Box office: Sonic the Hedgehog runs laps around the Lion King prequel

Also: Homestead had one of Angel Studios' best openings to date, and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is now one of only three "faith-based" films to be in the top ten for seven straight weeks.

The blue hedgehog beat the orange lion at the box office this week.

A few of this week’s highlights:

• Sonic the Hedgehog 3 landed between the openings for the first two Sonic films and had one of the ten best openings of the year.

• Mufasa: The Lion King had the lowest first weekend in wide release of any Lion King movie ever—even before taking 30 years of inflation into account.

• Moana 2 continued to drop faster than most other recent animated films.

• Homestead had the best opening of any Angel Studios release that wasn’t directed by Alejandro Monteverde (the Sound of Freedom and Cabrini guy).

• Kraven the Hunter had one of the worst second-weekend drops of any comic-book movie ever.

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is now one of only three “faith-based” films that have been in the top ten for seven straight weeks.

And now, a few more stats and facts re: this week’s top ten, title by title: