finland)
€19,416,470 (Italy) (30 November 2003)
€19,408,112 (Italy) (7 September 2003)
€1,742,215 (Netherlands) (16 November 2011)
€1,691,864 (Netherlands) (9 November 2011)
€1,606,675 (Netherlands) (2 November 2011)
€1,411,352 (Netherlands) (26 October 2011)
€923,187 (Netherlands) (19 October 2011)
€414,324 (Netherlands) (12 October 2011)
$6,038,000 (Sweden)
SEK 107,179,281 (Sweden)
$3,121,500 (Switzerland)

Weekend Gross

$4,271 (USA) (8 January 2012) (7 Screens)
$4,488 (USA) (1 January 2012) (7 Screens)
$23,694 (USA) (18 December 2011) (32 Screens)
$26,683 (USA) (11 December 2011) (38 Screens)
$36,687 (USA) (4 December 2011) (53 Screens)
$130,006 (USA) (20 November 2011) (82 Screens)
$195,222 (USA) (13 November 2011) (96 Screens)
$212,256 (USA) (6 November 2011) (133 Screens)
$203,763 (USA) (30 October 2011) (378 Screens)
$1,254,237 (USA) (23 October 2011) (1,091 Screens)
$2,792,403 (USA) (16 October 2011) (1,970 Screens)
$4,598,606 (USA) (9 October 2011) (2,267 Screens)
$10,615,645 (USA) (2 October 2011) (2,340 Screens)
$21,929,332 (USA) (25 September 2011) (2,330 Screens)
$30,151,614 (USA) (18 September 2011) (2,330 Screens)
$5,436 (USA) (26 May 2003) (3 Screens)
$5,159 (USA) (18 May 2003) (6 Screens)
$6,824 (USA) (11 May 2003) (6 Screens)
$5,073 (USA) (4 May 2003) (8 Screens)
$26,532 (USA) (27 April 2003) (11 Screens)
$34,503 (USA) (20 April 2003) (13 Screens)
$22,767 (USA) (13 April 2003) (14 Screens)
$221,643 (USA) (6 April 2003) (56 Screens)
$239,840 (USA) (30 March 2003) (59 Screens)
$236,454 (USA) (23 March 2003) (61 Screens)
$311,937 (USA) (16 March 2003) (63 Screens)
$334,049 (USA) (9 March 2003) (66 Screens)
$392,832 (USA) (2 March 2003) (66 Screens)
$395,122 (USA) (23 February 2003) (66 Screens)
$637,331 (USA) (16 February 2003) (66 Screens)
$638,726 (USA) (9 February 2003) (66 Screens)
$826,014 (USA) (2 February 2003) (66 Screens)
$756,575 (USA) (26 January 2003) (66 Screens)
$1,259,479 (USA) (19 January 2003) (66 Screens)
$930,921 (USA) (12 January 2003) (66 Screens)
$1,363,882 (USA) (5 January 2003) (66 Screens)
$1,825,849 (USA) (29 December 2002) (66 Screens)
$4,233 (USA) (17 April 1995) (17 Screens)
$3,479 (USA) (10 April 1995) (16 Screens)
$5,898 (USA) (3 April 1995) (20 Screens)
$12,155 (USA) (26 March 1995) (55 Screens)
$28,144 (USA) (19 March 1995) (86 Screens)
$102,349 (USA) (12 March 1995) (302 Screens)
$295,502 (USA) (5 March 1995) (540 Screens)
$612,059 (USA) (26 February 1995) (771 Screens)
$1,007,812 (USA) (20 February 1995) (947 Screens)
$824,203 (USA) (12 February 1995)
$896,731 (USA) (5 February 1995)
$1,108,308 (USA) (29 January 1995)
$1,367,321 (USA) (22 January 1995)
$1,007,812 (USA) (20 January 1995) (947 Screens)
$2,461,782 (USA) (16 January 1995)
$1,017,238 (USA) (8 January 1995)
$3,046,582 (USA) (2 January 1995)
$2,028,169 (USA) (26 December 1994)
$1,852,331 (USA) (18 December 1994)
$2,211,922 (USA) (11 December 1994)
$3,110,403 (USA) (4 December 1994)
$6,267,047 (USA) (27 November 1994)
$5,509,468 (USA) (20 November 1994)
$1,623,687 (USA) (18 September 1994) (975 Screens)
$1,805,418 (USA) (11 September 1994)
$3,919,074 (USA) (5 September 1994)
$3,013,759 (USA) (28 August 1994)
$4,336,530 (USA) (21 August 1994)
$6,010,520 (USA) (14 August 1994)
$7,074,280 (USA) (7 August 1994)
$9,946,473 (USA) (31 July 1994)
$14,005,541 (USA) (24 July 1994)
$16,886,224 (USA) (17 July 1994)
$24,195,645 (USA) (10 July 1994)
$34,208,876 (USA) (4 July 1994)
$40,888,194 (USA) (26 June 1994)
$1,586,753 (USA) (19 June 1994) (2 Screens)
ARS 188,795 (Argentina) (12 October 1994) (11 Screens)
ARS 137,689 (Argentina) (5 October 1994) (13 Screens)
ARS 181,213 (Argentina) (28 September 1994) (17 Screens)
ARS 288,060 (Argentina) (21 September 1994) (19 Screens)
ARS 504,084 (Argentina) (14 September 1994) (26 Screens)
ARS 601,970 (Argentina) (7 September 1994) (29 Screens)
ARS 759,408 (Argentina) (31 August 1994) (36 Screens)
ARS 1,378,554 (Argentina) (24 August 1994) (46 Screens)
ARS 2,454,230 (Argentina) (17 August 1994) (50 Screens)
ARS 2,628,930 (Argentina) (10 August 1994) (50 Screens)
ARS 3,246,635 (Argentina) (3 August 1994) (52 Screens)
ARS 6,905,262 (Argentina) (27 July 1994) (52 Screens)
ARS 10,657,603 (Argentina) (20 July 1994) (51 Screens)
ARS 8,780,302 (Argentina) (13 July 1994) (44 Screens)
$1,058,587 (Argentina) (7 July 1994) (43 Screens)
ARS 4,447,493 (Argentina) (6 July 1994) (43 Screens)
AUD 4,080,520 (Australia) (31 August 1994) (162 Screens)
ATS 1,366,380 (Austria) (24 November 1994) (78 Screens)
€30,211 (Netherlands) (20 November 2011) (66 Screens)
€42,520 (Netherlands) (13 November 2011) (105 Screens)
€69,695 (Netherlands) (6 November 2011) (106 Screens)
€171,498 (Netherlands) (30 October 2011) (115 Screens)
€353,462 (Netherlands) (23 October 2011) (140 Screens)
€206,440 (Netherlands) (16 October 2011) (144 Screens)

Admissions

1,858,732 (Argentina)
1,100,000 (Austria)
81,520 (Belgium)
280,533 (Belgium)
248,363 (Finland)
9,412,494 (France) (28 February 1995)
10,122,000 (France)
1,312,942 (France) (opening week)
11,289,000 (Germany)
6,064,405 (Spain)
1,948,274 (Sweden)

Rentals

$173,057,000 (USA)
$531,722,000 (Worldwide)

Production Dates

June 1992 -  March 1994

Copyright Holder

© Copyright MCMXCIV The Walt Disney Company (on print); Walt Disney Pictures & Television; 20 June 1994; PA659979 (in copyright registry)

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