Lion King Trailer Breaks Record With 224 Million Views
25 November 2018 |
3:28 pm
Disney's Lion King trailer has made history with over 224.6 million views in 24 hours. Avengers: Infinity War held the previous record with 238 million views in 2017. The remake of the 1995 film features Beyonce; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Donald Glover and the legendary Mufasa, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogan as Pumbaa and John Oliver as…
Disney’s Lion King trailer has made history with over 224.6 million views in 24 hours.
Avengers: Infinity War held the previous record with 238 million views in 2017.
The remake of the 1995 film features Beyonce; Chiwetel Ejiofor; Donald Glover and the legendary Mufasa, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogan as Pumbaa and John Oliver as Zazu.
Disney took to Instagram to appreciate fans and enthusiasts:
To our entire pride: Thank you for helping the teaser trailer for #TheLionKing become the most-viewed Disney trailer debut ever as it reached a record-breaking 224.6 million global views in 24 hours!
The action-live film will be directed by Jon Favreau.
Lion King will hit cinemas July 19, 2019.
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