SIAP: Lion King makes $29.3MM this weekend

3D and seeing it on the big screen.


The Lion King is amazing on the big screen with theater quality audio.

It was a fun experience for a lot of people when they initially saw it in theaters. Those people probably want to share that experience with their kids. It's a great movie. I don't think people went just because of the 3D.

I was 13 when it came out in '94 and if I had kids I'd probably take them to something like this since it seems everything else that comes out anymore is just absolute crap compared to that run of movies Disney had during the late 80s/early 90s.

I know I've considered taking my cousin's kiddo to see it. He eats that shite up.

I actually believe The Lion King is in the "Disney Vault", so it actually isn't available on Blu Ray/DVD.

Saw it.

Would pay to see it again.

Worth every penny. I was very impressed with the 3D. Much better than the use of 3D in movies such as Avatar

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That was good enough for the top stop on the box office lists. Surely, you can find the Lion King DVD for like $10. Is 3D really that much of a draw for people?

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If it were playing here, I'd certainly see it. Seeing the Stampede scene in 3D would likely be pretty fricking amazing. Plus it was my third theater going experience, so it would be heavily nostalgic to watch it again on the big screen.

Movie studios, particularly in mid January-early March, should certainly re-release some of the classics back on the big screen. Its extremely cheap to do and people will go and see them.

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$29.3MM

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I must add to this soon.

I already had to walk over to Subway this weekend just to buy a kid's meal for the Lion King bag it comes with.

And oh man, I already know I'm going to cry...not even at the Mufasa death, it just brings tears to my eyes from sheer nostalgia and awesomeness at random parts like the Circle of Life opener. Even while watching a movie at home over the summer, preview for TLK 3D comes on, mom says "Don't cry, Devery"

Dude, my four year old discovered Lion King when we visit my mom and dad in an old VHS tape that my mom had. She watched it so many times, over and over, that she completely memorized the movie.

Now, for the last two months, every single time the Lion King commercial came on if we were in a different room, she started yelling at the top of her lungs, "September 16th, September 16th". So, I had no choice but to pony up the $30 for tickets and $20 for popcorn and cokes to go see a movie I have already seen 52 times.

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Lion King makes $29.3MM this weekend

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$10 of that was me!

Best animated movie of all-time. I would go watch that shite by myself.