The Definitive Ranking of All Disney's Live-Action Remakes

OK, with a cast that features Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong'o, Scarlett Johansson, and Bill Murray, plus a solid director like Jon Favreau, you can't do too shabbily. A visual stunner full of heart, the 2016 version of The Jungle Book was both a critical (95 percent) and box office ($966.6 million) success. Christopher Orr from The Atlanticsummed up the movie's reception best, writing, "By the time its evolution is complete, The Jungle Book has proven itself a minor Darwinian miracle, perhaps the oddest of all species: a movie nearly devoid of human beings, yet one bursting with humanity."