Via Forbes.com:

The Lion King earned another $7.53 million on Thursday, dropping 50% from last Thursday and 15% from yesterday. That gives the Jon Favreau-directed animated remake a $392 million domestic total after two weeks in North American theaters. Barring a fluke, it’ll cross $400 million domestic sometime today. And if it has continued to track 36/64 domestic/overseas, then its current worldwide cume should be just over/under $1.01 billion worldwide. Presuming and over/under $38 million third-weekend gross (-50%), the $175 million flick will have $430 million domestic and around $1.19 billion worldwide by Sunday night.

That will put it past Aladdin (currently at around $1.015 billion), Spider-Man: Far from Home (currently over/under $1.05 billion) and Captain Marvel ($1.128 billion) to become the year’s second-biggest global grosser. And looking at the rest of the year’s slate that have a shot in hell at supplanting The Lion King as the second-biggest grosser of the year. Okay, so Hobbs & Shaw could pull Wolf Warrior 2 numbers in China. Sony’s Jumanji: The Next Level (opening December 13) could be a breakout sequel even on top of its predecessor’s $962 million total.

However, realistically speaking, the next two super-duper blockbusters in contention for the silver medal are Frozen II (November 22) and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (December 20). While both films will be huge, can either of them hope to out-gross the (at this juncture) likely over/under $1.425 billion global finish of the Disney musical remake? Let’s dive in and see what we’re dealing with.

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