Mufasa Laughs in the Face of Sonic | The Domestic Box Office Thread | Jan. 3-5
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Mufasa Laughs in the Face of Sonic: Weekend Box Office Results (Jan. 3-5)
Mufasa: The Lion (is finally) King with $23.8M on the new year's first weekend, which was enough to dethrone Sonic 3. Matter fact, that makes it 5 days in a row for Mufasa, which tries to close the gap with Sonic 3 after finishing $24.7M behind in their debut weekend. So the young Mufasa's clawed back $5.8M to bring Sonic's lead to $18.9M. So a nice lil comeback for Mufasa. However, let's not forget that it's $168.6M running total is still 12% less than The Lion King's $191.7M opening. But it was enough to be the 19th highest grossing movie of 2024.
For the first time in its 3 weeks, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is no longer #1. #2 will have to do with $21.2M. With $187.5M after 3 weeks, it's only $3.3M away from tying Sonic 2's franchise leading $190.8M total. The franchise did just pass $1B at the global box office. Sonic 3's $151.5M in 2024 was enough to overtake It Ends with Us and finish as the #14 movie of the year.
Nosferatu once again held down the 3rd spot with $13.2M. It finished 2024 with $48.4M which was 40th best but not enough to drain Challengers of its $50.1M. In total, it's grossed $69.4M domestically and $100.3M worldwide.
Climbing up to 4th place was Moana 2 with $12.3M. After finishing behind Wicked on December 30th, Moana 2 has beat it every day since. We can thank Wicked hitting on-demand a little bit for that but Wicked did play in an additional 110 theaters this weekend.
Moana 2 finished 2024 with $404M, which was #4 on the year. Its $425.1M running total makes it Disney Animation's 2nd highest grossing movie behind Frozen ll's $477.3M. It's also closing in on a billy with $960.4M worldwide. 
Rounding out the top five was Wicked, which fell from fourth place with $10.2M. I already mentioned its on-demand status maybe doing a little harm to its box office but it's still made $450.7M. $432.9M of that total came in 2024 and was last year's 3rd best total. Those are big time numbers. Can Cynthia Erivo complete the EGOT?
Notables
Kraven: The Hunter made $1M in its 4th weekend and has grossed a gross $23.7M
Seven celebrates its 30th anniversary this year and was re-released in 200 theaters.
Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | 2 | Mufasa: The Lion King | $23,836,000 | -35.2% | 3,925 | $168,600,931 | 3 | Disney |
| 2 | 1 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | $21,200,124 | -42.7% | 3,746 | $187,508,000 | 3 | Paramount |
| 3 | 3 | Nosferatu | $13,200,000 | -39% | 3,132 | $69,400,565 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 4 | 5 | Moana 2 | $12,397,000 | -34.4% | 3,345 | $425,152,483 | 6 | Disney |
| 5 | 4 | Wicked | $10,200,055 | -48.4% | 3,287 | $450,752,000 | 7 | Universal |
| 6 | 6 | A Complete Unknown | $8,067,000 | -30.8% | 2,835 | $41,696,667 | 2 | Searchlight Pictures |
| 7 | 7 | Babygirl | $4,492,499 | <0.1% | 2,164 | $16,112,999 | 3 | A24 |
| 8 | 8 | Gladiator II | $2,675,000 | -34.6% | 1,748 | $168,867,182 | 7 | Paramount |
| 9 | 9 | Homestead | $2,103,576 | -31.9% | 1,700 | $17,475,156 | 3 | Angel Studios |
| 10 | 10 | The Fire Inside | $1,230,901 | -37.2% | 2,032 | $7,129,870 | 2 | Amazon MGM |
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Not much competition in January, so these late December releases and family films should continue to thrive.