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‘The Lion King’ Crosses $500 Million Domestic, Will Soon Pass ‘Beauty and the Beast’


https://www.thewrap.com/the-lion-king-passes-500-million-domestic-will-soon-pass-beauty-and-the-beast/

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They did it without me seeing it yet? How was that possible?😂

Maybe around Labor Day I'll get a chance.

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Has Queenfan finally run out of goalposts to move?

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It's going to barely crawl past Beauty and the Beast domestically.

That's a disappointment and underperformance.

Internationally? A sensational performance$

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Wrong... just wrong!

I haven’t seen the numbers for yesterday (Friday, August 23rd) yet, but I believe there will have been enough box office yesterday to push TLK past BATB’s total domestic take... on DAY 36 of release. How long did it take BATB to get to its final total? 119!

By means of comparison, on day 36 of its release, BATB had a domestic take of $464-million, meaning at the same juncture of their release, TLK is a cool $40-million ahead. Yup... barely crawling.

Oh, just in case you want to make the claim that it was all the opening weekend and TLK has had no legs since? BATB made $175-million its opening weekend, while TLK made $192-million. That’s a $17-million head start. That means that, since the opening weekend, TLK is actually tracking $23-million ahead of BATB. In every way TLK is beating BATB and will probably continue to do so.

If TLK continues to perform only matching what BATB did from day 37 to day 119, it will finish somewhere near $550-million domestic, or 10% ahead. Once you get to numbers this high, that is no small feat.

You can try to spin this anyway you like, but TLK is NOT going to “barely crawl” past BATB (it’s probably already done so) and is in no way, shape, or form a disappointment.

Nice try, but epic fail.

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How is that under performing? Please explain? Do you even think before writimg? Once again u have proven that you know nothing about this business

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[–] QueenFanUSA (2084) 18 days ago
It was originally thought that 400 million would have been passed in the blink of an eye domestically and yet it's kind of trudged over that line out of breath and about to collapse.

...yeah right.

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Of course he has!

[–] QueenFanUSA (2084) 6 days ago
The reality is that TLK is a MUCH bigger animated property than BATB and always has been. That's a fact. I'm sure that was factored into boxoffice.com's prediction that it would hit 650 million domestically. 100 million more than BATB is the minimum that was expected given that the original TLK's domestic gross was almost double what BATB's was and has remained a huge part of the Disney machine in merchandise, videos, Broadway shows and theme park presence/attractions.
Nothing less than $650 Million domestic is his alleged bar that supposedly Boxoffice.com has predicted as the expected domestic gross that TLK2019 MUST match in order to be a success. Ask him to post a link that validates that statement. Do not, I repeat do NOT hold your breath waiting for a response or an answer.

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Nope. Not true and I have said on a number of occasions that the movie is a success and the international business has been stupendous. HOWEVER...the fact that the film is a huge global success it can still be a domestic disappointment and underperformer...and it IS just that.

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How is grossing 500 million domestically underperforming ? Do you just make these things up because you are anti disney ?

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If you have to have that explained to you, yet again, you really shouldn't try to join in box office discussions

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Ok share me the link stating thats its a disappointment and under performed domestically?

Im not the one getting constantly ridiculed in these discussions

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Queen, where’s the link stating that a 1.5 billion grossing movie has under performed domestically? And you have the gall to write a post on the good guys board saying omg this studio when it’s only made 19 million domestically and 40 ww, u fool

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What's not true?

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That my position is "it's not a success if it falls below 650 million domestic". The movie is a huge financial success powered by an outsized international performance but it still was a domestic disappointment and underperformer. Go ahead and pretend that you don't understand that nuance.

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Can you provide any evidence that this missed expectations domestically ?

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That my position is "it's not a success if it falls below 650 million domestic". The movie is a huge financial success powered by an outsized international performance but it still was a domestic disappointment and underperformer. Go ahead and pretend that you don't understand that nuance.

^^

and you can not find 1 single other person that agrees with your position that "TLK is a domestic under performer"

there are 4 major box office sites, Dozens of professional box office analysts, and tons of major media sites....and you cant find a single 1 or person that even remotely agrees with your opinion that TLK is a domestic under performer...


so the question then has to be asked?

whats likely true?

that everyone else is wrong and ONLY YOU are right?

is it more likely that a person who is known to have a deep, unnatural hatred for Disney, who constantly changes and moves the goal posts is once again just trolling and refusing to admit A Disney Film is a Success

Or every major box office site, all box office analysts and ALL major media sites are WRONG, and somehow this LONE person on a chat board is right?...oh and this LONE person who is right whom is more knowledgeable than everyone else HAS a past Box office record of MISSING by 50 to 80 Million on films OWs 14 times in the last 2 years



I'm sorry Queen....

