It's still good to be the king. And, if you're speaking in studio terms, the mouse. Disney's new version of The Lion King stayed top of the US box office charts for a second weekend, adding $75.5 million according to studio estimates.
The successful second week saw the film cross $350.7 million in the US, and boosted its worldwide take to more than $962.6 million, meaning that it's not far off becoming the latest Mouse House release to cross the billion dollar mark. It has been another big year for the studio, with the MCU entries and Aladdin also passing that point, with Toy Story 4 closing in on it. Disney has beaten its own 2016 worldwide earnings record, with its output surpassing $7.67 billion so far this year. And there's the small matter of a Frozen sequel and Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker still to come.
Yet there was also reason to be happy with the performance of Quentin Tarantino's latest, Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, which Sony released. The movie made $40.3 million for second place; in a world of sequels, remakes and movies based on other material, it's reassuring that a big original film can still find its footing.
Spider-Man: Far From Home slipped to third, but still made $12.2 million this weekend after crossing its own worldwide billion mark this past week. Fourth was the aforementioned Toy Story 4, which added $9.8 million. And in fifth place we find alligator horror Crawl snapping up $4 million.
Yesterday fell to sixth and earned $3 million, while Aladdin snagged $2.7 million, staying in seventh place. Stuber was down to eighth on $1.6 million, ahead of Annabelle Comes Home at ninth and $1.5 million. Finally, surging into the top 10 after a slow-burn platform release was impressive indie The Farewell. Now showing on just 135 screens, the drama took $1.5 million this week for a $3.6 million total in the States to date.