Disney’s Live-Action The Lion King Is Already Breaking Box Office Records Weeks Before Release

Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of The Lion King has posted the second-highest best ticket first day sales of the year

It's Simba's kingdom, and we're all just living in it.

Disney's upcoming live-action remake of The Lion King has posted the second-highest best ticket first day sales of the year, second only to Avengers: Endgame .

In addition, the 24-hour sales for Lion King were the best ever for a family movie for Atom Tickets.

For Fandango, the movie racked up the best first-day sales out of all the Disney live-action adaptations, topping 2017's Beauty and the Beast and this year's Aladdin .

The Lion King is expected to be the movie of the summer after Aladdin opened to higher opening weekend numbers than predicted.

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Aladdin clocked in with a $113 million opening weekend, bumping up the projections for the highly-anticipated Lion King starring Donald Glover and Beyoncé as Simba and Nala, respectively.

The cast also includes Seth Rogen as Pumbaa; Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar; James Earl Jones reprising his role as the voice of Mufasa from the 1994 animated film; Billy Eichner as Timon; Alfre Woodard as Sarabi, Simba's mother; John Kani as Rafiki and John Oliver as Zazu.

Projections for The Lion King now have it at a $180-$200 million debut over the July 19 weekend, according to Box Office magazine .

The Lion King opens in theaters July 19.