But your opinion is so absurd, you cant find a single person to agree with you...thats what happens when a film reaches 1.5 B+ and 500 M+ domestically....at that point there is no trolling, at that point the film is in such elite company and so successful, the only possible way to troll is to decide "Fuck it, I dont care if anything I say makes sense, This is only about trolling"


PS!

I'd also like to add, I personally know YOU DONT EVEN believe "TLK is a domestic Under Performer"...Your simply FAKE trolling...

Your know longer trolling the film, your trolling US...

Your just at a point now where thinking "This will piss them off"

Its kind of like when you made the awful FAKE troll thread "to bad Endgame made 350 M instead of 358 M"

the point wasnt to try and troll the film, The point was to Troll US...

You knew Endgame 350 Million OW was insane and you it was troll proof, so you instead you decided to Troll US, You made that troll thread because you thought to yourself, "This will piss them off, I'm actually going to claim EG should have made MORE"

and thats what you are doing with TLK now...

Your not actually trolling The film, Your Trolling US...

This isnt actually about that you really believe the film is a domestic under performer...This is about you NEVER admitting the film is a success because you think That will BOTHER your enemies here on this board...

This is about you trying to prove "WE cant win and even when we Win"

You've Lost, You know you lost, You know you cant spin 1.5 B and 500 M+...You know we all know you LOST...you know TLK past every mark you set, so your now just thinking "Fuck it, I've never going to admit it, I dont care how successful the film is, I'm just going to keep saying nope it should have made more, I've never going to my enemies the satisfaction of thinking they Won"



so in reality, Your not even in a party of 1.....because you dont even believe "TLK is a domestic Under performer"

your simply saying that because your hatred for Disney is forcing you to and because You you dont want to admit to your enemies here on this board that YOU LOST and they WON....

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Lol...I guarantee DISNEY is ...ahem...uhhhh...shall we say "underwhelmed" with it's domestic performance but of course they aren't going to publically say that, are they? They expected this to make only about 25 million more than BATB here, huh?

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

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You do realise that you've just admitted to having no source whatsoever to back up your claims.

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All those that think Disney made TLK2019 with the expectation that it would just make 25 million more than BATB domestically are entitled to their opinion...as am I.

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[–] QueenFanUSA (2090) 5 hours ago
All those that think Disney made TLK2019 with the expectation that it would just make 25 million more than BATB domestically are entitled to their opinion...as am I.
Who makes their own strawman JUST to knock it down?

QueenFanUSA, no one, I'll repeat NO one has stated that their expectation of Domestic Box Office for TLK2019 was only $25 Million above BATB. But let's say that some did land on that amount. $25 Million would be a 5% improvement over BATB's $504 Million domestic haul.

Why is $650 Million the expected domestic take for TLK2019? Based on what? Who is predicting that amount?

Let me help you out, since you are floundering around in your own opinions. You act like you don't know how to use the internet and a search engine: Bounding Into Comics:

https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/07/12/exclusive-disneys-box-office-expectations-for-the-lion-king/

A writer there (John Trent) is suggesting that they have an inside source:
My inside source has provided me with Disney’s box office expectations for director Jon Favreau’s live-action version of The Lion King.

Disney expects the film will bring in $200 million on opening weekend at the domestic box office and go on to bring in $600 million during its entire run.
There is a reference that bolsters your, ahem, opinion.

Here's another:
The expectations are in line with Box Office Pro’s long range predictions for the film back in May. They predicted the film would open between $180 and $230 million.
https://www.boxofficepro.com/long-range-tracking-lion-king/ Their Long Range Forecasted projection was the astounding $650 Domestic, entered on May 24th 2019!!!

So there you go! You and two other knuckleheads are stating that TLK2019 should roar to $600 -$650 Domestic. Was that too difficult for you to accomplish?

Do I believe Bounding Into Comics to be reliable? No. No, and Hell No!

What say you to the track record of BoxOffice.com? You rely on them for accurate forecasts and projections?

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Nobody can stop you from having an opinion. What is stopping you from being taken seriously is any credible evidence to back you up.

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Did you enjoy the movie?

The bxoffice competition doesn't matter. The only thing that does matter is if the audience will actually want to see it again. If it's not good enough to re-watch, its box office numbers mean nothing.

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I enjoyed it quite a bit.

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That's what's important. I love a lot of box office failures as well as successes. When we put the money before the film, we lose out.

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Nice :)

I hated it as much as you love disney, its products and success of this movie and capt Marvel and ...............

Anyways, Disney sucks

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