Well I don’t want to discredit Will Smith but all Disney live action movies have performed well at the box office. Except for Winnie the pooh with Ewan McGregor but it caters to a much narrower audience and it still grossed $200 M WW for a $75 M budget.

Aladdin is a Disney classic. The musical is performing well in many countries as an example.

The movie was already set to perform well. Now if you want my opinion I think they portrayed the genie amazingly well, he is as goofy as in the animated version. Will Smith did great, props to him.