Box office: TheLionKing bites off huge $78.5 million on Friday
Simba and crew also will have no trouble deliverng the second-biggest opening of the year at the troubled domestic box office, where revenue is down 9 percent over 2019. And Friday's haul was the 10th highest opening day of all time, not adjusted for inflation.installment debuted to a record-shattering $357.1 million domestically, the biggest start of all time. In terms of other 2019 pics,launched with $120.9 million last month .
Friday's gross includes an impressive $23 million in Thursday night previews, the best preview showing of all time for a PG pic after unseatingis also roaring loudly overseas, where it has grossed an early $192 million from 52 markets, including $81 million from China, where it first opened last weekend. The tentpole is roaring into almost every foreign territory this weekend, with the exception of Hong Kong , Japan and Italy .
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