The original Lion King is getting re-released in NZ theatres to celebrate 30th anniversary

As if we need another excuse to watch Lion King

Our all-time favourite Disney movie, 'The Lion King' is set to re-release in NZ theaters as the movie turns 30 this month.

If you've always wanted to re-watch this classic film or experience it in theatres, now's your shot, cause it will be running for two weeks.

The animated film will be re-released in NZ cinemas on Thursday, 29th August.

Check out where in New Zealand 'The Lion King' will be playing this month:

NORTH ISLAND

  • Event Queen St

  • Event Albany

  • Event Newmarket

  • Event Manukau

  • Event St Lukes

  • Event West City

  • Event Westgate

  • Event Whangarei

  • Event Chartwell

  • Event Tauranga

  • Event Tauranga Crossing

  • Event New Plymouth

  • Event Palmerston North

  • Event Coastlands

  • Event Embassy

  • Event Queensgate

  • Hoyts Botany

  • Hoyts Hibiscus

  • Hoyt Mission Bay

  • Hoyts Sylvia Park

  • Hoyts Wairau Park

  • Hoyts Ormiston

  • Event Te Awa

  • Event Metro Hamilton

  • Reading New Lynn

  • Reading Napier

  • Reading Rotorua

  • Reading Porirua

  • United Bayfair

  • Rialto Auckland

  • Silky Otter Orakei

  • Silky Otter Ponsonby

  • Silky Otter Takanini

  • Silky Otter Palmerston North

  • Focal Point Feilding

  • Focal Point Hastings

  • Focal Point Levin

  • Focal Point Palmerston North

  • Monterey Upper Hutt

  • Takapuna Beachside Cinema

  • Academy Cinema Auckland

  • Odeon Gisborne

  • Embassy 3 Wanganui

  • Everybodys Theatre, Opunake

  • Mercury Twin Whitianga

  • Regent Upstairs, Pahiatua

  • Regent Te Awamutu

  • Lido Hamilton

  • Empire Island Bay

  • Cinema 3 Pukekohe

  • Screening Room Masterton

  • Whakatane

SOUTH ISLAND

  • Event Blenheim

  • Hoyts Northlands

  • Hoyts Riccarton

  • Hoyts Ent X

  • Reading Invercargill

  • Reading Queenstown

  • Reading Dunedin

  • Reading The Palms

  • Rialto Dunedin

  • State Cinema Nelson

  • Movie max Timaru

  • Alice Cinema, Christchurch

  • Geraldine Cinema

  • Regent Theatre Greymouth

  • Regent Theatre Hokitika

  • Village Theatre Takaka

  • Ruby's Wanaka

  • Silky Otter Richmond

  • Silky Otter Wigram

'The Lion King' is a classic animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, first released in 1994.