The Lion King, a prequel to the 2019 film of the same name, beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the domestic box office on New Year’s Day, earning an additional $10.3 million and bringing its total domestic haul to $138.5 million. Its worldwide gross is estimated to be around $342.5 million.
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 came in second with $8.95 million, taking its total domestic gross to $138.5 million and potentially becoming the highest-grossing Sonic film of all time if it surpasses Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s $405.4 million.
Moana 2 also performed well, earning $5.1 million and boosting its total domestic box office to $409.2 million. The Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown made $3.1 million, while Nosferatu brought in $4.96 million.
The current top 10 domestic box office chart is led by Mufasa with 4,100 theaters, followed closely by Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with 3,769 theaters.
Source: https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1899782-box-office-results-mufasa-sonic-new-years