The pre-Christmas box office brings two newcomers with very different outlooks, as Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” is well on its way to being the most successful chapter of the video game film series while Disney’s “Mufasa” is left looking to overseas box office and the long legs of the holiday season for a rebound after a poor start.
“Sonic 3” is opening slightly below the $72.1 million domestic start that “Sonic the Hedgehog 2” earned in April 2022 with $70.5 million from 3,761 theaters after earning $25.7 million on opening day. It is also enjoying the strongest reception of the series from critics and hardcore Sonic fans alike with an A on CinemaScore and Rotten