The Lion King remake is the biggest animated earner ever, but Disney claims it isn't

Photo: The Walt Disney Company Disney's CGI remake of its 1994 film The Lion King has crossed $1.3 billion at the international box office, officially beating out Frozen's $1.27 billion to become the top-grossing animated film of all time, per CinemaBlend. That is, it's sort of the biggest animated film ever since Disney has been loath to call it an animated film at all. While it's entirely computer-generated footage (save for one shot), Disney continues to refer to it as a live-action film. Tha...