The Lion King (franchise) theme from "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly". During its release in 1994, "The Lion King" was widely praised and acclaimed, grossing more than $783 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released that year, and as of June 18, 2018 is the thirty-seventh highest-grossing feature film of all time. The film was the highest grossing animated film of all time until the release of Disney/Pixar's "Finding Nemo", a computer-animated film. "The Lion King" is still the highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time in the United States. The film received many award nominations. It won the Academy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the franchise (surpassing ""), the highest-grossing film released by Walt Disney Studios, the highest-grossing film in North America (dethroning "Avatar"), and the third-highest-grossing film of all time. When adjusted for inflation, it also stands as the tenth-highest-grossing film in cinematic history, with a worldwide gross of $2.103 billion. It was the 24th film in cinematic history to gross $1 billion worldwide, standing as the fastest film to surpass the mark at the time, doing so in 12 days. "" later did so in 11 days. It was also the third film in history to surpass $2 billion worldwide, doing