The holidays mean family time — and that’s extended to the box office. Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa: The Lion King were the top two films over Christmas in a neck-and-neck finish, earning $59.8 million and $63.

R eflecting 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 th

Paramount’s 'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' raced to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office with a $14.7 million opening weekend.

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In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

It’s a tight race between the still speeding “Sonic 3” and the resurgent “Mufasa” for No. 1, with the hedgehog currently having the edge with an estimated $37.4 million Fri.-Sun. total that is just a 38% drop from its $60 million opening weekend. “Mufasa” is just behind with an estimated $35 million, matching its opening weekend total.

It's looking like a very merry holiday for moviegoing as a flurry of titles, including Oscar contenders 'A Complete Unknown' and 'Babygirl,' open.

Two family films are dominating the holiday box office, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair

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.

T he weekend box office race is almost too close to call. While Sonic the Hedgehog 3’s dominance over Disney’s Lion King prequel Mufasa, raised some eyebrows last weekend, the