Did anyone actually expect Mufasa to be another lion king 2019?

Maybe I’m ignorant but I haven’t seen anyone including Disney expecting a 1.5 billion dollar picture. I do think it isn’t performing as strong as Disney would’ve liked like 800-900 million but for what it is, an original story that a lot of people weren’t really excited for, I feel like it’s doing really well. So idk why a lot is calling Mufasa not a success (not a failure) but not the original lion king. It was never meant to be an original lion king box office hit but interest shows that the lion king brand has enough interest to warrant more stories. What do you think?