The Jungle Book Dominates Box Office With 32M Friday
Holy Mowgli!, Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, the latest offering from Disney's live-action studio, is doing huge business in its debut at the North American box office, grossing 32.4 million on Friday for a projected 87 million-90 million weekend, one of the top openings of all time for the month of April. The movie's better-than-expected performance  fueled by stellar reviews and an A CinemaScore  is yet another victory for Disney as it reimagines its classic titles. At this pace, the 175 tentpole will come ahead of fellow Disney titles Cinderella 67.9 million, Oz the Great and Powerful 79.1 million and Maleficent 69.4 million.