Popculturology
‘Mufasa’ finally gets a weekend win over ‘Sonic 3’
With no major new releases to open the year, Disney’s ‘Lion King’ prequel barely squeaks past Sonic and his buddies.
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A look at the weekend box office.
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‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’ and ‘Mufasa’ split the Christmas box office haul
The third ‘Sonic’ movie won the traditional three-day frame while the live-action ‘Lion King’ prequel captured the five-day long weekend.
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‘Sonic 3’ rings up a huge box office win over the live-action ‘Mufasa’
The ‘Sonic’ franchise continues to be box office gold while Disney’s remake strategy begins to show weakness.
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No one was cravin’ ‘Kraven’ as ‘Moana 2’ hits $700M worldwide
Sony’s latest attempt at a Spider-Man spinoff opened even worse than ‘Madame Web.’
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‘Moana 2’ cruises past $300M with a dominant second weekend
The Disney sequel led another big weekend at the box office, with ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ putting up great numbers too.
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‘Moana 2’ knows the way to a massive Thanksgiving weekend
The animated sequel earned a record-breaking $221M over the five-day span, while ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ add to their holiday hauls.
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A ‘Wicked’ good weekend at the box office
The adaptation of the hit Broadway musical opened with $114M while Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’ debuted with $55.5M.
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Ho ho oh no: ‘Red One’ fails to take flight for Dwayne Johnson
When a holiday movie reportedly costs $200M, you ask Santa for an opening weekend better than $34.1M.
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Three are Venom: Third ‘Venom’ movie wins its third weekend
The Tom Hardy sequel snacks on a third weekend win while ‘The Wild Robot’ closes in on $300M worldwide.
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Third ‘Venom’ keeps dancing at the top of the box office
‘The Wild Robot’ continued to show its staying power, making more over its sixth weekend in theaters than it did last weekend.
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Third ‘Venom’ movies dances to a slower box office tune
The final movie in the Tom Hardy trilogy opened with a series low. But the ‘Joker’ sequel’s $600K weekend shows things could be worse.
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No frowns for ‘Smile 2’ this weekend
The horror film snags the No. 1 spot as ‘The Wild Robot’ holds on to second place