Disney’s Europe Head Touts Theatrical, Linear TV, Cites ‘Lion King’ as Example of Disney “Advantage” At a Deloitte Media conference in London, Jan Koeppen highlights $4.5 billion in U.K ...

After The Lion King’s early success, Disney’s subsequent movies (including Pocahontas) did not live up to commercial expectations. From the mid-90s, Disney’s dominance at the animated movie ...

Based on the animated Disney movie, "The Lion King" opened in 1997 at the New Amsterdam Theatre before moving to the Minskoff Theatre in 2006.