‘Mufasa’ Muted As It Lopes To $33M Through Friday Overseas, On Way To $125M Global Launch – International Box Office
deadline.comDisney’s Mufasa: The Lion King is not as regal as hoped in its global debut. The cume through three days of international box office play is $33M, which, with the domestic outlook, portends a $125M worldwide start through Sunday.
That’s far off pre-weekend projections of a $180M worldwide debut. Domestically, as Anthony has detailed, is leaning hard into Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
That movie doesn’t begin rollout internationally until next weekend, so Mufasa has offshore markets to itself this session. But the lion is not roaring from the get-go offshore, and there is still a lot of family play to go around (ie Dis’ own Moana 2 as well as Wicked).
Nevertheless, holiday distractions are an overall factor and the hope is for more traction as time frees up. The current through-Friday of $33M is 28% ahead of last year’s Christmas release, Wonka; and on par with Disney’s Aladdin (which ended up with magic carpet legs) on a like-for-like basis.
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