The circle of life proved most profitable. With
worldwide revenues exceeding 6.2 billion dollars, based on the animated
film The Lion King musical became the highest grossing in history. But the impressive collection of -premiered show created by Disney on
Broadway in 1997 not only took the laurels, but also that of "the most
successful title in any medium in entertainment history," according to
AP. During
the summer, the musical surpassed the record of 6000 million it had
raised Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber, leader of the genre
for years. Brand forced the experts extrapolated their success to the movie box office. Thus,
it turned out that the stage version of The Lion King takes raised more
money than Harry Potter films, The Titanic or Star Wars. Although
the comparison with the film is not quite fair-for differences in the
time display in the halls and theater seasons and very different costs
of their tickets- striking that the highest grossing film in history,
Avatar, you have reached that record with just under 2800 million raised worldwide. "It's
hard not to get excited to see the impact that has had the show, ''
said Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical
Productions." Our goal at the beginning of the project was to tell the
story of a pure and theatrical way for the public I could feel it in his heart. And
until today, that is the experience of the audience watching the show
in Madrid, Appleton (Wisconsin), South Africa, Tokyo and Broadway. That
we are proud, '' she added the producer of the work, which has music by
Elton John and Tim Rice and was seen by over 75 million people
worldwide.
