Box Office Results: Mufasa: The Lion King Beats Sonic 3 on New Year’s Day

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managed to beat 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 $10.3 million on New Year’s Day. Its total domestic box office haul is now at $138.5 million, while the worldwide total is estimated to be around $342.5 million.

While it has now surpassed its reported $200 million budget, Mufasa still has a ways to go to beat 2019’s The Lion King, as that ended its worldwide box office run with around $1.657 billion.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 came in second place on New Year’s Day with $8.95 million, per Deadline. With its total domestic gross now sitting at $138.5 million (worldwide is estimated to be around $210.6 million), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 could be the highest-grossing Sonic movie to date should it surpass Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s $405.4 million.

Elsewhere, Moana 2 brought in another $5.1 million, while A24’s Nosferatu made $4.96 million and the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown made $3.1 million.

1). Mufasa (Dis) 4,100 theaters Wed $10.3M (+43% from New Year’s Eve) Total $138.5M /Wk 2

2). Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Par) 3,769 theaters, Wed $8.95M (+23%), Total $160.4M/Wk 2

3). Moana 2 (Dis) 3410 theaters, Wed $5.1M (+29%) Total $409.2M/Wk 5

4). Nosferatu (Foc) 2,992 theaters, Wed $4.96M (+70%), Total $53M/Wk 1

5). Wicked (Uni) 3,177 theaters, Wed $4.63M (+26%) Total $437.5M/Wk 6

6). A Complete Unknown (Sea) 2,835 theaters, Wed $3.1M (+14%) Total $31.7M/Wk 1

7). Babygirl (A24) 2,115 theaters, Wed $1.4M (+83%), Total $10.5M/Wk 1

8). Gladiator 2 (Par) 1,865 theaters, Wed $1.04M (+50%) Total $165.5M/Wk 6

9). Homestead (Angel) 1,769 theaters, Wed $952K (+46%), Total $14.9M/Wk 2

10). The Fire Inside (Amz) 2006 theaters, Wed $592k (+37%), Total $5.6M/Wk 1