The follow-up movie to the 2019 live action remake of The Lion King has put in a solid performance at the box office so far.

Mufasa: The Lion King managed to beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 at the domestic box office on New Year’s Day. Mufasa: The Lion King, which serves as a prequel to the 2019 The Lion King movie, brought in an additional $10.

Having staged something of a comeback during the Christmas week — a historically lucrative period at the box office — Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King passed a couple of important milestones both domestically and worldwide this weekend.

In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office.

Mufasa” has reigned supreme at the global box office, but the “Lion King” prequel is lacking the bite of Disney’s prior live-action adaptations. The movie, a prequel to director Jon Favreau’s 2019 photorealistic “The Lion King” remake,

Mufasa: The Lion King features Aaron Pierre as the titular character. Now, the prequel movie has topped Nosferatu at the Christmas day box office.

Ever since 90s kids learned about the Circle of Life, there have been few other titles to touch that level of Disney Renaissance apotheosis we experienced 30 years ago. It’s nearly impossible to hit

Mufasa: The Lion King's New Year's Day offers hope for it overtaking Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as No. 1 at the box office after their first two weekends.