Many people were quick to write off Disney Mufasa: The Lion King when it failed miserably at paramount Sonic the Hedgehog 3 last weekend, but that changed Wednesday as families became more free after the holidays.
mufasa “Christmas Day” topped the box office with $15 million, followed by filmmaker Robert Egger’s star-studded new vampire film Nosferatu Expected to receive $11.6 million Sonic 3 $10.7 million.
A horror fantasy film, Nosferatu Looking to finish third with a whopping $40 million within five days of trailing mufasa and Sonic, far exceeded expectations (anything over $20 million is a win). Modeling is difficult in the early stages of the game and all movie projections may change. Eggers’ film stars Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult and Bill Skarsgård.
mufasa The five-day total is expected to exceed $50 million, while Sonic 3 The same target is $50 million (at this stage, most competitors have mufasa leading). As of Wednesday, the film has grossed nearly $200 million worldwide.
A slew of other films are also opening nationwide on Christmas Day, especially awards contenders looking to capitalize on the five-day holiday weekend (Wednesday through Sunday) as 2024 comes to a close. Overall, the end of the year is good news for the box office, with the year-on-year deficit narrowing from 11% in mid-November to 4% currently. Powerful combinations to kick off the Thanksgiving season moana 2, evil and Gladiator II.
Timothée Chalamet is widely acclaimed Completely unknown The Bob Dylan biopic took in $7.2 million at the box office on Wednesday as veteran moviegoers flocked to see the film. Searchlight Pictures and the Golden Globe nominee could earn up to more than $22 million over the five days, which is a great start and ahead of tracking.
A24 The much-anticipated Oscar hopeful baby girlThe film starring Nicole Kidman is expected to gross $7 million in its five-day opening after taking in $1.7 million on Wednesday. Dealer A24 is also a frontrunner in handling awards fauvismwhich bypasses a nationwide launch in favor of a traditional platform launch and debuts in six locations this weekend.
Amazon MGM Studios There’s fire insideThe film, written by Barry Jenkins, is expected to gross $6 million in its five-day opening (Completely unknown Secretly taking place at multiple Imax locations on December 18th).
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