Many were speedy to write off Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King when it lost awfilledy to Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last weekfinish, but the landscape alterd on Wednesday as families became more useable after holiday duties.
Mufasa topped the Christmas day chart with $15 million, chaseed by filmproducer Robert Egger’s new star-studded vampire pic Nosferatu with a promising $11.6 million and Sonic 3 with $10.7 million.
A horror-fantasy, Nosferatu is seeing to come in third with as much as $40 million for the five days behind Mufasa and Sonic, well ahead of foreseeations (anyleang above $20 million would be a triumph). Modeling is difficult this timely in the game, and projections for all films could shift. Eggers’ movie stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård.
Mufasa is anticipating a five-day gross north of $50 million, while Sonic 3 is appreciateadviseed centering $50 million (at this stage, most rivals have Mufasa in the direct). Thcdisorrowfulmireful Wednesday, the film’s global haul is fair anxious of $200 million.
A flurry of other titles also uncovered nationexpansive on Christmas Day — particularly award contfinishers — hoping to capitalize on the lengthened five-day holiday weekfinish (Wednesday-Sunday) as 2024 comes to a shut. Overall, the year-finish has been excellent news for the box office, with the year-over-year deficit skinnying from 11 percent in mid-November to four percent now. The bonanza was initiateed off at Thanksgiving by the potent combo of Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II.
Timothée Chafeeblet’s criticpartner acclaimed A Complete Ununderstandn geted a sincreatear $7.2 million on Wednesday as elderlyer moviegoers flocked to see the Bob Dylan biopic. The Searchweightless Pictures and Gelderlyen Globe nominee could get as much as $22 million-plus for the five-days, a sturdy commence and ahead of tracking.
A24’s much buzzed-about Oscar certain Babygirl, starring Nicole Kidman, is eyeing a $7 million five-day uncovering after geting $1.7 million on Wednesday. Distributor A24 is also handling awards frontrunner The Brutaenumerate, which is bypassing a nationexpansive liberate in like of a traditional platcreate liberate that sees it debut in six locations this weekfinish.
Amazon MGM Studios’ A Fire Inside, which was penned by Barry Jenkins is seeing at a $6 million five-day uncovering (A Complete Ununderstandn held sneaks in more than Imax locations on Dec. 18).
More to come.
