Sonic the Hedgehog 3 runs all over Mufasa: The Lion King while Kraven The Hunter tanks
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 had a solid debut weekend. The film opened with $62 million domestically and $1.4 million internationally for a worldwide debut of $63.4 million. The first film opened in 2020 with a little over $58 million domestically going on to gross $319.7 million worldwide while the sequel opened with $72.1 million in 2022 and went on to gross $405.4 million. It’s clear this franchise has a fandom that can be relied on.
Mufasa: The Lion King… can we make murdered jokes? The film’s opening was a bump in Disney’s uneven year grossing just $35 million domestically. Internationally, it did much better with $87.2 million for a worldwide debut of $122.2 million. It’s possible the film was hurt with another “kid’s” movie opening and the international gross hints at that. We’ll see if this film has legs over the holiday weekend.
Wicked slipped just one spot to come in third with $13.5 million domestically to bring it to $383.9 million. Internationally, the movie grossed $21.5 million over the week to bring that to $187.4 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $571.3 million.
Moana 2 dropped in its fourth week going from first to fourth adding $13.1 million domestically to bring that to $359.1 million. Over the week, the movie grossed $50.6 million over the week and now stands at $431.1 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $790.2 million.
Homestead debuted in fifth with $6.1 million domestically.
In comic film news…
Kraven the Hunter tanked in its second weekend dropping 71.8% to gross $3.1 million. Domestically, the movie has grossed just $17.4 million. Internationally, it did a little better grossing $10.4 million over the week to bring that to $25.4 million. Worldwide, the movie as grossed just $42.8 million after two weeks. It’s possible this film will do worse than both Morbius and Madame Web.
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim dropped an impressive 72.1% in its second week grossing $1.3 million domestically to bring that to $7.4 million. Over the week, the film grossed just $2.3 million internationally to bring that to $8 million. The movie has grossed just $15.4 million.
Venom: The Last Dance added $140,000 to its domestic total which is now $139.6 million. Internationally, it grossed $2.1 million to bring that to $335.8 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $475.4 million.
Solo Leveling: Reawakening remained at $3.4 million domestically. Internationally, it added about $670,000 over the week and has now grossed a little over $2.7 million for a worldwide total of a little over $6 million.
Transformers One remained at $59.1 million domestically. It also remained at $70.3 million internationally. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $129.4 million. With a budget between $75-147 million, the film’s success will be debated and will rely heavily on toy sales to truly determine.
Deadpool & Wolverine remained at $636.7 million domestically. Internationally, the movie is still at $701.3 million. Worldwide, the movie has grossed $1.338 billion.
The week’s overall box office success…
Numbers have 53 films earning $142,012,509 from 29,326 theaters. That’s a solid increase from the previous weekend’s $93,826,001 from 33,117 theaters and 65 films. The average earning was $4,842.55 which is a big bump from the previous weekend’s $2,833.17.








