The Lion King
“The greatest adventure of all is finding our place in the Circle of Life.”
Young lion prince Simba, eager to one day become king of the Pride Lands, grows up under the watchful eye of his father Mufasa; all the while his villainous uncle Scar conspires to take the throne for himself. Amid betrayal and tragedy, Simba must confront his past and find his rightful place in the Circle of Life.
Genres
Animation, Family, Drama
Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The Lion King performed
Budget
$45.0M
Worldwide Gross
$763.5M
Gross Profit
$718.5M
Return
17.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$81M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~38/62, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (28% of the domestic run, typical for Animation) 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
Simba (voice)
Matthew Broderick
Simba (voice)
Nala (voice)
Moira Kelly
Nala (voice)
Scar (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Scar (voice)
Timon (voice)
Nathan Lane
Timon (voice)
Pumbaa (voice)
Ernie Sabella
Pumbaa (voice)
Mufasa (voice)
James Earl Jones
Mufasa (voice)
Rafiki (voice)
Robert Guillaume
Rafiki (voice)
Zazu (voice)
Rowan Atkinson
Zazu (voice)
Ed (voice)
Jim Cummings
Ed (voice)
Shenzi (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg
Shenzi (voice)
Banzai (voice)
Cheech Marin
Banzai (voice)
Young Simba (voice)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
Young Simba (voice)
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