Mufasa: The Lion King, which is voiced by Shah Rukh Khan, Mahesh Babu and AbRam Khan, has made an exceptional debut at the Indian box office. As per Sacnilk, the film opened to Rs 10 crore nett in India, which includes Rs 4 crore from its English version and Rs 3 crore from the Hindi dubbed version. While the Hindi version of the animated film is voiced by SRK, Mahesh Babu lent his voice to the Telugu version. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mufasa: The Lion King is anticipated to gross over USD
180 million globally in its first weekend.
The animated action adventure flick opened to good numbers of Friday, however, it will be facing a tough competition from pan-India film and Allu Arjun-starrer Pushpa 2: The Rule. Talking about its Day 1 performance, Mufasa performed well in comparison to Pushpa 2, which minted nearly Rs 13 crore on its 16th day of theatrical release. It will be interesting to see how Mufasa manaes to outshine the Allu Arjun-starrer on Saturday and Sunday.