Nosferatu Parties Between Sonic and Mufasa’s Box Office War

This December ended up being a pretty big month for movies. After a while clean startThe month has really started Sonic 3 and Mufasa, both of which managed to pick up steam over the Christmas period. And as the year comes to an end, those two films are still duking it out for the top spot, even as the newest. Nosferatu he entered the fight.

In order VarietyRobert Eggers’ gothic horror came in behind both children’s films and made $40.3 million since its Christmas release. That’s almost double its initial projections of $25 million, and now it’s a the best open of all time for Focus Features. I know word of mouth it was pretty good, it is trailers they looked a lot well, and people like Eggers’ previous work. It probably also helps that the trailers don’t let you see what Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok looks alike, but the accumulation of how freaky it can appear invites curiosity. At the moment, Nosferatu it’s only in the country, and it’s not clear when Universal will release it for international audiences.

Meanwhile, Mufasa and Sonic they grew up at home and overseas. The former earned $111 million in the United States, bringing its global total to $328 million. Things were searched for the Lion King Christmas prequel, and the same is true for the Blur Blur: By Sonic The US take jumped to $137.5 million, bringing its worldwide total to $211 million. As an analyst Luiz Fernando he said, the trilogy had a hard time in Japan, but they will probably end up making the movies one billion dollar franchise when all is said and done, so there probably is at least three more films on the way.

Speaking of billions: it seems more and more certain Moana 2 you are going to join the billion dollar club. Fernando he also noted that the film’s box office grew to $882.5 million worldwide. It clearly has a long tail, and the same may be true for the last salvo of the versions of 2024 as we go right into 2025. Starting from the new year, we had. The damned on January 3 and Den of Thieves 2: Panther on January 10, followed by Universal’s The wolf man on the 17th of January.

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