15 hours Ago By Garth Franklin
Disney’s “The Lion King” prequel rebounded on Christmas Day to overtake “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and win the holiday box-office with a $14.7 million haul on Wednesday – easily pushing the blue blur aside at $10.3 million.
In fact, the SEGA game inspired film had to settle for third with the arrival of “Nosferatu” taking a big bite at the box-office – drawing $11.55 million from the necks of moviegoers on Wednesday. As such, it’s looking like “Mufasa” could hit closer to $80 million for the five-day Wednesday-Sunday holiday stretch.
“Sonic” will likely come in second with just over $50 million and “Nosferatu” is headed for third with a $42 million take over that period – a good haul for a film with a $50 million budget. Fourth went to “A Complete Unknown,” the Bob Dylan biopic took in $7.2 million on Christmas Day (including Christmas Eve previews), while “Wicked” scored $5.
4 million and “Moana 2” took $4.2 million. The films are looking to take $22 million, $26 million and $20 million respectively for their five-day hauls.
A24’s Nicole Kidman erotic thriller “Babygirl” did $1.5 million on Christmas Day to take seventh while “The Fire Inside” did $1.25 million for eighth.
Christmas Day ended up being a big draw day for crowds with $62 million spent at the domestic box-office – a 148% surge over Christmas Eve. Further details, including international numbers, will be reported over the weekend..
