US box office: Can vampire Nosferatu take down the hedgehog from Sonic 3?

At the US box office from December 27 to 29, 2024

1 – Sonic 3: $38,000,000 (cumulative: $137,552,000)

2 – Mufasa: The Lion King: $37,100,000 (cumulative: $113,484,000)

3 – Nosferatu: $21,150,000 – Cumulative $40,304,000 in first 5 days of release (New)

4 – Wicked: $19,450,000 (cumulative: $424,231,000)

5 – Moana 2: $18,200,000 (cumulative: $394,605,000)

6 – Total Stranger: $11,600,000 – Cumulative $23,174,000 in first 5 days of release (New)

7 – Babygirl: $4,393,000 – Cumulative $7,240,000 in first 5 days of release (New)

8 – Gladiator II: $4,150,000 (cumulative: $163,100,000)

9 – House: $3,190,000 (Cumulative: $12,897,000)

10 – The Fire Within: $2,031,000 – Cumulative $4,331,000 in first 5 days of release (New)

A thing to remember

The Blue Hedgehog continues its momentum, earning an additional $38 million in its second weekend in US theaters, bringing its total to $137.5 million.

Sonic 3 closely followed MufasaThe prequel to The Lion King earned $37 million over the weekend for a $113 million day-to-date total in North American theaters. We’re far from the results of Jon Favreau’s The Lion King, which earned $76 million in its second weekend in theaters in July 2019.

A rare non-family film to reach the top 5 at the US box office: a repeat film Nosferatu By Robert Eggers. This horror film grossed $40.3 million over 5 days and over $21 million over the 3-day weekend. Starring Lily-Rose Depp, Nicholas Hoult, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (whose Craven quickly disappeared from the top 10) and Willem Dafoe, the feature film is a new take on one of horror cinema’s greatest classics, Nosferatu. Directed in 1922 by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. This film is inspired by a mysterious episode from the voyage of Demetrius taken from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula.

It’s the fourth-best opening for Focus Features studio behind Downton Abbey ($31 million), Insidious 3 ($23.7 million) and London Falls ($21.6 million).

A new Wicked record

with an additional $19 million, evil It was $424 million in the United States, and $634.4 million worldwide. term notes that Jon M. Chu’s musical outdoes Mamma Mia! worldwide ($611.4 million), becoming the highest-grossing musical comedy adaptation at the global box office.

at last Moana 2 The record-holder added an additional $18 million, bringing its total to $398 million in North America. This is already 150 million more than the domestic box office of the first film (248 million). The sequel to the adventures of the Polynesian hero collects $882 million at the international box office.