Elsewhere, Timothée Chalamet's Bob Dylan biopic 'A Complete Unknown' breaks records for Searchlight as vampire pic 'Nosferatu' bites off big business for Focus Features.

The good news that multiple films enjoyed at the end of 2024 continued at the start of 2025, as Disney's "Mufasa" extended its Christmas rebound to claim the No. 1 spot for the year's first weekend. In its third weekend in theaters,

Mufasa: The Lion King has won the Christmas weekend domestic box office. Now in its second week of release, Mufasa: The Lion King came out on top at the box office in the United States during the five-day Christmas weekend.

The vampire thriller “Nosferatu” and Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown" both open strong at the five-day Christmas weekend box office.

That success for “Mufasa” isn’t coming at the expense of “Sonic 3,” which continues to hum along with $10.3 million on Wednesday. The video game adaptation now has $88 million domestic and should reach $125-130 million by Sunday as it begins its overseas rollout.

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

The holiday box office is winding down this weekend as “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” continue to lead charts and draw family audiences before schools go back in session. Though “Mufasa” was above “Sonic 3” across much of the holiday weekdays,