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.

Paramount's 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' will continue its rally at the holiday box office with around $9M today at 3,761 locations for a running total of $69.1M.

Reflecting back on 2024, it was a notably up and down year for films at the box office. The labor battles of 2023 forced some major schedule changes that had a big impact, and there were some notable flops and down periods,

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has made over $200 million worldwide, with $137 million from the domestic market. The movie might be on track to surpass the earnings of the first two films in the series. The entire Sonic trilogy might soon reach $1 billion of revenue at the international box office.

Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King shared honours with Paramount’s Sonic The Hedgehog 3 at the North American, international and global box office for the latest weekend period – with both films delivering very similar numbers from a similar footprint of markets.

Lion and land critter continued to go at like an episode of Mutual Omaha’s Wild Kingdom this weekend with each studio screaming that they’re No. 1. If you look at the standard 3-day weekend, it’s Paramount’s Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with $38M while Disney’s Mufasa is looking

Family films “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” and “Mufasa” dominated the Christmas weekend box office, according to studio estimates released Sunday. Paramount’s “Sonic” earned $38M, edging out Disney’s “Mufasa” haul of $37.