The early field workplace projection numbers for Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 have been revealed.
Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 each open in United States theaters in December 2024. The previous is a prequel to 2019’s The Lion King directed by Barry Jenkins, whereas the latter is Paramount Footage’ third entry within the Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise.
How a lot are Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 anticipated to make opening weekend?
In response to Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 are each seeking to make about the identical sum of money throughout their opening weekend. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is at present eyeing a $55 million debut, whereas Mufasa: The Lion King is at present circling $50 million.
The primary Sonic the Hedgehog film, compared, made $58 million throughout its opening weekend and grossed round $320 million in whole; though, it’s value mentioning the movie was additionally launched in america in February 2020, only one month earlier than the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 opened to $72.1 million and grossed round $405.4 million in whole.
The 2019 Lion King film, directed by Jon Favreau, was an enormous field workplace hit, making $191.8 million throughout its opening weekend. In whole, it earned round $1.657 billion worldwide and is now the seventh-highest-grossing film of all time.
“Be aware, it doesn’t matter who wins, simply one other nice second of all boats rising over the Christmas field workplace after what is predicted to be a document Thanksgiving stretch, besting 2018’s $315.6M five-day whole. Ultimately, it’s about that Christmas a number of, which might be as excessive as 5x-5.5x for household titles opening earlier than the vacation,” Deadline’s article notes.
Mufasa: The Lion King and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will each be launched on December 20, 2024.
