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''The Lion King'' is a 1994 in film|1994 American Animation|animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd film in the List of Disney animated features|Disney animated feature canon. The film was the highest grossing animated film of all time until the release of ''Finding Nemo'' (a Disney/Pixar computer-animated film). ''The Lion King'' still holds the record as the highest grossing traditionally animated film in history.<ref name=Boxofficemojo>{{cite news |url= http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=animation.htm |title = Highest grossing animated films| publisher = Box Office Mojo |accessdate=2008-07-29 </ref> This film also belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/articles/quovadisdisney.html |title = Disney: Notes on the end of the Disney Renaissance| publisher = decentfilms.com |accessdate=2008-08-26 </ref>

The story, which was strongly influenced by the William Shakespeare|Shakespearean play ''Hamlet'', takes place in a kingdom of anthropomorphism|anthropomorphic animals in Africa.<ref name="PlatinumEditionDVDOrigins">{{cite video | title = The Lion King: Platinum Edition (Disc 2), Origins | medium = DVD | publisher = Walt Disney Home Entertainment | date2=1994-06-15</... read all