“The Lion King” finally met its match at the box office, as it was dethroned over the weekend by “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” according to final figures released Monday.
The high-octane “Hobbs & Shaw,” starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, opened with $60 million between Friday and Sunday, according to box office tracker Comscore. That was good enough to take over first place from Disney’s live-action version of “The Lion King,” which earned $38.5 million over the weekend.
“The Lion King” has earned nearly $431.2 million in North American theaters during its three weeks of release.
Writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” earned $20 million over the weekend to place third. The superhero adventure “Spider-Man: Far From Home” collected $7.9 million to push its five-week total to $360.5 million.
“Toy Story 4” earned another $7.3 million, giving it a seven-week total of $410.2 million domestically.
Rounding out the top 10 films of the weekend were “Yesterday” ($2.5 million); “The Farewell” ($2.4 million); “Crawl” ($2.2 million); “Aladdin” ($2.1 million); and “Annabelle Comes Home” ($878,200).