Check out all of Disney’s upcoming live-action reimaginings in our guide. Aladdin is a young lad manipulated by Jafar, the Grand Vizier of Agrabah, to retrieve a magic lamp for him. The Lion King arrives in theaters on July 19. We’ll just have to wait and see how high it can go.Īladdin is now playing, but that’s not the only live-action remake of a Disney animated classic coming this summer. So it’s not exactly a 1 to 1 comparison, but what is clear is that this property still has plenty of magic left and with the new film still in theaters. In Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake, Jafar does. But soon, an evil sorcerer becomes hell-bent on securing the lamp for his own sinister purposes. So, Jafar captures Aladdin, poses as an old prisoner, breaks him out of custody and tricks him into retrieving the lamp for a promised reward. The original film also cost $28 million in 1992 dollars, whereas the CGI spectacle-filled remake cost $183 million today. A street rat frees a genie from a lamp, granting all of his wishes and transforming himself into a charming prince in order to marry a beautiful princess. When adjusted for inflation the original Aladdin’s $232.4 million becomes over $472 million and that’s just domestic. To be fair, making more money in 2019 dollars isn’t quite the same thing.

So for this new Aladdin to surpass the original at the box office, it does seem to give it some validation. Bagheera (Aladdin) Michaelsar12s old movie spoof of Disneys 'Aladdin'. Audiences enjoyed it much more than critics and that is reflected in the film’s box office performance. But even mediocre reviews upon release couldn’t hold this magic carpet down and any fears that it would flop vanished over opening weekend.

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