#129 All-time worldwide

#1 1994 releases

Movie profile

The Lion King

Name: The Lion King
Genre: Animation, Family, Drama
Released: 1994-06-15
Duration: 89 min

1994 · 89 min · Walt Disney Pictures

Animation Family Drama

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Box office snapshot

Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.

Worldwide gross $763.5M

Budget $45.0M

Gross minus budget $718.5M

ROI 16.97x

Domestic gross

$328.3M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$435.2M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$98.5M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lion King ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.

Open rankings

All-time worldwide #129 All-time chart position of 13,006 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1994 releases #1 Release-year chart position of 242 titles Ranked against movies released in 1994. Studio / company #10 Walt Disney Pictures of 125 titles Position inside the mapped Walt Disney Pictures movie set. Primary genre #29 Animation of 948 titles Genre context based on the first mapped genre on this profile.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

#126 Guardians of the Galaxy 2014 · $772.8M #127 The Batman 2022 · $772.8M #128 Toy Story 5 2026 · $764.3M #130 Thor: Love and Thunder 2022 · $760.9M #131 Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw 2019 · $760.1M #132 The Da Vinci Code 2006 · $760.0M

Quick answer

How did The Lion King (1994) perform at the box office?

High confidence

The Lion King (1994) earned a reported $763.5M worldwide against a reported $45.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $718.5M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 16.97x. In this database it currently ranks #129 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #1 among 1994 releases.

Worldwide gross: $763,455,561
Budget: $45,000,000
Gross minus budget: $718,455,561
ROI: 16.97x

Source: Reported box office data. Last updated: Jul 8, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

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Movie facts

Production details

Release date: Jun 15, 1994
Production: Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation
Countries: US

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Studio / production companyWalt Disney Pictures FranchiseThe Lion King Release year chart1994 box office Genre chartAnimation Genre chartFamily Genre chartDrama

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1994, The Lion King is positioned in this dataset as a Animation, Family, Drama title from Walt Disney Pictures. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $763.5M, reported production budget is $45.0M, gross-minus-budget is $718.5M, ROI is 16.97x. For comparison, it currently sits #129 all-time in the current chart set and #1 among 1994 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.

Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.