Box Office: ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ Dashes to $25 Million Opening Day, ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Trails With $13.3 Million

variety.com:

J. Kim Murphy He’s the fastest thing alive, after all. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is rolling around on top of the box office in its North American opening, collecting $25 million from 3,761 locations across Friday and preview screenings.

Meanwhile, “Mufasa: The Lion King” will land in second place, having earned $13.3 million from 4,100 sites so far across the same time frame.

In what some expected to be a more even box office match-up between two family-friendly features starring CG critters, Paramount’s “Sonic” sequel has broken out far ahead of “Mufasa” in its debut.

While mid-December weekends can often seem like a calm before a storm, with the public putting off moviegoing as it prepares for the holidays, that’s not slowing down the Blue Blur here. “Sonic 3” nearly bestedthe $26 million opening day nabbed by “Sonic 2” back in April 2022.