‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Hopes To Roar $66M+ Opening Or More – Box Office Early Look
deadline.comThe six-week-out projection for Disney‘s Mufasa: The Lion King has hit via Quorum tracking service, which sees it at a $59 million-$66 million opening when the Barry Jenkins-directed prequel hits cinemas on December 20.
Keep in mind that the fire-breathing campaigns for Mufasa and Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 haven’t truly begun yet; heck, they’ll be dropping trailers left, right and center during the box office perfect storm that is Wicked, Gladiator II and Moana 2.
Also, keep in mind the prediction is for general audiences. On the Quorum ‘Pay to See’ scale — meaning audiences polled who’ll actually shell out money to get off the couch — Mufasa roars with a 62, a number up there with the Thanksgiving holy trinity of Wicked (64), Gladiator II (63) and Moana 2 (62).
Mufasa skews more female, while Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which it’s opening against, skews male. Mufasa also looks to grab the over-35 audience, while the latter is younger.
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