"Lion King" rejects Tarantino and maintains box office rule

LOS ANGELES – Disney's "Lion King" has maintained his reign in North American theaters, raising $ 75.5 million over the three-day weekend, announced on Sunday the relations with the observers of the day. ;industry.

The healthy production of Disney production raised its total to $ 350.8 million and placed it at the top of the box office for the second week in a row, ending a series of successes for the studio after "Avengers: Endgame" , last week. the most profitable film of all time and now has global box office revenues of $ 2.7924 billion.

Directed by Jon Favreau, "The Lion King" is a remake of the 1994 animated film, using computer-generated hyper-realistic images with a vocal cast including Donald Glover in Simba and Beyonce in Nala, alongside Seth Rogen , Chiwetel Ejiofor and James. Earl Jones.

Despite rave reviews, Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" came in a distant second place with $ 40.4 million.

"Once Upon a Time" takes place in Tinseltown in 1969 and presents a typical cast of the director's work, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Dakota Fanning. and Al Pacino among the stars.

"Spider-Man: Far from Home" is ranked third in its fourth week with $ 12.2 million. Continuing where "Avengers: Endgame" is stopped, the production of Sony and Disney's Marvel Studios is the latest installment of the successful franchise, with Tom Holland in the role of Peter Parker / Spider-Man at the head of a cast including Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya and Jake. Gyllenhaal.

"Toy Story 4" s is ranked fourth, recording $ 9.9 million during its sixth week in theaters, bringing in over $ 395.6 million.

The latest installment of the Disney / Pixar family animation franchise, which began in 1995, features the voices of Tom Hanks (Woody) and Tim Allen (Buzz Lightyear).

Fifth place went to Paramount's "Crawl" with $ 4 million the third week. Barry Pepper and Kaya Scodelario play the role of a father and a girl struggling with a hungry voyeur after a hurricane in their city of Florida.

The top 10 of the weekend was as follows:

"Yesterday" ($ 3 million)

"Aladdin" ($ 2.7 million)

"Stuber" ($ 1.6 million)

"Annabella Comes Home" ($ 1.6 million)

"Farewells" ($ 1.6 million)

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