'The Lion King' Trailer Nabs Second-Biggest Debut Ever

After the trailer for the upcoming Lion King remake made its debut on Thanksgiving, Disney is thanking its “entire pride” for making it their second most-viewed trailer debut from any studio in 24 hours.


The trailer generated 224.6 million global views in 24 hours, according to Disney studios, coming in second to the trailer for Avengers: Infinity War which attracted 238 million views.


Disney celebrated the trailer's success in an Instagram post shared Saturday.


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The remake comes from director Jon Favreau with Donald Glover leading the cast as young Lion Simba, while Beyonce — who is credited in the trailer with her last name, Knowles-Carter — voices Nala, a childhood friend and later love interest to Simba.


Glover and Knowles-Carter are also joined by James Earl Jones who reprises his role from the 1994 animated film as Simba's father Mufasa, Chiwetel Ejiofor as Simba's villainous uncle Scar, Alfre Woodard as Simba's mother Sarabi, with child actor JD McCrary playing the young version of Simba. Shahadi Wright Joseph is voicing the young Nala, while John Kani voices the baboon Rafiki and John Oliver playing Mufasa’s confidant, Zazu.


Footage from The Lion King was first teasedlast summer at D23. The film marks another remake Disney has slated for the upcoming year, which already includes Lady in the Tramp for its Disney+ streaming service and Tim Burton's Dumbo, which bows March 29, 2019. Favreau previously had huge success with his remake of The Jungle Book, which grossed $966 million globally.


The original Lion King grossed more than $968 million worldwide.


Favreau's Lion King is set to open July 19, 2019.