<P> The film was released digitally on August 23, 2016, and on DVD and Blu - ray on August 30 (August 22 in the UK). A 3D Blu - ray was said to be coming by the end of the year . The film topped the NPD VideoScan overall disc sales chart for two consecutive weeks . </P> <P> The film became a huge financial success and a surprise hit . It briefly held the record for the biggest remake of all - time until the studio's own Beauty and the Beast surpassed it the following year . It grossed $364 million in the United States and Canada and $602.5 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $966.6 million, against a budget of $175 million . Worldwide, the film was released across 28,000 RealD 3D screens and had an IMAX worldwide opening of $20.4 million from 901 IMAX screens, a new record for a PG film . It grossed a total of $39 million in IMAX screens worldwide . On May 13, it became the second film of 2016 (after the studio's own Zootopia) to pass the $800 million mark . On June 10, it became the third film of 2016 after Zootopia and Captain America: Civil War to pass the $900 million mark . Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $258 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the sixth most profitable release of 2016 . </P> <P> Projections for its opening weekend in the United States and Canada were continuously revised upwards, starting from $60 million to as high as $88 million, with female and older male quadrants being the prime draw . The Jungle Book was shown across 4,028 theaters of which 3,100 theaters (75%) were in 3D, including 376 IMAX screens, 463 premium large format screens, and 145 D - Box locations . It opened Friday, April 15, 2016, on around 9,500 screens across 4,028 theaters, and earned $32.4 million, the fourth biggest April Friday . This includes $4.2 million from Thursday previews, the biggest preview number for a Disney live - adaptation film (tied with Maleficent), an almost unheard - of for a PG title which rarely attracts many ticketbuyers later in the night . In total, it earned $103.3 million in its opening weekend, exceeding expectations by 40% and recorded the biggest PG - rated April opening (breaking Hop's record), the second biggest Disney live - action adaptation opening (behind Alice in Wonderland), and the second biggest April opening (behind Furious 7). It also performed exceptionally well in both 3D and IMAX formats, where they both generated an income of $44 million and $10.4 million of the film's opening weekend gross respectively, the later broke the record for the biggest April Disney release IMAX opening . Notably, it also became the only second PG - rated release to ever open above $100 million (following Alice in Wonderland) and the third film of 2016 overall to open above $100 million (following Deadpool and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice). It earned $130.7 million in its first full week, the second biggest for a Disney live - action adaptation, behind only Alice in Wonderland's $146.6 million seven - day gross . </P> <P> Buoyed by excellent word of mouth and benefiting from spring break, it fell only by 40% in its second weekend earning $61.5 million, still maintaining the top position and far surpassing newcomer The Huntsman: Winter's War . That puts The Jungle Book in the top fifteen second weekends of all time and in terms of films that opened above $100 million, it scored the fourth smallest drop behind Shrek 2 (− 33%), Spider - Man (− 39%), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (− 39%). Of those numbers, $5.6 million came from IMAX shows for a two weekend cumulative total of $18.4 million which represents about 10% of its entire North American box office gross . It crossed $200 million on its twelfth day of release and managed to hold the top spot for the third consecutive weekend with $43.7 million from 4,041 theaters (an addition of 13 more theaters), a fall of only 29%, outgrossing the next six pictures combined (including the openings of three newcomers) and recorded the sixth biggest third weekend of all time . Moreover, the 29% drop is the smallest third weekend drop (from its second weekend) for a $100 million opener ever . Disney added an additional 103 theaters for the film's fourth weekend of release which propelled its theater count to 4,144 theaters, but nevertheless, it was overtaken by Disney's own Captain America: Civil War after experiencing a − 50% decline . It passed $300 million on its thirtieth day of release, on May 14, as it continued to witness marginal declines in the wake of several new releases weekend after weekend . It made 3.53 times its opening weekend numbers, which is one of the biggest of all time for a film opening above $100 million . It became one of the few surprise hits and one of the highest - grossing films of the year, alongside Finding Dory, The Secret Life of Pets, and Zootopia, centered around talking animals to dominate the year - end chart . </P>

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