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Toy Story 4 is now the 5th Billion Dollar Box Office Success for Disney, so far This Year

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Toy Story 4 has surpassed this significant hurdle in less than two months…

This, the fifth film already surpassing the billion dollar mark for Disney, with The Lion King, Aladdin, Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel all also passing that level earlier in 2019…

Toy Story 4 is now the 8th highest grossing animated film in history. Earning $421.8 million at the domestic box office, in addition to $579.9 million raked in overseas.

With a nine year gap since Toy Story 3, due to various production delays and release date conflicts, the delay appears not to have dampened the spirits of fans of Woody and the gang all across the globe.

Now playing in theaters throughout the US.


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In the case of the Jungle Cat, a boffo box office was always expected, yet, after critics panned it for having a storyline that was identical to the original animated version, perhaps the magnitude of the success was somewhat surprising. Also, with Spider-man: Far From Home being a sequel long down the line, over $1 billion in ticket sales worldwide (so far), also seems like a less than obvious outcome. Cats? well, see for yourself, if you haven’t already, this is a trailer that gives everyone inspiration to sound off – 

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The Lion King Looks To Reign Again

Jungle Book director back to recreate the old magic

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Jon Favreau’s new reimagining of the Disney classic “The Lion King” is all the buzz. Recently, at CinemaCon, the press were floored by newly released footage from the faux-live-action, photo-realistic movie. 

Favreau’s recreation of the “everything the light touches’’ scene is the most recent reveal. This is the iconic scene where King Mufasa explains to his son Simba where and how they rule. Even better, James Earl Jones reprises his roll as King Mufasa, and delivers the speech once again.

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Disney’s Lion King teaser trailer

Similarly, Favreau recently reimagined “The Jungle Book” in pseudo real VFX style. Jungle Book won several awards for its visual effects, including the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 2017. The award winning team returned with Favreau for “The Lion King”. 

Classics reimagined

Although Disney has been recreating some of their classic animated movies in hybrid CGI / live action form, technology for a full VFX treatment seems to be catching up with the ideas and nostalgia.

The “re-boot and reimagining” isn’t an uncommon concept in Hollywood. Warner Bros. is reworking a stand-alone Joker origin story prequel, to be released in the fall, for example. But Disney’s new visual interpretations stir excitement and nostalgia all at once. This looks like a fresh and exciting take and I’m looking forward to the full experience.

The Lion King arrives this summer, July 18th

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