Mufasa: The Lion King
“The story of an orphan who would be king.”
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
Genres
Adventure, Family, Animation
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Mufasa: The Lion King performed
Budget
$200.0M
Worldwide Gross
$722.6M
Gross Profit
$522.6M
Return
3.6× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$83M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~33/67, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Adventure) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Mufasa (voice)
Aaron Pierre
Mufasa (voice)
Taka (voice)
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Taka (voice)
Sarabi (voice)
Tiffany Boone
Sarabi (voice)
Young Rafiki (voice)
Kagiso Lediga
Young Rafiki (voice)
Zazu (voice)
Preston Nyman
Zazu (voice)
Kiara (voice)
Blue Ivy Carter
Kiara (voice)
Rafiki (voice)
John Kani
Rafiki (voice)
Kiros (voice)
Mads Mikkelsen
Kiros (voice)
Pumbaa (voice)
Seth Rogen
Pumbaa (voice)
Timon (voice)
Billy Eichner
Timon (voice)
Eshe (voice)
Thandiwe Newton
Eshe (voice)
Obasi (voice)
Lennie James
Obasi (voice)
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