No one thought that really, really, no one would have thought that the box office ability of the two "lions" would be so terrifying, not only shocking the onlookers "melon-eating masses", but also directly shocking the entire major Hollywood movie giants.

The super box office figures brought by the two ferocious "lions" almost make Hollywood film and television bigwigs think that the era of cartoons is coming! You know, Hollywood has not had such a scary animated movie box office for so long, after all, the animated films at this time are not the kind of "family carnival" of later generations, and the current box office appeal is still concentrated among children.

Therefore, these two "lions" are really too ferocious!

"The Lion of Kings" slashed $340 million at the top box office in North America within 17 days of its release, and it earned 690 million worldwide, so there is no doubt that there is definitely a place for the top ten grossing movies in the world this year. As for MGM's "The Lion King", it is even more terrifying, I rubbed it, who would have thought that after only 10 days of release, it actually swallowed 350 million US dollars in North America, and even trampled "The Lion of Kings" that was released for 17 days.

If the North American box office of "The Lion King" has already shattered many people's jaws, then when the global box office of "The Lion King" came out, many people were directly stunned.

$810 million, yes, you read that right, the global box office of "The Lion King" was actually dried to $810 million, directly crushing "The Lion of Kings".

Crucially, neither the $350 million in North America nor the $810 million in the global box office is the final box office for "The Lion King" – because "The Lion King" was only released for 10 days.

If this trend continues, there is no need to think about it, "The Lion King" is likely to become this year's North American box office champion and global box office champion, thus making MGM the North American and global box office champion for two consecutive years.

Last year, MGM "invited" the famous director Spielberg from Universal to bring the copyright of "Jurassic Park" bought by Su Chenyu to the big screen - that summer, the box office attraction ability of the big dinosaur really scared everyone.

But who would have thought that last year's "big dinosaur" had just passed, and this year MGM had a "big lion" that was even more terrifying than the big dinosaur - and let other Hollywood film giants live?

No way, since the acquisition of MGM by Tianchen Fund, MGM has indeed been a little scary in recent years, and it seems to be a bit of a reproduction of the meaning of MGM in the "Mayer era" in Hollywood's "antiquity" period - "blood abuse" of other Hollywood giants.

In the past few years, MGM's films have repeatedly dominated the box office charts and the top 10 positions - 1991's Truck Driver's "Terminator 2" dominated the box office charts, 1993's "Big Dinosaur" reigned the world, and this year's "The Lion King" was almost booked in advance for box office champions.

Perhaps only in 1992 MGM may have given up the box office champion "with kindness", but there are still two films "Nun is Crazy" and "Instinct" squeezed into the top 10 at the box office. Speaking of which, "Nuns Are Crazy" is MGM's unexpected joy, because this film is Su Chenyu's love affair with Whoopi Goldenberg - Zhong Chuhong's Cannes actress, this black female star has contributed a lot.

In addition to the continuous explosion at the box office, MGM has also won a series of Oscars in the past few years - "The Silence of the Lambs" won the 1992 Best Picture, Best Actor/Actress, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and other 5 box awards, and "Unforgiven" won the 1993 Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Not only that, at this year's Oscars, MGM once again crushed the audience, "Schindler's List" and "Jurassic Park" jointly won 10 awards including Best Picture and Best Director. As it turned out, MGM's two helmsmen, Peter Chernin and Shirley Lansing, once again made the right decision - because MGM was able to poach Spielberg to direct "Jurassic Park" because they agreed to fully invest in "Schindler's List".

You must know that although "Schindler's List" seems to be flying at the box office and word of mouth after the fact, but before, few Hollywood giants were willing to invest. However, in the end, MGM agreed to fully invest in "Schindler's List" in order to get Spielberg to agree to direct "Jurassic Park". The end result is obvious, MGM perfectly interprets the adage "give a rose to the hand and leave the fragrance in your hand", in addition to helping Spielberg, he also gained fame and fortune.

Such a posture of MGM really made Hollywood tremble, if Disney hadn't felt it before, after all, in 1992, Disney snatched the annual box office championship from MGM with "Aladdin". So this face-to-face tough MGM, Disney completely understands what "deep powerlessness" is.

