The Lion King (2024) remake, despite its reported $200 million production budget and star-studded cast, is facing a middling box office outlook. Projections estimate a weekend gross of $50 million, potentially losing to Sonic the Hedgehog 3. This underwhelming forecast follows earlier predictions of a higher opening weekend.
, a legitimate animated classic produced long before Bob Iger turned Disney into the equivalent of an old man in a raincoat stalking elementary school playgrounds.reportedly cost $200 million to produce. When you add another $75 to $100 million for promotion, this sucker will have to gross at least $550 million just to break even.
Projections are down from when Deadline forecasted in November “Mufasa” would gross $66 million in its opening weekend, and just two weeks ago, Variety predicted “Mufasa” would lead “the stampede of films aiming for end-of-year glory,” dismissing “Sonic” because it “hasn’t done anywhere close to Disney family-favorite numbers.”Before we go any further, allow me to be clear on one thing: I don’t make box office predictions. This is not a prediction on my part.
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