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Box Office: ‘Sonic 3’ Bounds Over Hedge With $62M Opening, ‘Mufasa’ Limps to $35M
The Hollywood ReporterStory by Pamela McClintock
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 races to a massive $62M opening, while Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King stumbles with a $35M debut, in a battle of PG family films this holiday season.
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- Sonic the Hedgehog 3's $62M opening is the best December debut for a PG film since The Chronicles of Narnia in 2005, thanks to strong reviews (88% on Rotten Tomatoes) and audience scores (A CinemaScore).
- Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King, an origin story for the classic character, fell notably short of expectations with a $35M domestic debut, despite positive reviews and an A- CinemaScore, as it struggled to compete with the appeal of the Sonic franchise.
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Jim Carrey, Keanu Reeves, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Natasha Rothwell, Shemar Moore, Adam Pally, Lee Majdoub, Alyla Browne, Krysten Ritter, Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., John Kani, Tiffany Boone, Kagiso Lediga, Preston Nyman, Mads Mikkelsen, Barry Jenkins, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sega, Disney, Universal, Angel Studios, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Mufasa: The Lion King, Wicked, Moana 2, Homestead