Sonic the Hedgehog 3 takes the lead at the holiday box office, narrowly edging out Disney's Mufasa. While Mufasa leads in five-day earnings, Sonic secures the weekend victory. Both films contribute to a strong theatrical landscape bolstered by the success of Wicked and Moana 2. Robert Eggers' Nosferatu also enjoys a successful debut, marking the best Christmas Day opening for a genre film.
This image released by Paramount Pictures and Sega of America shows Jim Carrey, as Ivo Robotnik, in a scene from 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3.' Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' winning the three-day weekend over ' Mufasa ' by a blue hair. Paramount's Sonic movie earned $38 million, while ' Mufasa ' brought in $37.1 million from theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to studio estimates Sunday.
On a normal weekend counting Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ticket purchases, the winner would be somewhat clear. But when the Christmas holiday falls on a Wednesday as it did this year, the studios look at two sets of numbers: The five-day earnings and the three-day weekend earnings. With the five-day tally, The Walt Disney Co.'s 'Mufasa' had the edge, bringing in $63.8 million. It all adds up to a rather robust theatrical landscape, helped by the continued success of 'Wicked' and 'Moana 2,' which are on their sixth and fifth weekends, respectively. The vampire horror 'Nosferatu' also debuted fairly triumphantly. Robert Eggers’ modern reimagining of a 1922 silent film starring Nicholas Hoult and Lily-Rose Depp rose to the top of a starry batch of Christmas Day newcomers, which included the Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown,' with Timothée Chalamet; the erotic drama 'Babygirl' with Nicole Kidman; and 'The Fire Inside,' about boxer Claressa Shields. 'Nosferatu' landed in third place with $21.2 million from the weekend and $40.3 million from its first five days. Not accounting for inflation, it had the best Christmas Day opening ever for a genre film, with $11.6 million (besting 'The Faculty's' $4.4 million in 1998). Focus Features released the R-rated film in 2,992 theaters. The Bob Dylan movie, directed by James Mangold, also got off to a bright start with $11.6 million over the weekend and $23.2 million since Christmas
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