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Disney's 'Lion King' roars as Cameron salutes new 'Avengers' record
"The Lion King" roared to a huge $191.8 million opening weekend in North American theaters, consolidating Disney's record-breaking reign at the box office.
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With stunning scenery of Africa and some talking wildlife, Disney dropped its first full length trailer for its realistic-looking remake of 'The Lion King'. (YouTube/Walt Disney Studios/File)
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em>The Lion King roared to a huge $191.8 million opening weekend in North American theaters, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Monday, consolidating Disney's record-breaking reign at the box office.
It was the eighth-biggest domestic opening of all time, surpassing Avengers: Age of Ultron, Disney said.
Director Jon Favreau's update of the classic 1994 animated film employs hyper-realistic computer-generated images and has a voice cast including Donald Glover as Simba and Beyonce as Nala, as well as Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor and James Earl Jones.
Worldwide, the movie has already passed the half-billion-dollar mark.
The July record opening comes as director James Cameron congratulated Avengers: Endgame -- another Disney property -- for beating his film Avatar to become the highest-grossing movie of all time.
The Disney-owned Marvel superhero blockbuster ended the 10-year reign of Avatar Sunday after its global box office haul rose to $2.7902 billion.
"Congratulations to Avengers Endgame on becoming the new box-office king," Cameron wrote in a tweet showing an image of Marvel's Iron Man hero surrounded by "woodsprite" plants from the alien moon Pandora of Avatar.
Both Avatar and Endgame are now owned by Disney following its takeover of 21st Century Fox.
Well back in second place at North American box offices this weekend was Spider-Man: Far From Home at $21.2 million.
A collaboration between Sony and Disney's Marvel Studios, the latest installment in the blockbuster franchise picks up where Avengers: Endgame left off, with Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man atop a cast including Samuel L. Jackson, Zendaya, Jake Gyllenhaal -- and Favreau.
Read also: 'Avengers' topples 'Avatar' to lead all-time box office
In third was Toy Story 4, taking in $15.5 million in its fifth week out, while fourth spot went to Paramount's Crawl, at $6.1 million.
The disaster thriller tells the story of a father and daughter (Barry Pepper and Kaya Scodelario) battling hungry gators after a hurricane hits their Florida town.
And in fifth was Universal's Yesterday, at $5 million. The sweet comedy is based on the entertaining if fantastic premise of a struggling musician (Himesh Patel) suddenly becoming one of the only people on Earth who remembers the Beatles.
Rounding out the weekend's top 10 were:
Stuber ($4.1 million)
Aladdin ($4.1 million)
Annabelle Comes Home ($2.6 million)
Midsommar ($1.6 million)
The Secret Life of Pets 2 ($1.5 million)
