“Start spreading the newspaper.”
An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.
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Cast
55 people
Kiefer Sutherland
Samson (voice)
Known for
24
Phone Booth
Jim Belushi
Benny (voice)
Known for
K-9
Red Heat
Suzy Eddie Izzard
Nigel (voice)
Known for
Cars 2
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
Janeane Garofalo
Bridget (voice)
Known for
Ratatouille
Wet Hot American Summer
William Shatner
Kazar (voice)
Known for
Star Trek
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Richard Kind
Larry (voice)
Known for
Inside Out
American Dad!
Greg Cipes
Ryan (voice)
Known for
Teen Titans
Ben 10: Alien Force
Colin Hay
Fergus Flamingo (voice)
Also in
The Uninvited
The Craic
Miles Marsico
Duke (voice)
Also in
Stuart Little
The Haunting
Jack De Sena
Eze (voice)
Known for
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Dragon Prince
Don Cherry
Penguin MC (voice)
Also in
Zeroman
Kraft Hockeyville
Christian Argueta
Hamir (voice)
No other roles listed
Steve Williams Director · Ed Decter Screenplay John J. Strauss Screenplay
Worldwide gross $102M · Budget $80M · United States release April 14, 2006
Box office
Budget
$80,000,000
Worldwide gross
$102,338,515
Gross vs. budget
1.3×
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
C.O.R.E. Feature Animation
Production
Contrafilm
Production
Hoytyboy Pictures
Production
Nigel Productions
Production
Sir Zip Studios
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
Canada · United States
Produced in
Wildlife · The Big Break
Working titles
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Israel · April 6, 2006
Theatrical
United States · April 14, 2006
Theatrical
Argentina
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Australia
September 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Austria
June 1, 2006 · Theatrical
Belgium
April 12, 2006 · Theatrical
Brazil
April 14, 2006 · Theatrical
Canada
April 14, 2006 · Theatrical
Colombia
April 7, 2006 · Limited theatrical
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Czechia
August 31, 2006 · Theatrical
Denmark
November 3, 2006 · Theatrical
Egypt
June 21, 2006 · Theatrical
El Salvador
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Estonia
September 22, 2006 · Theatrical
Finland
October 20, 2006 · Theatrical
France
April 12, 2006 · Theatrical
Germany
June 1, 2006 · Theatrical
Greece
April 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
April 29, 2006 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Iceland
September 22, 2006 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Italy
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Japan
December 16, 2006 · Theatrical
Kuwait
June 28, 2006 · Theatrical
Latvia
September 22, 2006 · Theatrical
Mexico
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 26, 2006 · Theatrical
April 6, 2007 · Physical · Blu ray
January 1, 2008 · Physical · DVD
January 23, 2010 · TV · SBS 6
New Zealand
September 14, 2006 · Theatrical
Norway
October 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Panama
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Philippines
April 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Poland
May 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Romania
June 16, 2006 · Theatrical
Russia
April 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Singapore
April 27, 2006 · Theatrical
Slovakia
May 11, 2006 · Theatrical
Slovenia
June 8, 2006 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 20, 2006 · Theatrical
Spain
April 12, 2006 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 20, 2006 · Theatrical
February 21, 2007 · Physical · DVD release
March 29, 2007 · Physical · Blu-ray release
Taiwan
April 21, 2006 · Theatrical
Thailand
April 13, 2006 · Theatrical
Türkiye
April 14, 2006 · Theatrical
Ukraine
April 27, 2006 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 26, 2006 · Theatrical
Venezuela
April 12, 2006 · Theatrical
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