16 of the Highest Grossing Book-to-Big Screen Adaptations of All Time

From "Twlight" to "Harry Potter" to "The Dark Knight" — here are some of the most successful literary adaptations at the domestic box office

"The Lion King" (1994) 
Filmmakers of "The Lion King" said that the Disney animated film's story is inspired by Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" and the Bible. The picture raked in more than $422 million at the box office.

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