Young Mufasa (Braelyn Rankins) and Young Taka (Theo Somolu) standing on the bank of a river
While it debuted to underwhelming numbers both domestically and worldwide, Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King is now dominating the Christmas week with an impressive box office haul on Christmas Day. After it drastically lost to Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last weekend, Mufasa: The Lion King topped the Christmas Day chart with a total of $15 million box office earnings. This comes after the feature experienced quite an improvement in box office revenue on Tuesday.
‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Debuted to Mixed Reviews Close Along with its disappointing box office debut, Mufasa also earned mixed critical and audience reviews upon its release. While audiences seem to be approving of The Lion King prequel, with a current 88% audience score on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, critics were less generous, with only a 55% score as of this writing.
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