The “Lion King” prequel arrived to weak ticket sales last month, but moviegoers have since embraced it, pushing global box office returns toward $700 million.

Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $11.5 million through Sunday and $15.5 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend. If the estimate holds it will boost Mufasa’s running domestic tally to $209.7 million since its Dec. 20, 2024, opening.

There’s good news at the MLK weekend box office for films like Sony’s new buddy comedy “One of Them Days” as well as more milestones for Christmas holdovers “Mufasa” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3,” but this holiday period is proving to be a weak one for theaters.

Worldwide box office January 17-19 Rank Film (distributor) 3-day (world) Cume (world) 3-day (int'l) Cume (int'l) Territories 1. Mufasa: The Lion King (Disney)

The Lion King was satisfying, there are one or two things which we didn't see from the film's main protagonist.

Heading into the long weekend, Universal’s “Wolf Man” reboot was projected to climb to No. 1 on domestic box office charts. Yet Sony’s “One of Them Days,” an R-rated buddy comedy starring Keke Palmer and SZA,

The bad news overall: it looks to be one of the slowest MLK weekends in years as Hollywood and theaters prepare for another slowdown in product in the first quarter of 2025. Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests "Conditions" Needed on Federal Aid for L.

With Universal/Blumhouse's "Wolf Man" opening below projections, the No. 1 spot at the MLK weekend box office is up for grabs as Disney's "Mufasa" is contending with Sony's new buddy comedy "One of Them Days" For the extended weekend,