The Lion King is a top 10 hit on one Billboard chart, and it's come very close to reaching the Hot 100 this week.

The “Lion King” prequel arrived to weak ticket sales last month, but moviegoers have since embraced it, pushing global box office returns toward $700 million.

Per Deadline, Mufasa: The Lion King is projected to earn $11.5 million through Sunday and $15.5 million through the four-day MLK holiday weekend. If the estimate holds it will boost Mufasa’s running domestic tally to $209.7 million since its Dec. 20, 2024, opening.

One of Them Days shocked the box office this weekend as the SZA and Keke Palmer comedy passed Universal’s Wolf Man reboot. The Sony movie opened in second place at $11.6 million at 2,675 North American theaters-with an estimated $14 million more expected through the end of the holiday weekend on Monday.

The Keke Palmer buddy comedy “One of Them Days” opened in first place on the North American box office charts on a particularly slow Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

Pitched by Sony as the first black female led theatrical comedy since 2017’s Girls Trip, One Of Them Days stars Keke Palmer and SZA as best friends and roommates trying to avoid eviction. Lawrence Lamont directs for producer Issa Rae.

Mufasa: The Lion King trades places with Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the top of the box office this weekend. See our full report.

Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson breaks down how 'Mufasa,' now in theaters, connects back to original 'Lion King' saga.

The bad news overall: it looks to be one of the slowest MLK weekends in years as Hollywood and theaters prepare for another slowdown in product in the first quarter of 2025. Speaker Mike Johnson Suggests "Conditions" Needed on Federal Aid for L.

With Universal/Blumhouse's "Wolf Man" opening below projections, the No. 1 spot at the MLK weekend box office is up for grabs as Disney's "Mufasa" is contending with Sony's new buddy comedy "One of Them Days" For the extended weekend,