Two months after its release, Disney’s remake of Aladdin”Aladdin” will cross the $1 billion mark at the global box office Friday, taking advantage of a mix of nostalgia and weak competition to dominate the box office in June.
Directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich, “Aladdin” received mixed reviews with a 57% Rotten Tomatoes score, with some reviews echoing the sense of Disney remake fatigue that many critics would show two months later with “The Lion King.” But that didn’t stop Disney fans from showing up on Memorial Day weekend to the tune of a $117 million 4-day opening, the largest Memorial Day opening since “Fast & Furious 6” in 2013.