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Box Office: ‘Mufasa’ Tops Long Christmas Holiday With $63.8M But ‘Sonic 3’ Steals the Weekend
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.
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‘The Batman’ Sequel Moves to 2027 as Alejandro González Iñárritu and Tom Cruise Take Its Fall 2026 Date
The sequel to 'The Batman' is expected to begin shooting in the third quarter of 2025.
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Box Office: ‘Mufasa’ Rebounds, Wins Christmas Day Ahead of ‘Sonic 3’ and ‘Nosferatu’
It's looking like a very merry holiday for moviegoing as a flurry of titles, including Oscar contenders 'A Complete Unknown' and 'Babygirl,' open.
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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ Bounds Over the Hedge With $62M Opening, ‘Mufasa’ Limps to $35M
The video game adaptation scored the second-best December openings ever for a PG-rated pic as Disney's follow-up to 2019's 'The Lion King' came in notably behind expectations.
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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ Racing to Huge $70M U.S. Opening, ‘Mufasa’ a Distant Second at $35M
The two event pics are kicking off the Christmas season at the box office this year.
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Can ‘Wicked’ Follow In These Blockbusters’ Best-Picture Footsteps?
From ‘Titanic’ to ‘Lord of the Rings,’ the hits that led the way.
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Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried’s ‘The Housemaid’ Lands December 2025 Release
Paul Feig is directing the two actresses in the movie adaptation of author Freida McFadden's best-selling suspense thriller.
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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ Tracking to Beat ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ as Christmas Week Kicks Off
The two holiday event pics cap an up-and-down year at the box office, with revenue coming in behind 2023 in a post-pandemic and post-strike set back.
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Holiday Cheer: Theater Owners See Good Signs For Moviegoing Despite 2024 Slump
More than 76 percent of Americans between ages 12 and 74 saw at least one movie in a cinema this year, while 85 percent plan to go as often or more often in 2025, according to a new report.
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Box Office: ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Bombs With $11M Opening, ‘Moana 2’ Crosses $700M Globally
'The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim' also fell on its sword as the 'Moana' sequel and 'Wicked' — which cleared the $500 million mark worldwide — saved the weekend.
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Box Office: ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Having Trouble Finding Prey, Earns Only $2M in Thursday Previews
The Sony movie is directed by J.C. Chandor and stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
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Box Office: ‘Moana 2’ Sails to Record $52M Second Weekend, Hits $600M Globally
'Wicked' also continued to dance to huge numbers as overall domestic box office revenue jumped nearly 100 percent over the same frame last year.
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