{"id":8991,"date":"2019-09-16T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=8991"},"modified":"2019-09-16T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:22:34","slug":"disneys-the-lion-king-is-the-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/disneys-the-lion-king-is-the-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney&#8217;s The Lion King Is The Highest Grossing Film Of All Time In South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In its seventh week of release (30 August \u2013 September 2019), Disney\u2019s The Lion King became the all-time top-grossing film in South Africa, with a haul of over R107.6 million since it\u2019s 19 July 2019 release across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LionKingBoxOffice.jpg?resize=380%2C380\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LionKingBoxOffice.jpg?w=380&amp;ssl=1 380w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LionKingBoxOffice.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/LionKingBoxOffice.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The all-new film from Disney crossed 2018\u2019s Marvel Studios\u2019 Black Panther to claim the record, with both films followed closely by two other Marvel Studios films, namely Avengers: Endgame and Infinity War respectively. This means that Walt Disney Studios releases account for 4 of the top 5 films of all time at the South African box office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe continue to celebrate this incredible film with fans across the continent and are thrilled that audiences at home have embraced the iconic storytelling, characters and breath-taking music that can only be delivered by The Lion King.\u201d says Christine Service, Senior Vice President of The Walt Disney Company Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Directed by Jon Favreau, and utilizing pioneering filmmaking techniques to bring treasured characters to life in a whole new way, Disney\u2019s The Lion King boasts an all-star cast that includes Donald Glover as Simba, Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter as Nala, James Earl Jones as Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Scar, Seth Rogen as Pumbaa, Billy Eichner as Timon and South Africa\u2019s own Dr. John Kani as Rafiki. Local music legend Lebo M features on the breath-taking soundtrack as does Pharrell Williams, Elton John, Tim Rice and the cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, over 10 000 high school learners from under-served communities saw the film this past August as The Walt Disney Company Africa, in collaboration with Hyundai Santa Fe, FNB and Attacq Foundation ran The Lion King Screening Programme at Ster-Kinekor Theatres. The sessions included an educational conservation talk by The Endangered Wildlife Trust, with snack packs donated by Makro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Disney\u2019s The Lion King is currently in cinemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lion King Official Trailer\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7TavVZMewpY?start=5&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In its seventh week of release (30 August \u2013 September 2019), Disney\u2019s The Lion King became the all-time top-grossing film in South Africa, with a haul of over R107.6 million since it\u2019s 19 July 2019 release across the continent. The all-new film from Disney crossed 2018\u2019s Marvel Studios\u2019 Black Panther to claim the record, with&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/disneys-the-lion-king-is-the-highest-grossing-film-of-all-time-in-south-africa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Disney&#8217;s The Lion King Is The Highest Grossing Film Of All Time In South Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-8991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","tag-disney","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8991\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}