It was the lion king 1?
Let's say, the first one never happened and in summer of 1994 they released this movie but on a bigger budget (better animation, etc)
Would this movie have achieved the same critical and commercial success?
Last year when I told my friend that the lion king was my favorite Disney movie he told me 'dude, that's everybodies favorite disny movie'. A bit hyperbolic but there was a lot of truth to it.
Usually on other sites when I see topics about favorite animated movies, the most picked disney movie by far was the lion king. It's also one of the tiny number of animated films that's positively mentioned in topics about movies in general.
Also, out of all the reaction gifs from disney films the lion king is probably the largest used.
... Tlk 2 sp is a different story, it isn't mentioned often at all. That's not to say the movie is unknown, at the time it had the biggest budget of any disney direct to video sequel. It also is the highest selling disney dtv sequel.
Would this movie have been nearly as successful as the first lion king? Or would it have fallen into obscurity like brother bear, atlantis, or early dreamworks 2d animated films like the prince of egypt and sinbad?