The Jungle Book (2016 film) success, grossing over $966 million, making it the fifth-highest-grossing film of 2016 and the 40th-highest-grossing film of all time, and was praised for its visual effects, musical score, direction, faithfulness to the original animated film, and vocal performances, particularly those of Murray, Kingsley, and Elba. At the 89th Academy Awards, the film won the award for Best Visual Effects. Mowgli is a "man cub" raised by the wolf Raksha and her pack, led by Akela, in an Indian jungle ever since he was brought to them as a baby by the black panther Bagheera. Bagheera trains Mowgli to learn the
Panther Girl of the Kongo inhabitants. "Jean Evans", the Panther Girl, and friend "Larry Sanders" encounter this plot while on a photo safari in the region. "Panther Girl of the Kongo" was budgeted at $172,793 although the final negative cost was $179,341 (a $6,548, or 3.8%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1955. It was filmed between 16 August and 4 September 1954 under the working title "Panther Woman of the Kongo". The serial's production number was 1939. In order to make it possible to use significant stock footage from the earlier "Jungle Girl", and cheaply pad out "Panther Girl of the