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.

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

Mufasa: The Lion King continues its winning run at the box office as it surpasses Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire to move up in 2024’s highest-grossing films list worldwide. It is also rapidly approaching a vital milestone globally. However, it will be hard for it to surpass Wicked’s $709.65 million worldwide gross. Scroll below for the deets.

The Lion King” finally took the No. 1 spot, surpassing “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” for the first time since they were both released on Dec.

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

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.

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.

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.