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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Takes Pride As No. 9 Most Valuable Blockbuster Of 2024
Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King proved the year-end holiday corridor is big enough to support two family blockbusters, making a $175 million profit.
Mufasa was greenlit in September 2020, just as theaters were reopening with Warner Bros’ Tenet; surprisingly enough,under the tenure of then-Disney CEO Bob Chapek, the prequel wasn’t intended to go straight to Disney+, but rather the big screen. Seth Rogen (Pumbaa), Billy Eichner (Timon), Donald Glover (Simba), Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (Nala) and John Kani (Rafiki) reprised their roles from the 2019 movie. The takeaway here with Mufasa: the year-end holiday corridor is big enough to support two family blockbusters, and as we saw with Sinners this past weekend, it’s better to judge a movie on its merits once it has a chance to breathe.
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