While the newest, CGI iteration of the classic tale might not have been everyone’s cup of tea, The Lion King still had all the trappings of a wildly successful opening weekend. With nothing in its path and some well-curated buzz that only Beyoncé herself could manage, the lifelike reboot spent the weekend essentially filling bags with cash – $190 million domestically, to be exact. According to Forbes, this equates to the biggest opening for an animated film of all time, as well as the biggest opener every for the month of July, sans inflation. It’s also the second biggest opening of the year, behind Avengers: Endgame. Sometimes fur technology (very expensive fur technology, rather) works.

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