The Jungle Book surpasses $700M at global box office

Published By Alexandra Heilbron on May 03, 2016

The Jungle Book word premiereDisney's The Jungle Book, which has enjoyed three consecutive weekends at the top of the domestic box office, has earned $255.8 million domestically and $452.8 million internationally for a total of $708.6 million at the global box office as of May 2, 2016.

The Jungle Book is currently the fourth highest-earning film of the year domestically, internationally, and globally and follows in the steps of Zootopia to become Disney’s second 2016 release to cross the $700 million mark.

In China, the film has earned a total of $138.8 million to become Disney’s third biggest release in the country. In India, where the movie is set, it's the highest-grossing Hollywood release of all time with $34.4 million.

Directed by Jon Favreau and featuring newcomer Neel Sethi as Mowgli and an all-star voice cast including Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'oScarlett Johansson and Christopher WalkenThe Jungle Book enjoys a stellar 94% Certified Fresh rating at RottenTomatoes and holds a viewer rating of 4.5 stars at Tribute.ca.

To read our review of the film, click here.


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