Box office: One of Them Days challenges Mufasa for the top spot while the latest Wolf Man reboot flops
Whichever film wins, it will be the lowest-grossing MLK weekend champ since 1997 (not counting 2021, when many theatres were closed because of Covid).
A few of this week’s highlights:
The brand new female buddy comedy One of Them Days appears to have won the regular three-day weekend, while Christmas-season holdover Mufasa: The Lion King is poised to win the four-day American long weekend.
Whichever film wins, this week’s top movie will be the lowest-grossing MLK weekend champ since 1997 (not counting the Covid-affected 2021).
Wolf Man—which had been expected to win the weekend—landed in third place with one of the weakest debuts of any “Universal monsters” reboot.
Several movies passed major milestones: Mufasa: The Lion King passed $200mil in North America—it has also reached almost $600mil worldwide—while Sonic the Hedgehog 3 passed $400mil worldwide, Wicked passed $700mil worldwide, and Moana 2 passed one billion dollars worldwide.
Homestead is now the second Angel Studios film to gross $20 million or more in North America, following 2023’s mega-hit Sound of Freedom.
And now, a few more stats and facts re: this week’s top ten, title by title:
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