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Popculturology • The Box Office Report
It’s ‘One of Them Days’ for the weekend box office
Based on Sunday estimates, the Keke Palmer and Sza comedy narrowly beat out ‘Mufasa’ while ‘Wolf Man’ failed to scare up a big debut.
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Hello! Welcome to The Box Office Report for the weekend of Jan. 17-19, 2025.
1. One of Them Days
Weekend gross: $11.6M
Total domestic gross: $11.6M
Last weekend: New release
Percent drop: NA
It was a fairly quiet weekend at the box office, with every release coming in at less than $12 million. Based on Sunday estimate, One of Them Days appears to have scored a win over Mufasa: The Lion King.
The comedy, which starred Keke Palmer and Sza, currently outgrossed Disney’s Lion King prequel in its fifth weekend in theaters, by $60,000.
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2. Mufasa: The Lion King
Weekend gross: $11.5M
Total domestic gross: $205.8M
Last weekend: 2nd
Percent drop: 19
Yay, it only took Mufasa five weekends to accomplish what Jon Favreau’s The Lion King “live”-action remake a single weekend to do. At long last, Mufasa surpassed the $191.8 million that 2019’s Lion King grossed its opening weekend.
Can you feel that? The electricity in the air? That’s the exciting building for the live-action Moana remake thanks to Mufasa’s box office spectacle.
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