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Roger Allers

1949 - 2026Writing

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Statistics

Total Movies
7
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Total Box Office
$3.19B
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Domestic Gross
45%
$1.43B
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International Gross
55%
$1.76B
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Average per Movie
$354.2M
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Total Budget
$259.0M
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Profitability Gap
+$1.12B
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Avg ROI
14.0x
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Opening Weekends
$31.3M
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Highest Grossing
$988.4M
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Biography

Roger Allers (June 29, 1949 – January 17, 2026) was an American film director, screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist, and playwright. He was best known for co-directing Disney Animation's The Lion King (1994), the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time, and for writing the Broadway adaptation of the same name. He also directed Sony Pictures Animation's first feature-length animated film, Open Season (2006) and the animated adaptation of The Prophet. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Allers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Information

BirthdayJune 29, 1949
Date of DeathJanuary 17, 2026
Place of BirthRye, New York, USA
Known ForWriting