In a box office battle beween the Hedgehog and the Lion Sonic the Hedgehog 3 beat out Mufasa The lion King by a healthy amount.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 came in with a very good $60.1 Million on its debut, nearly double that of the Disney The Lion King sequel.

A good debut from the video game adaptation threequel, but it is lower than the last movie in the series.

Last weeks top movie, Moana 2 falls to number 4 this weekend and has taken a mammoth $359 Million over 4 weeks of release.

US weekend box office top 5 breakdown 20th - 22nd December 2024

Highest new movie this weekend

• The movie is the Highest debut on this weekends US box office chart.
• It has spent 1 weeks at the top of the US box office.
• It grosses $60,102,146 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $60,102,146 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 which took $72,105,176 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 2 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $35,409,365 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $35,409,365 after 1 weekends of release
• The movie is a sequel to The Lion King which took $191,770,759 at the box office after 1 weekends of release.

• The movie goes down the chart to number 3 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $14,152,425 over the weekend, a 37% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $384,568,300 after 5 weekends of release
• The movie is the 3rd top grossing film so far in 2024

• The movie goes down the chart to number 4 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $13,204,249 over the weekend, a 50% drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $359,172,577 after 4 weekends of release
• The movie is the 5th top grossing film so far in 2024
• The movie is a sequel to Moana which took $162,920,977 at the box office after 4 weekends of release.

• The movie is a new entry at number 5 on this weekends US box office
• It grosses $6,000,241 over the weekend, a % drop from last weekend
• It has a total gross of $6,000,241 after 1 weekends of release

This weeks top 10 US Box Office films

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