Question: What year was the Lion King released in theataers for the first time?
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 "The Lion King"  
During its release in 1994, "The Lion King" was widely appraised and acclaimmed, grossed more than $783 million worldwide, becoming the most successful film released that year, and it is currently the thirty-first grossing feature film of all time.
The film was the highest grossing animated film of all time until the release of Disney/Pixar's "Finding Nemo", a computer-animated film.
"The Lion King" is still the highest grossing traditionally animated film of all time in the United States.
The film received many award nominations.
It won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, and the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature.
The song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" alone won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, the BMI Film Music Award, and the Grammy Award for Best Vocal Performance Male.
"The Lion King II: Simba's Pride" sold 3.5 million copies in three days.
Thirteen million copies were sold while it was still in print in the late 90s.
Both sequels won the Annie Award for Best Animated Home Entertainment Production.
"The Lion King 1½" also won five DVD Exclusive Awards.
The musical won six Tony Awards including Best Musical. 
On June 24, 2005, Lion performed with former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke at Club Vodka in West Hollywood.
The performance was his second at the club that year.
In July 2005, Lion invited fans to appear in his next music video that would be filming at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, which was filmed on September 23.
In the spring of 2006, Lion headlined the Nikstock Festivals in Los Angeles, California and Binghamton, New York.
In May 2007, Lion announced a 16 day U.S. tour, with stops in Syracuse, New York, Binghamton, New York, Stamford, Connecticut, West Springfield, Virginia, Allentown, Pennsylvania, Nichols, New York, and Las Vegas.
On June 1, Lion announced the line-up for his touring band.
It was himself, Rick Plester, Jon Purpura, and Pete Holmes.
In early July 2007, Lion was in the middle of writing the next WWIII album.
On July 26, 2007, Lion issued a statement regarding the death of former manager Don Arden, who died just five days prior.
It was announced in July 2007, that Lion would be releasing his new album in October of the same year.
The album released was however pushed back.
On October 27, 2007, Lion performed with the '"Mandy Lion Band" at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, California, with Moni Scaria, Jon Purpura (Driven By Hate), and Pete Holmes (MSG, Ted Nugent, Ian Gillan).
It was the first time Lion performed songs from the soon-to-be-released new Mandy Lion CD.
In November 2007, Lion announced that he was wanting to put together a "bare-bones rock 'n' roll" band, the likes of AC/DC, or "old" Whitesnake.
In March 2008, Lion began working on a full-length DVD that contains videos, live footage, and interviews with all past and present musical partners.
That same month, he released a cover of the Prince song "Kiss". 
The sets that would eventually form the basis of the Lion Knights were released the same year as the Black Falcons in 1984.
The Lion Knights' shield used either a blue lion against a yellow background or a yellow lion against a blue background, both with a red border.
The mini-figures that were associated with these shields invariably had blue or red pants and red torsos with blue sleeves, and their helmets were usually gray; and although many of them had a shield-like emblem on their shirts, it was not the same as the lion shield design, but rather, it was two black and gold axes crossing each other against a black and gold background, split down the middle, with a red border.
A few of these sets were later inducted into the Lion Knight subtheme, so some fans retroactively consider all such sets to be Lion Knight sets.
As with the Black Falcons, Lego never officially named this faction for some time, although catalogues in the United States and Australia used the name Lion Knights while Canada used Lion Crest.
The 1992 Canadian catalogue officially established the faction as the Crusaders.
Over the years, Lion Knights were included in many sets along with the Black Falcons, Forestmen, and Black Knights.
Examples include the Guarded Inn in 1986, Castle Mini Figures in 1988, and Knights' Challenge, a set that was the successor after the 1979 Knights' Tournament, in 1989 (ten years later).
An unusual Lion Knights set was the Armor Shop in 1986, which was the only set to have the rare black short sword and a Lion Knight Flag.
The first castle under the Lion Knights was King's Castle.
This castle was one of the largest Lego Castle sets produced.
Four mounted knights and eight soldiers/guards were included.
The walls of the castle could be opened to play inside the castle.
The second and last Lion Knight's castle released was King's Mountain Fortress in 1990.
This was one of the first sets to feature the newly invented knight helmet visor and armor pieces.
Crossbows and glow in the dark ghost were also new pieces introduced.
The King's Mountain Fortress was also the first Lego castle to be mounted on a raised baseplate which would feature in subsequent Lego castles as well as in Lego Pirates.
Two exclusive elements the set included a princess and a black-colored bird.
A small Crusader-style set, King's Catapult appears to be the only Lego castle set to be released in 1991.
Finally, the last Lion Knight-style set produced was Treasure Cart released in 1992, another small set that included a soldier pulling a treasure chest on a cart.
In 2001, Lego re-released the well-known Guarded Inn, re-numbered (#10000) as a Lego Legend.
The set consisted of two Lion Knights, a mounted Black Falcon Knight, and an inn keeper.
This set was the only structure to include red Tudor walls.
One change in the reissue was the horse saddle had two clips instead of one.
Since 1984, Lego Castle had horse saddles with a single clip (except the horse barding saddles) at one side until 1992 when that was changed to two clips.
The Lion Knights (like the other knight factions) were in open conflict with the Forestmen, as shown by several catalog dioramas, analogous to the legendary conflict between King John of England versus Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Outlaws.
Sets such as Knights' Challenge suggested that the Lion Knights had a respected rivalry with the other knights, the Black Falcons and Black Knights.
The 1992 Canadian catalogue described the Lion Knights (renaming them as Crusaders) as "looking to take over the country's rule" while also establishing the Black Knights as "longtime rulers of the countryside", possibly suggesting that these factions could go to war.  
The Platinum Editions are a line of special edition DVDs released by Disney.
Originally, the line comprised the company's ten best-selling VHS titles and was released in October of each year.
"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was the first film to receive this honor in 2001.
The two following titles, "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King" were released in IMAX and other giant screen theaters during the holiday season before their October DVD releases.
Due to underperforming box office results, this tradition was terminated after "Aladdin".
In May 2003, Disney announced that they would be adding the next four best-selling titles to the collection.
Starting in 2005, a Platinum Editions was released in October and February/March.
Another tradition practiced for these released are gift sets.
These gift sets contain supplements such as original animation sketches, a film frame, and a companion's book.
The current list of Platinum Editions includes: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", "Beauty and the Beast", "The Lion King", "Aladdin", "Bambi", "Cinderella", "Lady and the Tramp", "The Little Mermaid", "Peter Pan", "The Jungle Book", "101 Dalmatians", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Pinocchio".
The original plan for the Platinum Editions was that they would be released ten years after they are put in the Disney Vault.
Since then, this time has been shortened to seven years.