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The Lion King

The Numbers Rating: 7.08 (93 votes) Rate it - Rating Details 
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% - Fresh
Theatrical Performance
Total US Gross $328,539,505
International Gross $455,300,000
Worldwide Gross $783,839,505
For full financial breakdown, please contact our research team.
Released June 15, 1994 
March 3, 1995 (DVD Sale) 
September 16, 2011 (re-release)
Production Budget $79,300,000
Prints and Advertising Budget $12,000,000
Theatrical Rentals $173,057,000
MPAA Rating G
Soundtrack sales (1994, Daily Variety, 12/14/1994, p. 1): 7,000,000
US VHS sales: "more than 30 million" (Variety, 11/15/2006)
Worldwide video and DVD sales and rentals: $1,500,000,000
Worldwide Rentals: $531,722,000