‘Mufasa’ Claws Back At ‘Sonic’ Thursday, ‘Lion King’ Prequel Eyes $58M 5-Day; Focus Features & Searchlight Having Renaissance – Box Office Update
deadline.comRefresh for more…Mufasa continued to get from the count on Thursday, beating Sonic The Hedgehog 3, $12M to $11.55M.
The 3-day and 5-days on these two family movies are expected to be close. Mufasa is currently looking to be the stronger at $58M.
Running total through yesterday on Mufasa is $76.4M while Sonic 3 stands at $99.55M. But enough about those filthy animals, the real story over the holiday are the classic labels, Focus Features and Searchlight which are both seeing record openings.
Post Covid, Focus Features rose from the ashes this weekend to remind the town how hip they can make movies, the win here being Robert Eggers’ gothic vampire movie Nosferatu which is eyeing a $21.4M 3-day and $40.6M 5-day after $7.6M yesterday, the pic’s second day of release.
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