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
Cars (film) United States, ranking number one at the box office. In the United States, the film held onto the number one spot for two weeks before being surpassed by "Click" and then by "Superman Returns" the following weekend. It went on to gross $462,216,280 worldwide (ranking number six in 2006 films) and $244,082,982 in the United States (the third highest-grossing film of 2006 in the country, behind "" and "Night at the Museum"). It was the second highest-grossing film released by Walt Disney Pictures, behind "Dead Man's Chest" and was the second highest-grossing animated film of 2006 in the United States.