The Lion King

A list of the 10-highest grossing movies ever released in July.

Ever since the 2010 release of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Disney has made bank with shiny new versions of some of their animated classics. With one of those remakes, Niki Caro’s Mulan, serving as Disney’s first theatrical release after...

In our continuing look back at memorable box office performances of yesteryear, the heart of summer comes more and more into focus with each passing week for this column. That's perhaps never been more evident than in this week's edition,...

Once cinemas return nationwide, a combination of social distancing, enforced seating limits, and fewer films in release will likely result once again in lower openings paired with longer theatrical runs. 

Sunday Update: Warner Bros. horror sequel It Chapter Two wasn’t clowning around, with a $91.0M opening to top the box office. That’s -26.2% behind its predecessor’s September 2017 debut, although the comparison is a little unfair. The predecessor came in far above expectations,...

Tuesday Update:  Lionsgate’s action sequel Angel Has Fallen repeated atop the box office with $15.3M over the Friday-to-Monday four-day Labor Day weekend. As expected with no new major wide releases, the box office had one of its worst weekends of the year....

Monday Update: “King” is right, as Disney’s animated remake The Lion King opened with $191.7M domestically and $446.1M globally. Domestically, that’s the 8th-biggest opening weekend of all time, and overtakes last summer’s Incredibles 2 for the biggest animated opening . Adjusted...