"The Lion of Kings" can achieve a North American box office of $340 million and a global box office of $690 million, which is simply worth celebrating. However, in the face of MGM's "The Lion King", Michael Eisner and the whole of Disney have a deep sense of powerlessness - "blood abuse".

Yes, it's indeed blood abuse!

Because, in the following days, "The Lion King" used its murderous box office performance to solemnly announce to the entire Hollywood, the United States, and even the world - he is the real "Lion King".

In the third week, "The Lion King" continued to win the North American box office of the week with a super box office of $150 million, and not only that, but also successfully suppressed the box office of Disney's "Lion of Kings" to 60 million.

So far, "The Lion King" has successfully won $500 million at the box office in North America in three weeks, and the global box office has successfully exceeded 1 billion, reaching a super figure of $1.13 billion. There is no doubt that whether it is the North American box office or the global box office, MGM's "The Lion King" has successfully bloodied Disney's "Lion of Kings". Now, no one questions whether "The Lion King" will win this "Lion King War", and everyone is more concerned about what height "The Lion King" will take to the North American box office record and the global box office record?

Yes, "The Lion King" has broken the North American box office record for "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" and the global box office record for "Jurassic Park." So, everyone wants to know how unexpected this unexpected animated movie "The Lion King" will be.

In fact, MGM really has to thank Disney for such box office results of "The Lion King", if there is no "Lion King Battle" with Disney, even if MGM does a good job in promoting "The Lion King", it will definitely not reach the point where it is today. You must know that in the previous life, Disney's "The Lion King" only got a total of less than $400 million at the North American box office and $900 million at the global box office. However, now MGM's "The Lion King" is carrying the attack of "The Lion King", and has already earned $500 million at the North American box office and $1.1 billion at the global box office before it is even painted.

However, at this point, the box office potential of "The Lion King" was basically exhausted, so on July 17, four weeks after the movie's release, the North American box office of "The Lion King" barely reached the $550 million position. There is no way, because on July 15, MGM's other blockbuster "Forrest Gump" was officially released, which greatly compressed the box office space of "The Lion King".

In fact, in order to make way for "The Lion King", "Forrest Gump" has been postponed for a week, and MGM originally planned to push "Forrest Gump" to be released in early July to take over "The Lion King". After all, live-action movies are king in Hollywood, and animated movies are definitely the trail, so MGM's main film this summer is "Forrest Gump", not "The Lion King".

However, who would have thought that the box office potential of "The Lion King" would be so great, and it actually won 500 million US dollars at the North American box office and 1.13 billion global box office in 3 weeks. In this case, Peter Chening and Shirley Lansing decisively postponed the release time of "Forrest Gump", and they can't let MGM's movies beat their own people, right? Moreover, in the case of the "Big Lion" so raging in the market, "Forrest Gump" can only be a snack for the "Big Lion" - this is the general trend.

Therefore, it was not until the box office potential of "The Lion King" was almost exhausted that "Forrest Gump" took over "The Lion King", allowing MGM to continue to abuse the entire film market.

However, in order to push the box office of "The Lion King" one step further, after all, $600 million is waiting for them not far away, so MGM's publicity and distribution department took action again and frantically organized activities for "The Lion King" to attract audiences to the theater for a second or even third or fourth brush. In addition, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Washington Post, ABC, CBS and other media outlets on MGM's side have not been idle, and they continue to position "The Lion King" to build momentum.

I have to say that the hard work paid off, under the re-promotion of MGM and the media momentum, the North American box office of "The Lion King" finally broke through the $600 million mark with great difficulty, and the global box office also broke through $1.2 billion.

And so far, a mythical "The Lion King" was born!

The most important thing is that it is not terrible for a myth to be born, and the most terrible thing is that another legend has started - MGM's "Forrest Gump" began to continue to "bloody" the box office market.

To be honest, in this movie released in June and July, I feel like I am really a dog in the sky, first "gang raped" by "The Lion King" and "The Lion of Kings", and I haven't reacted yet, and then I was beaten by "Forrest Gump" - Hollywood was "bloody" by MGM throughout the whole process. Nima, throughout the summer, Warner, Universal, Columbia and 20 Fox, the big Hollywood giants, hated it so much that they really wanted to bite people's hearts, especially for MGM, I can't wait to eat it alive.

And MGM wants this effect - "blood abuse" Hollywood!