If there were any doubts that filmgoers would want to see a live-action remake of Disney’s The Jungle Book, consider them officially quashed now that the film has proven to be a box-office smash, opening to $103.6 million domestically and $240 million worldwide.
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As Entertainment Weekly reports, not only did The Jungle Book topple this weekend’s competition, it now holds the record for the second-highest domestic April opening in box office history, second only to last year’s Furious 7, which raked in $147.2 million).
In this interview, Jungle Book director Jon Favreau discusses remaking the iconic Disney flick:
