Talk:List of highest-grossing animated films

Remove Lion King Live Action Remake

It says "Animated" movies, not live action & Animated movies 173.238.231.70 (talk) 22:24, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

please see the discussion above. In a nutshell The Lion King remake is actually an animated film, it just uses photo-realistic animation -Gouleg🛋️ ^harass/_hound (she/her) 23:54, 4 June 2023 (UTC)

This. - wolf 03:58, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

Every entertainment outlet and Disney themselves are calling Inside Out 2 the highest-grossing animated film and Frozen II the previous record holder. They do not consider the 2019 Lion King as an animated film, more so an abomination. 2607:FEA8:E366:A700:592D:B6E5:4912:CD6B (talk) 18:06, 24 July 2024 (UTC)

They're lied. All mainstream media outlets only take the clue from Disney's approach, which did not considered "The Lion King" as a animated film even no live-action human cast at all. We must more critical regarding the information from mainstream press. We already have nutshell to emphasize the actual fact. 103.111.100.82 (talk) 00:19, 25 July 2024 (UTC)

Lion King (2019) Re-release Inclusion

The List of highest-grossing films page has it at 1.656 billion. I'm assuming it's because this list counts the 2020-2021 rerelease totals from Box Office Mojo, my question is, does that mean we should count the re-release for the highest-grossing list too or do we follow their example put it back to original release box office only? Thisisanonymous21st (talk) 07:50, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

The Box Office Mojo re-release figure is incorrect. According to BOM, it earned a total of $8 million from the 2021 UK reissue, and then bizarrely the total drops to $5 million. Neither of these figures are correct. The Lion King earned £76 million from its original UK release, and this total rose to £76.02 million after it played in a couple of cinemas shortly after coming out of covid lockdown. The original figure should be restored per WP:BOXOFFICE. Betty Logan (talk) 12:00, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Wait, I just realized, The Numbers actually has the original theatrical run at $1.646 billion. Does that mean we should use that figure or BOM's figures of $1.656 billion? Thisisanonymous21st (talk) 13:33, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Even though BOM has the incorrect figure for the reissue it is generally more reliable overall. The Numbers tends to stop tracking before BOM, hence why many figures are lower on The Numbers. A good rule of thumb is to just follow the lead at List of highest-grossing films, since the issues are more often than not discussed and resolved quickly at the main page. Betty Logan (talk) 14:08, 26 August 2024 (UTC)

Box Office Mojo has excluded the UK re-release from The Lion King (2019)'s total box office estimate. Currently, the 'all releases' total is listed as $1.662 billion, but the sum of the estimates for each release group adds up to $1.658 billion. Should we update the figure to reflect one of these new totals, or should we continue using the original theatrical release estimate? Additionally, should we add a footnote explaining why we're only using the theatrical release total for The Lion King (2019)? This could help avoid confusion, if and when Inside Out 2 surpasses $1.656 billion. Thisisanonymous21st (talk) 05:51, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

A few days ago BOM had the total gross at $1.662 billion including $5 million from the UK release. Now it has dropped the UK figure but is still listing the total gross as $1.662 billion. I am pretty certain it has not grossed $1.662 billion. The 2020 release figure is suspect as well, according to the list at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Film/Film_finance_task_force#Box_Office_Mojo. It is probably best to leave in the original gross for now, and see if BOM get around to fixing it. Adding a note is a good idea, because this is likely to be an issue after this weekend. Betty Logan (talk) 08:31, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Second column

I made Second column, because many People don't think that Lion King 2019 is animated movies. This colum doesn't include movies made in this technique. W L-A is Without a'la Live Action movies Pieryknik (talk) 22:44, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

The Lion King is objectively an animated movie and that's reflected in the chart. Any other consideration beyond that is original research. Adding a second column doesn't alleviate the confusion, it adds to it. We have a note that explains why the film is included in the chart. Betty Logan (talk) 23:18, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

So how do you explain that Disney and many websites published information about Inside Out 2 breaking the record when the result exceeded Frozen II, but was still lower than Lion King 2019? Pieryknik (talk) 08:11, 31 October 2024 (UTC)

It was described as "live-action" by some lazy sources because it utilized photo-realistic animation techniques. This is all explained in the Wikipedia article about the film. But at the end of the day Wikipedia is an encyclopedia i.e. it documents facts. It is not part of the Disney marketing arm, it does not perpetuate myths and misnomers. The Lion King is verifiably an animated film, hence its inclusion here. Betty Logan (talk) 11:36, 31 October 2024 (UTC)