'The Lion King' felt record-breaking box office love on its huge opening weekend

Get the Full StoryThe new Lion King might have been met with a bit of a muted reaction from critics, but money speaks louder than reviews. Whether it was nostalgia, curiosity, the sheer magnetism of Beyonc , or a combination of all of the above, audiences piled into cinemas for the remake like a wildebeest stampede, defying predictions and a pretty squishy Rotten Tomatoes score to set new box office records.

Disney s photorealistic remake topped the box office on its opening weekend with a huge 185 million in U.S. theatres and 531 million overall worldwide. Analyst predictions had the domestic take sitting closer to 150 million. Read more...More about Movies, Disney, Beyonce, Box Office, and Entertainment

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