Holiday moviegoing ratcheted down during the first weekend of 2025 with Disney's third weekend of 'Mufasa' leading the weekend box office with $23M.

Mufasa: The Lion King managed to beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the domestic box office on New Year’s Day. Mufasa: The Lion King, which serves as a prequel to the 2019 The Lion King movie, brought in an additional $10.

Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair.

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R eflecting back on 2024, it was a notably up and down year for films at the box office. The labor battles of 2023 forced some major schedule changes that had a big impact, and th

The holidays mean family time — and that’s extended to the box office. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa: The Lion King were the top two films over Christmas in a neck-and-neck finish, earning $59.8 million and $63.

It’s a tight race between the still speeding “Sonic 3” and the resurgent “Mufasa” for No. 1, with the hedgehog currently having the edge with an estimated $37.4 million Fri.-Sun. total that is just a 38% drop from its $60 million opening weekend. “Mufasa” is just behind with an estimated $35 million, matching its opening weekend total.

The Lion King outperformed Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the international box office, solidifying its global dominance. While both films competed strongly during the holiday season, Mufasa leveraged its international appeal to pull ahead of Sonic 3 in worldwide earnings.

In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

Paramount’s 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' raced to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office with a $14.7 million opening weekend.