Mufasa: The Lion King managed to beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the domestic box office on New Year's Day. Mufasa: The Lion King, which serves as a prequel to the 2019 The Lion King movie, brought in an additional $10.

The Lion King outperformed Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the international box office, solidifying its global dominance. While both films competed strongly during the holiday season, Mufasa leveraged its international appeal to pull ahead of Sonic 3 in worldwide earnings.

The two holiday event pics cap an up-and-down year at the box office, with revenue coming in behind 2023 in a post-pandemic and post-strike set back.

Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 continue to bolster the box office’s holiday performance, with both films raking in over $60 million this week. After an initial disappointing opening weekend,

In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

"Dog Man," "Snow White," "A Minecraft Movie" and "Lilo & Stitch" are some of the highly anticipated family-friendly movies coming in 2025.

Mufasa: The Lion King” sputtered in second place at theaters in the United States and Canada. “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” was No. 1.

Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair.

Disney’s Mufasa opened far less than its predecessor and ranked below Paramount’s Sonic 3 at the US Box office.

Paramount’s 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' raced to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office with a $14.7 million opening weekend.