The Jungle Book (1967 film) the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". The film initially became Disney's second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, "The Jungle Book 2", in 2003; another live-action adaptation directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016. Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes
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