Tis the season for box office miracles, or not as Paramount had a lot of confidence in Sonic The Hedgehog 3, and the power of Jim Carrey, but were probably still surprised to see just how fast Sonic 3 dethroned The Lion King. Coming in fast Sonic 3 with 62 million racked up a 27 million lead over Mufasa’s 35 million for the weekend. Disney may have miscalculated with Moana 2 still hanging onto the box off adding to the competition for Mufasa.
With Mufasa in 2nd, the box office behemoth that is Wicked sat in 3rd in week five of its theatrical run with another 14 million for its name.
Moana 2 was bumped down to 4th with Disney likely seeing it outlast Mufasa in the top 10s even in week four onward. The next two magor releases for Disney coming later next year.
In 5th was the newcomer Homestead bringing in a modest 6.1 million for its opening week.
Gladiator II hung onto the top ten in 6th place with 4.5 million for its fifth week.
Kraven dropped to 7th place from last week and continues on the crawl towards even with 3.1 million for its second week. With only 17 million total it will have to rely on overseas sales to help boost it to a higher total gross.
In 8th is the second animated film in the top 10 with The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim scoring 1.3 million more for its total 7.4 million.
For 9th The Best Christmas Pageant Ever hangs on long enough to see Christmas weekend after premiering seven weeks ago.
For 10th is Oscar hopeful Queer in its fourth week with 364k for a solid run as an art house film.
The box office numbers are as follows.
1. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Weekend : $62M Total: $62M Weeks: 1
2. Mufasa: The Lion King Weekend: $35M Total: $35M Weeks: 1
3. Wicked Weekend: $14M Total: $384M Weeks: 5
4. Moana 2 Weekend: $13M Total: $359M Weeks: 4
5. Homestead Weekend: $6.1M Total: $6.1M Weeks: 1
6. Gladiator II Weekend: $4.5M Total: $154M Weeks: 5
7. Kraven: The Hunter Weekend: $3.1M Total: $17M Weeks: 2
8. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Weekend: $1.3M Total: $7.4M Weeks: 2
9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Weekend: $825K Total: $38M Weeks: 7
10. Queer Weekend: $364K Total: $2.8M
Weeks: 4
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