Nosferatu parties during Sonic and Mufasa’s box office war

This December ended up being a pretty big month for movies in a while weak startreally adjusted the month Sonic 3: and: Mufasa, both of which managed to pick up steam over the Christmas period.And as the year draws to a close, those two films still hold it at the top, even as newer ones Nosferatu entered the fight.

Per: VarietyRobert Eggers’ gothic horror picture came in behind two children’s movies and earned $40.3 million after its Christmas Day release, nearly double its initial $25 million projection, and now it’s best open of all time For Focus Features spoken word It was pretty good trailers looked at a lot well, and people like Eggers’ previous work, it probably helps that the trailers don’t let you see what Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlock it seems, but the accumulation of how crazy he can appear, at this point, s.t. Nosferatu is only out domestically, and it’s unclear when Universal will release it for international audiences.

Meanwhile, Mufasa and: Sonic: grew domestically and abroad.The first earned $111 million in the U.S., bringing its global total to $328 million The Lion King prequel from Christmas, and the same goes for the Blue Blur; Sonic The U.S. tally rose to $137.5 million, bringing it to $211 million worldwide Luis Fernando noted that the trio is having a hard time in Japan, but will likely finish filming billion dollar franchise when all is said and done, then there probably is at least three more films on the way.

Speaking of billions. it looks more and more certain Moana 2: is going to join the billion dollar club. Fernando The film’s worldwide box office was then reported to have grown to $882.5 million.It’s clearly in the long tail, and the same may be true for the final salvo of releases in 2024. As we head into the New Year, we have The damned on January 3 and Den of Thieves 2: Pantera on Jan. 10, followed by Universal Wolf Man on January 17.

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