Presales For The Lion King 2019 Remake Is Huge
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Tickets for the 2019 The Lion King remake is available now and it looks like it set a new record for Disney.
It is currently the highest selling live action Disney remake to date. This in turn could mean the movie will go on to have a massive Box Office weekend.
As reported by Fandango (via ComicBookMovie), The Lion King 2019 has the best first day sales from any live action Disney remake.
This means the movie has sold more tickets in 24 hours than Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin in the same time span.
Over 97 percent of fans are fans of the original animated classic and will be watching the remake. 73% of fans love live action Disney movies so there is a lot of interest from a wide variety of people.
The Lion King is also the second best seller this year behind Avengers: Endgame. Box Office analysts predict that The Lion King could gross over $200 million in its opening weekend over in North America.
Anyway, The Lion King will be out on July 19th, 2019. You can read a synopsis from the movie posted down below.
"From Disney Live Action, director Jon Favreau's all-new "The Lion King" journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother-and former heir to the throne-has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his."
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