11-20-2018, 09:30 PM
I'm not sure I would categorize the Jungle Book as a Boomer movie.
It was released in 1967, so the target age group would have been Gen Jones, not Boomers per se. Most Boomers were too old for it, so it didn't really affect their generation much. Moreover, it was re-released in theaters for core-Gen X and Gen Y in 1978, 1984 and 1990.
It was extremely popular, and its 1978 run more than doubled its initial earnings to surpass Snow White and the Seven Dwarves as the highest grossing animated film to that day. So I think it really belongs to Gen X.
I know, too, that I'm being possessive--it was my favorite Disney movie as a kid. I saw it in 1978 when I was 6 or 7.
The Jungle Book's seemingly well sourced wiki page
It was released in 1967, so the target age group would have been Gen Jones, not Boomers per se. Most Boomers were too old for it, so it didn't really affect their generation much. Moreover, it was re-released in theaters for core-Gen X and Gen Y in 1978, 1984 and 1990.
It was extremely popular, and its 1978 run more than doubled its initial earnings to surpass Snow White and the Seven Dwarves as the highest grossing animated film to that day. So I think it really belongs to Gen X.
I know, too, that I'm being possessive--it was my favorite Disney movie as a kid. I saw it in 1978 when I was 6 or 7.
The Jungle Book's seemingly well sourced wiki page